2025 Summer Associate Program, IT Strategy Consulting (Spring 2026 Masters Degree, Tallahassee location)

About Gartner Consulting:

Gartner’s Consulting business is an extension of Gartner’s industry-leading IT Research. From CIOs to leaders in business and government, we help Gartner clients across enterprises translate insights into transformational actions and achieve their mission-critical priorities. Leveraging the breadth of Gartner’s resources, Consulting is growing rapidly, with unlimited potential to continue expanding our client base.

Technology Strategy Consulting. We help the C-Suite make the right decisions based on how technology can transform their businesses. In today’s world, a consulting firm that is “born digital”, (with the ability to directly leverage the full power of Gartner’s research and insights) has relevance to the most important strategic decisions any business will make. We deliver value to clients in areas such as IT Strategy Consulting, Benchmarking, Analytics and Optimization. Typically, this helps Gartner’s clients to execute on their strategic priorities, across all sectors, including:

• Digital Acceleration and Transformation

• Enterprise Enablement

• Big Data and Analytics

• Applications Rationalization

• Cloud Strategy

• Sourcing and Ecosystem Optimization

• Contract and Cost Optimization

• Security and Risk Management

About the Summer Associate Program:

Our Summer Associates participate in a 10 week summer internship program. Summer Associates are technology and business thought leaders who combine the power of Gartner research, data and tools with subject matter experience and on-the-ground support to help clients move confidently from insight to action. That’s where you come in. We’re committed to attracting the most creative, talented, and motivated students for our Summer Associate Program. When you join this program, you’ll support the C-suite and their teams with their most strategic IT initiatives and enable lasting results — all within the context of a rapidly evolving digital economy. Plus, you’ll be part of a growing group of consultants who are ready to collaborate with you as you start your journey with Gartner.

What you will do:

• You will be part of a project team working closely with clients to define their strategy and execute their most critical priorities.

• Your work will give you exposure to Gartner’s industry and practice experts, comprehensive technology research, data and tools, as well as our award-winning culture.

• You’ll experience what it’s like to work at Gartner and start building the skills and relationships that would enable your success going forward.

What you will need:

• Current enrollment in a Masters Program (MBA, MPA, MPP, MS) with a December 2025 – June 2026 graduation date

  • Examples of advanced degree programs: Master of Science, Master of Engineering, Master of Computer Science, Masters in Information Systems, Masters of Public Administration

• Interest and/or experience in both technology and strategy

• Professional experience in breaking down and solving complex problems, and defining actionable recommendations to achieve objectives

• Excitement to work with clients

• Commitment to the success of your team, and willingness to provide and receive constructive feedback when needed

• Intellectual curiosity, with the ability to develop creative solutions and strategies to solve client problems

• Coachability, embracing best practices and feedback for continuous improvement

• Ability to build trust-based, value-added relationships quickly

• Consistent high achievement marked by perseverance, humility and a positive outlook in the face of challenges

• U.S. work authorization required

Preferred experiences:

• Technology implementation

• Technology strategy consulting

• Data science, software engineering, information science

• Undergraduate degree in computer science, computer engineering, data science

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Who are we? 

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.

Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to more than 20,000 associates globally who support ~15,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we h