Project Management Office Analyst Review

- Internal candidate resourcing for projects - Onboarding and offboarding IBMer's from projects - Assisting with project budgets - Working on project financials - Regular meetings with internal teams across IBM, Clients, and third-party agencies - Lead small projects as Project Manager - Assisting Project Managers of large projects with the project management duties - Responsible for ensuring project team's motivation is high (adding fun into work) - Shadowing Project Managers, Business Analysts, Designers, Architects, and others, across multiple industries.

I have learnt a variety of hard and soft skills, including: - Agile Management Method - IBM Garage - Hybrid Cloud - AI - Quantum - How to be an Ally - User Experience Design - User Research - Service Design - App Testing - Working in the VR space - Insight into the Healthcare Industry - Insight into the Life Sciences Industry - Insight into the Media, Entertainment, and Telecom Industry - Microsoft Applications (eg, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook) - Time Management - Ability to effectively prioritise

Yes. When I first joined, I was guided by the previous intern what to do, however within only months I was responsible for all of my tasks, and my managers trusted in me to get my work done without looking over my shoulder. It was a steep learning curve, but very supportive. I had a lot of responsibility, but I could always go to my managers for help or advice.

I received a lot of support from colleagues, managers, and executive partners, whether that be: - Supporting me in my ability to complete my work - Supporting my continuous self and professional development and learning through taking courses and having mentors - Supporting my ability to have a healthy work life balance, making sure I took all my holidays, took sick days when ill, and didn’t work past 5pm unnecessarily

It feels like a flat corporate hierarchy structure. I worked with very senior executive partners in my role, and never felt judged for being an intern. IBM's culture of respecting each other, encouraging everyone to be their authentic selves, and pushing diversity and inclusion has created a very safe and welcoming environment. IBM's culture is also surrounded by ensuring clients can trust us, we our outcome focused, and have a growth mindset. I would argue that IBM culture is one of the main reasons I have loved my time here and why so many people apply and stay with them for decades.

I enjoyed it very much. I would highly recommend doing a placement at IBM as there is a lot of opportunity to try different roles and industries, all while furthering your skills through free/IBM sponsored courses.

Yes

Definitely apply! Be open minded in regard to what role you want to do. Be mindful as an early professional as while most (if not all) IBM UK office have interns, grads and apprentices, IBM York Road (London office in Waterloo) has the largest group of interns, grads and apprentices - meaning there’s always networking socials with other early professionals and other IBMers not in the early professional schemes. However, all offices have socials to network.