Internship Details

• Period: 4 - 6 months

• Hours per week: 32 - 40

• Location: Hybrid (ITO office, Amsterdam and work from home)

• Start date: September 2026

THE WORK

Hi future changemaker in Consulting!

Are you passionate about improving customer service and helping organizations rethink how they support their customers? As a Thesis Intern in the Service team at Accenture Song, you'll explore how organizations can design and improve their customer service operations, processes, and ways of working.

In this role, you will combine research and hands-on consulting experience. You will learn on the job by supporting client engagements, working alongside experienced consultants, and contributing to real transformation projects - while also writing your thesis on a topic that creates real impact.

Team The Service Group focuses on the Customer Experience & Service Reinventions domain - the front line of how companies connect with their customers.

Our consultants combine strategy, design, and technology to help global organizations deliver seamless, personalized, and intelligent service experiences.

We are especially exploring how AI can revolutionize customer interactions, streamline service operations, and unlock new business models.

YOUR ROLE

As a thesis intern, your role will consist of two main focus areas:

Research (Thesis)

You will define and write your thesis within the customer service domain, combining academic research with practical insights from our projects.

Consulting Support

You will support consultants in their daily work, gaining exposure to real client challenges and transformation projects.

Daily tasks Your daily tasks may include:

• Conducting research on customer service, digital transformation, and AI in service

• Exploring how AI can enhance customer service, for example:

• Supporting service agents

• Improving customer interactions

• Enabling more efficient service processes

• Presenting your findings to internal teams and, where relevant, clients

• Assisting in discovery phases, including fit-gap analyses of current service setups

• Supporting the preparation of workshops, presentations, and client deliverables

• Contributing to internal knowledge development and thought leadership

• Supporting business analysis activities, such as structuring problems and identifying improvement opportunities

• Mapping customer service processes and customer journeys

Research You are free to define your own thesis topic within the service domain. Example directions include:

• AI in Customer Service: How can organizations use AI to improve customer interactions?

• Service Transformation: How can companies redesign their service operations for the future?

• Customer Experience Innovation: From reactive support to proactive, personalized service

• AI Adoption in Service: How willing are organizations to adopt AI in customer service?

• Future of Service Models: From traditional contact centers to AI-supported ecosystems

We encourage you to bring your own ideas. Your research will ideally connect academic insights with real-world application. You can also bring thesis ideas related to the intersection of AI, digital experience, and service design - several previous interns have already completed theses in collaboration with clients and Accenture Consultants.

WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU

We expect the following qualifications and qualifications from an intern thesis:

• Enrolled in a Master's program at a Dutch university

• Proactive and hands-on attitude

• Strong analytical and structured thinking skills

• Interest in consulting and advisory work

• Affinity with customer service (basic understanding of CRM/CCaaS is a plus)

• Interest in AI and its impact on customer service

• Independent working style with a curious and entrepreneurial mindset

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM US

As a thesis intern, in addition to the opportunity to gain hand-on consultancy experience within Accenture Song, we would like to offer the following:

• Monthly internship compensation and laptop.

• A personal buddy within the organization.

• Access to Accenture's global network of experts and AI resources.

• Hands-on consulting experience within Accenture Song.

• Participation in the Song Talent Factory - an intern program that connects you with peers across Song's domains (Commerce, Design & Digital Product Creation, Marketing, and Customer Service).

Song Talent Factory (STF) As part of this program, you'll:

• Receive professional guidance to shape your career path.

• Collaborate on a real consulting project with other interns.

• Attend skill-building workshops and networking events.

• Join a vibrant intern community with social and learning activities.

From building an app for coffee catch-ups to dinners after work, the Song Talent Factory will make your experience at Accenture Song even more enjoyable!

Contactperson: e.van.den.hout@accenture.com

About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services-creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.
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