IK Partners
Data Science & AI Internship 2026
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About IK Partners
IK Partners (“IK”) is a European private equity firm focused on investments in the Benelux, DACH, France, Nordics and the UK. Since 1989, IK has raised more than €20 billion of capital and invested in over 200 European companies. IK supports companies with strong underlying potential, partnering with management teams and investors to create robust, well-positioned businesses with excellent long-term prospects. For more information, visit ikpartners.com.
IK's prime target markets include the Nordics, Benelux, France, DACH and more recently the UK. Headquartered in London, IK has additional offices in France, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden for its dedicated regional investment teams, consisting of over 90 investment professionals.
IK is an affiliate of Wendel. For more information, visit wendelgroup.com.
IK is looking for its new Data Science & AI Intern to support them during a full-time/part-time internship of 5 months from November 2026. The role will be office-based.
The Role
You will work directly with IK's Lead of Data Science & AI in the Operations team, taking on the data and analytical work that sits behind the AI programmes running across IK's portfolio companies. The role is analysis-led. Most of the time will be spent working with data to answer a specific question, with a smaller share on desk research to find and assess data sources. Finished work is delivered as a small set of slides: the analysis, the finding, and a view on what it means. Work is set out in written specs with a defined input and output, and the intern is then given the time to deliver against them. The placement is internal and office-based, and findings are presented back to the Lead of Data Science & AI rather than to portfolio companies or deal teams, so there is no requirement to present externally.
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Key Responsibilities
- Analysing operational data from portfolio companies to answer a specific question, for example working out where cost or time actually sits in a process.
- Building ad-hoc bounded solutions, like an AI-powered pipeline to digitise scans of text into digital text on a large scale.
- Finding and evaluating external data sources that can be brought in to strengthen an analysis, and forming a view on how reliable and usable each one is.
- Turning each piece of work into a short set of slides with clear charts and a clear message, and walking through it with the Lead of Data Science & AI.
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Key Competencies
- Intelligent, curious and pragmatic. Someone who wants to understand why a question is being asked, and find a sensible route to a good answer rather than a perfect one.
- Produces analysis that is both clear and accurate.
- Comfortable with data analysis and basic statistics, and able to run at a defined question independently.
- Comfortable writing Python for data work (vibe-coding fine as long as you understand and can explain how it works), and fluent with AI tools, in particular Claude Cowork.
- Able to present findings in slide form, clearly and simply, to someone who will question them. You will not need to present to PortCo executives directly.
- Able to work to a written spec, manage their own time against it, and flag early when something is unclear or looks wrong.
Qualifications
- Currently enrolled in a degree programme, or a recent graduate, with a minimum 2:1 degree classification (or equivalent).
Our Offering
- Dynamic and supportive working environment with on-the-job training provided
- Insight into the workings of a leading European private equity firm
- Opportunity to work with a broad range of colleagues in a diverse and inclusive workplace culture
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