Forward Deployed AI Scientist, Internship, Campus, United States - BCG X

About the role

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. Founded in 1963 as a pioneer in business strategy, BCG helps clients with total transformation—inspiring complex change, enabling growth, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom‑line impact. BCG X is a diverse team of more than 3,000 tech experts focused on delivering innovative AI and analytics solutions across industries, leveraging BCG’s global network to build game‑changing businesses, products, and services. Locations: Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago.

Responsibilities

• Own the full analytics value‑chain end to end: framing new business challenges, designing innovative algorithms, implementing and deploying scalable solutions, and enabling colleagues and clients to embrace AI.
• Apply data science methods and analytics to real‑world business situations across industries to drive significant business impact.
• Partner with clients in various BCG regions and industries on topics such as climate change to design, build, and deploy new solutions.
• Develop and deliver thought leadership in scientific communities and papers, and lead conferences on behalf of BCG X.

Requirements

• Comfortable in a client‑facing role with the ambition to lead teams.
• Ability to distill complex results or processes into simple, clear visualizations.
• Skill to explain sophisticated data science concepts in an understandable manner.
• Passion for building things and comfort working with modern development tools and writing code collaboratively (software development or DevOps experience a plus).
• Significant experience applying advanced analytics to a variety of business situations and a proven ability to synthesize complex data.
• Deep understanding of modern machine learning techniques and their mathematical underpinnings, and ability to translate this into business implications for clients.
• Strong project management skills.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a full‑time Master’s degree or PhD, expected to graduate between December 2027 and August 2028.
• Application deadline: November 17, 2026 at 11:59 pm ET.
• Internship program operates in an 'office hub' model; full‑time offers may allow a switch to a different office location outside the summer hubs.

Skills

• Programming Languages: Python

Benefits

• Zero‑dollar premiums for medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and eligible family members.
• Low $10 (USD) copays for doctor visits, urgent care, and generic prescriptions.
• Dental coverage including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits.
• Vision insurance covering glasses and contact lenses annually.
• Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities.
• Fully vested Profit‑Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, with option to make personal 401(k) contributions.
• Paid parental leave and family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement.
• Generous paid time off: 12 holidays per year, annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month).
• Paid sick time as needed.

Pay

• First‑year base compensation:
  • Forward Deployed AI Scientist, II