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About the Role

This paid 10-week summer internship program offers an immersive experience in a global financial services company. Interns gain industry and organizational knowledge through daily business interactions, job assignments, and projects that impact the business. The program includes interactions with senior leaders and networking opportunities across offices, providing realistic insights into working at Guardian.

Responsibilities

Own a substantive workstream tied to either 2028 portfolio planning or AI enablement, with a defined deliverable presented to senior leadership.
Conduct market, competitor, and internal research to inform investment decisions or AI use case prioritization.
Build the analysis behind business cases, initiative sizing, value capture estimates, or adoption metrics.
Partner directly with value stream leaders, product managers, finance partners, and technology leaders across FPRS.
Develop executive-ready materials for forums attended by Guardian senior leadership.
Contribute to how we prioritize, sequence, and measure a multi-year transformation portfolio.
Use AI tools every day in your own work, and act as a power user who shows colleagues what good prompting and AI-assisted workflows look like.
Apply use-case prioritization frameworks to rank AI opportunities and build the business case for adoption.
Define and report AI adoption metrics and productivity gains, and translate them into value realization for the business.
Build training materials, prompt libraries, and adoption playbooks that scale AI use across FPRS, and contribute to our responsible AI guardrails around data privacy, accuracy, and ethical use.
Work and learn from supportive leaders, mentors, and team members across the organization.
Learn about Guardian’s purpose, values, how we work, and our suite of product and service offerings.
Build a network of colleagues and have a sense of community with other interns and other parts of the business.
Think broadly and ask questions about data, facts, and other information.

Requirements

First-year MBA student (graduating between December 2027-June 2028).
Proactive, comfortable with ambiguity, able to listen and make quick decisions, and thrives in a goal-oriented environment.
Energized by the intersection of business strategy and AI, and sees AI as a tool that amplifies human judgment.
Strong problem-solving skills and business acumen, with the ability to structure ambiguous problems and drive to a defensible recommendation.
Proficiency with both qualitative and quantitative analysis, including comfort building financial models, sizing opportunities, and working with imperfect data.
Demonstrated project leadership potential, including prioritization of workstreams and collaboration with cross-functional colleagues.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, including their AI-enabled features (Excel Copilot, PowerPoint Designer).
Genuine curiosity about AI and emerging technology, and an interest in how it changes the way work gets done.
Hands-on experience using generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, or Gemini) for business problems, including prompt design and the ability to iterate with a model to get to a usable output.
A working understanding of what AI can and cannot do, including where human judgment, accuracy verification, and responsible use principles must stay in the loop (no coding required).
Comfort with data analytics and visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI, or similar) and a willingness to learn new AI platforms quickly.
Ability to navigate relationships and influence stakeholders using strong interpersonal skills, maturity, and judgment.
A self-starter mindset, high energy, and a willingness to roll up your sleeves and get things done.
Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. without company sponsorship, now or in the future.
Must be available for the full program dates of the internship program.

Skills

AI enablement
Portfolio planning
Strategic investment
Generative AI tools
Prompt design
Data analytics
Data visualization
Financial modeling
Business case development
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Excel Copilot
Power BI
Tableau
Problem-solving
Business acumen
Quantitative analysis
Qualitative analysis
Project leadership
Prioritization
Collaboration
Communication (written and verbal)
Interpersonal skills
Stakeholder management
AI implementation (plus)
Digital transformation (plus)
Process automation (plus)
AI-related coursework (plus)
AI-related projects (plus)
AI-related competitions (plus)
Consulting (preferred)
Corporate strategy (preferred)
Transformation (preferred)
Product (preferred)
Technology (preferred)
Financial services (interest)
Insurance industry (interest)

Location

New York, NY

Work Type

In office 3x a week
Internship

Experience Level

First-year MBA student

Education Level

Salary/Compensations

$12,000 - $13,600 per month

Benefits

Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.

About the Company

Guardian is a thriving global financial services company.
Guardian's Purpose is to inspire well-being.
Guardian is committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to its colleagues.
Guardian provides opportunities to build communities and grow careers, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.

Equal Opportunity

Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.
Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.