2025 Summer Intern – Enterprise Innovation – Commercialization Analyst

Job Description

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Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to The Warren Technical Center three times per week, at minimum.

The Team:

The Strategy & Innovation (S&I) Team at General Motors focuses on impact and driving transformation. It is home to the company’s Corporate Strategy, Enterprise Data Analytics & Insights, Enterprise Innovation, Strategic Tech Partnership, and Corporate Purpose functions. Together, we are Catalysts for Change, with a relentless focus on our customers, we collaborate across the enterprise, leading with insights and challenging with “How might we?” to drive growth and shareholder value.

The goal of the Enterprise Innovation team is to foster innovation across the GM ecosystem, collaborate with cross-functional teams and grow new value propositions.

What You’ll Do:

We are hiring an Innovation Business Strategy & Commercialization Analyst to join the Enterprise Innovation team. In this role you will have the opportunity to act as key strategic adviser to help the Enterprise Innovation teams in developing commercialization strategies for new products. Additionally, you will evaluate the macro-environment and competitive landscape for MVPs, assist in identifying differentiation opportunities, and our right to win. Implement entrepreneurial frameworks, such as the Lean Startup or Design Thinking, to take new products to market. Must be able to process a broad array of inputs into a clear and coherent product commercialization strategy. Your responsibilities will include:

Work closely across the Enterprise Innovation teams to evaluate MVP concepts through a commercialized lens.

Work with all EI teams to develop MVPs to test with potential customers and business partners.

Support market research and customer empathy interviews.

Ensure that all business deliverables are identified and accounted for in the project plan with responsibility and due dates.

Investigate, document, and implement complex business models and processes.

Develop business cases and financial models to support MVP development.

How You’ll Make an Impact:

As an Enterprise Innovation Intern on the Commercialization Team, you will play a crucial role in enhancing our innovation platforms and engagement tools. Your contributions will include:

Strategic Business Analysis: Evaluate various potential commercialization strategies and business models.

Startup Environment: Gain experience thinking through the most challenging aspects of a startup- getting the sale.

Financial Modeling: Developing financial models to show the expected return on investment of a potential new product or service.

Stakeholder Engagement : Collaborate with stakeholders to understand and address both host and customer needs effectively.

Needs Assessment : Evaluate and prioritize needs based on effort versus return to ensure impactful outcomes.

Required Qualifications:   

Pursuit of a Bachelor’s degree in one of the following areas: Business Administration, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Marketing, or Management / Leadership

Must be graduating between May 2026 – December 2027

Able to work fulltime, 40 hours per week

What will give you a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):

Experience working within a startup, innovation, or incubation environment (strongly preferred)

Experience in market research and competitive intelligence

Proficiency in design thinking and agile / lean methodologies, specifically Lean Startup

High degree of comfort communicating and negotiating with external companies

Proven proficiency crafting and presenting stories

Financial modeling skills, specifically DCF models to evaluate business models and concepts

Strong communication skills

Start dates for this internship role are May of 2025.

Compensation:

The salary range for this role is $4,100-$4,900, dependent upon class status and degree.

GM will provide a one-time lump sum taxable stipend payment to eligible students selected for the 2025 Student Program.

What you’ll get from us (Benefits):

Paid US GM Holidays

GM Family First Vehicle Discount Program

Result-based potential for growth within GM

Intern events to network with company leaders and peers

Additional Job Description

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

Why Join Us

We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Diversity Information

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities. GM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.

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