What are the responsibilities and job description for the Intern - Commercial Strategy & Planning position at Zayo Group?
Company Description
Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world's most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo's 141,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo's communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.
About the Program:
The 10-week Zayo Summer Internship Program is designed to cultivate the next generation of telecommunications professionals. Interns will gain meaningful, hands-on experience within a dynamic, fast-paced, and innovative environment. Our goal is to empower, develop, and connect our interns while fostering fresh perspectives and ideas that will drive our organization forward.
Program Details:
Start Date: June 2025
Duration: 10 weeks
Location: Denver-based preferred, based on hiring team's needs.
Zayo is seeking a Commercial Strategy & Planning Intern to play a critical role in enhancing customer data analytics that will impact multiple departments. The Commercial Strategy & Planning Intern will be responsible for researching, collecting, and preparing data, collaborating to integrate it into the Data Science models. Commercial Strategy & Planning Intern will support business data requests by preparing and validating reports to support ongoing sales and strategic initiatives.
This position will give you exposure to data modeling with the focus on customer total addressable spend utilizing a combination of internal and external datasets, data flows, and reports/dashboards, while providing an opportunity to work cross-functionally and contribute to data-driven decision-making.
Responsibilities:
Contribute to optimization of DS models by identifying key data attributes and strategizing opportunities, focusing on TAS (Total Addressable Spend.)
Conduct research, collect, prepare, and organize data for integration into DS models and strategic projects.
Collaborate cross-functionally to refine target criteria and customer profiles across multiple product lines.
Own preparation and validation of internal reporting data to support various commercial strategies and business initiatives, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
Qualifications:
Applicants must have completed their sophomore year and be enrolled in a degree or certificate seeking program for the fall semester of 2025.
Currently pursuing a degree in Finance, Data Analytics, Statistics, Data Science, Business, Economics, or a related field.
Understanding of data analytics concepts, data flows, and dependencies.
Passion for working with raw data and to answer business questions.
Critical thinking and problem solving skills with attention to detail.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; familiarity with Salesforce, Tableau, Dataiku or similar tools is a plus.
Familiarity with Python is plus.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional environment.
Self-starter, able to work independently, drive excellence, and meet deadlines.
Proactive and eager to learn in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Estimated Base Pay Range: $20.00 - $22.00 USD/hour.
The base pay range shown is a guideline and reasonable estimate for this role. It takes into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions. Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted range based upon geographic location, work experience, skill level, certifications, and other business and organizational needs.
Additionally, this position may be eligible for certain benefits, such as health insurance and 401(k).
The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.
The base pay range shown is a guideline and reasonable estimate for this role. It takes into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions. Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted range based upon geographic location, work experience, skill level, certifications, and other business and organizational needs.
Additionally, this position may be eligible for certain benefits, such as health insurance and 401(k).
The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.
Zayo provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Zayo is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status. EEO IS THE LAW Zayo invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company’s written Affirmative Action Plan. This plan is available for inspection upon request by emailing our People Ops team.
Salary : $20 - $22
