2025 General Business Undergraduate Leadership Program - Houston

At Discover, you will never stop learning. We are looking for people driven by purpose, who want to help us change the game in financial services. We were founded in 1986, and now have over 16,000 employees. Together we are dedicated to helping people spend smarter, manage debt better and save more for a brighter financial future. 

By joining us, you will be part of a culture where diversity, teamwork and collaboration reign. We are as focused on our employees as we are on our customers – and we have been consistently awarded for both. Be the reason we help millions of people build a brighter financial future, and achieve yours along the way.

Job Description:

Discover's General Business Undergraduate Leadership Program is an exciting 2 year rotational program with opportunities for highly motivated individuals who are interested in exploring a host of disciplines within Discover.

Participants can expect:  

• Rotations aimed at aligning personal talents with business initiatives  

• Challenging and impactful work assignments that support Discover's strategic priorities and objectives  

• Opportunities to work on cross-functional projects and/or teams  

• Opportunities to improve processes, manage complex projects, and present their work to senior leaders 

• Enhance their abilities to lead projects, make decisions, problem solve, and think creatively  

• Dedicated program managers, experienced rotational managers and knowledgeable peer advisors 

• Interaction with key stakeholders and leadership through both projects and program events  

• Opportunity for career advancement and success    

What You’ll Do

• Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

How You’ll Do It

• Actively contributes to developing solutions to business problems using a wide set of key factors which involve critical thinking and problem solving skills.

• Effectively manages competing projects and priorities to meet key goals and objectives and ensure successful completion and delivery. 

• Engages with cross-functional teams utilizing a variety of techniques to understand key stakeholders’ concerns, while also being able to address them and gain buy in.

• Ability to work with with a wide variety of key stakeholders, including senior level leaders, front line customer service agents, and peers. 

• Creates communications verbally and in writing on project initiatives and results.

• Communicates insights and conclusions utilizing a variety of graphs, charts, and other methods to tell a story to manager, key stakeholders and business leaders.

• Identifies different sources of data and utilizes software (i.e. Excel, SQL, SAS, Tableau, etc.) to both analyze and manipulate data to achieve insights and conclusions which can be shared to help drive business decisions. 

• Establishes a solid understanding of the business and brings fresh ideas to improve processes and generate efficiencies with a strong customer service focus.  

Qualifications You’ll Need
The Basics

• Must have a Bachelors degree in Accounting, Social Sciences, Engineering, Business Administration and Management, Finance, Information Technology, or Analytics

Physical and Cognitive Requirements
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by federal, state, and local laws:

• Primarily remain in a stationary position.

• No required movement about the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job.

• Primarily performed indoors in an office setting.

• Ability to operate office equipment such as but not limited to computer, telephone, printer, and calculator.

• Ability to communicate verbally.; Ability to communicate in written form.

Bonus Points If You Have

• A graduation date between Dec 2024-Aug 2025

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to translate ideas into clear priorities 

• High energy and intellectual curiosity  

• Strong analytical skills and a consultative approach to addressing customer needs  

• Strong b