Summer Associate-Corporate Strategy

Job Summary

Location: Detroit, MI

An internship with DTE Energy — Corporate Strategy is a great way to gain insight into a career in the evolving energy industry within a consulting-like atmosphere. The Corporate Strategy group works with all of DTE's business units to address the complex challenges facing the energy industry today. As an intern, candidates will have the opportunity to contribute to multi-disciplinary teams engaged in strategic initiatives. Interns are responsible for assisting in tasks and duties as directed by the intern's project manager and will provide support for critical business projects. In addition to gaining industry and functional knowledge and experience, interns will develop technical knowledge and leadership skills for future career marketability.

Sample projects that the group has led in the last two years include:

• Understanding industry trends and their implications for DTE, e.g., assessing regulatory trends, increases in funding through the IIJA and IRA and the potential growth for the business
• Developing and executing the company's electric vehicle strategy, customer outreach, and regulatory engagement
• Developing and executing the company’s data center strategy from the ground up
• Leading our digital transformation efforts, including managing the pipeline of potential products to improve the ways we work
• Establishing a longer-term view on electricity pricing and rates, then translating this view into a strategy for the company to execute
• Facilitating senior management's strategic planning process, e.g., preparing annual discussion materials for the board of directors

Key Accountabilities

• Perform work assignments linked to team/project goals, including financial modeling and analysis
• Organize and prioritize work assignments on a daily basis, raising questions and issues in a timely manner
• Perform functions efficiently within scope of authority as defined by the project manager
• Participate and collaborate with others on team projects as requested
• All other duties, as required

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

• Actively pursuing an MBA degree (preferably from a top-tier university) with an expected graduation date between the winter of the current academic year and the summer of the following academic year
• Possess a minimum of 2 years of progressive work experience
• Strong quantitative and modeling capabilities
• The ability to understand and analyze complex business issues 
• The ability to clearly communicate results to senior management 
• The ability to work independently and in a fast-paced team environment 
• A high level of maturity, integrity, confidence, intellectual curiosity, initiative taking, the ability to get agreement/buy-in, and a team-oriented work ethic 

Other Qualifications

Preferred:

• Technical or quantitative undergraduate degree
• Exposure to the energy industry a plus

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

The physical demands characterized here epitomize those that must be met by an employee to properly perform the integral functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. In order to properly perform the integral functions of this job, the employee is required to:

• Occasionally stand or walk and stoop or kneel.
• Frequently sit.
• Talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use wrists, hands and/or fingers in a repetitive motion; and reach with hands and arms extensively.
• Occasionally lift objects of up to 10 pounds in weight.
• Use computers with exposure to video display terminals; and some repetitive motion associated with data entry, the use of a computer mouse, and while using other office equipment.
• Possess the following vision requirements: close, color, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Perform job duties primarily in a work from home capacity and periodically from a climate-controlled office environment, with a moderate noise level. However, on an occasional basis the employee may be required to travel to project sites where noise levels and environmental conditions may vary.

Additional Information

Incumbents may engage in all or some combination of the activities and accountabilities, and utilize a variety of the competencies cited in this description depending upon the organization and role to which they are assigned. This description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents in this job. It is not intended as an all-inclusive list of accountabilities or responsibilities, nor is it intended to limit the rights of supervisors or management representatives to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision.