Commercial Leadership Development Program Internship

Commercial Leadership Development Program (CLDP) MBA 2025 Internship

At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers. We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon.

Alcon is looking for five 2025 MBA Summer interns for our CLDP internship program. This full-time internship spans 10 to 12 weeks and involves leading projects that contribute to key business initiatives across Pharma, Vision Care, and Surgical functions. Interns will be assigned to roles in marketing, commercial operations, and/or surgical analysis.

The CLDP internship offers MBA students the chance to apply their business knowledge and varied professional experiences to make an immediate impact at Alcon. As a CLDP intern, you'll have the opportunity to work on one of the following key projects:

Commercial Operations:

Develop expertise in Salesforce.com Einstein 1 and the current Alcon implementation roadmap.

Collaborate with North America Commercial Business Partners to identify challenges and opportunities for enhancing sales execution and associated commercial operations, as well as exploring future innovation prospects.

Offer recommendations for North America's priorities regarding future additions to our Salesforce.com roadmap.

Present your findings and recommendations to both North America and International Commercial Excellence partners.

Vision Care Marketing:

Conduct consumer target and audience analysis to provide insights and recommendations that will guide Key Account marketing strategies and support the category growth test/learn pillar.

Vision Care OTC Marketing:

Deep dive into large, adjacent ‘Over The Counter’ Eyecare categories in which Alcon either does not participate or has historically deprioritized to assess potential innovation pathways.

Partner with our shopper, trade, and media partners to understand how competitors operate in these adjacent categories.

Build a business case to be presented to Sr. Leadership and Global partners, showcasing the size of opportunity and resources needed to develop and execute against the opportunity.

Assist the Allergy Sr. Brand Manager and Shopper Marketer in developing strategies, activation plans, and creative assets, designed to defend against new competitive entrants.

Pharmaceutical Marketing:

Strategy development, KPI and insight generation, and creation of marketing materials and/or programs.

Deliver a brand strategy to leadership which includes data driven insights, a strategic recommendation and proposed and/or final marketing materials.  

US Surgical Brand Manager Integrated Equipment

Review recent sales, determine which programs are working well and make a recommendation to leadership of how we can optimize or supplement our programs to increase performance. 

Analysis of common challenges and potential impact on sales, as well as a final presentation to leadership with a recommendation. 

Location: Internship will be located at our US headquarters in Fort Worth, TX.   

Over the course of the internship, you will have the opportunity to gain diverse experiences, participate in leadership meetings, receive mentoring, programming tailored to grow professionally, and network across the Commercial organization.

Accelerate Your Career: Commercial Leadership Development Program (CLDP)

After successful completion of a CLDP Summer internship at Alcon, interns may be considered for participation in the Commercial Leadership Development Program full-time.  Commercial Leadership Development Program (CLDP) at Alcon is a key pipeline for graduate degree talent with ambition to advance into leadership positions within Alcon Commercial functions.  Exceptional individuals chosen for this highly selective and challenging program engage in tailored rotational experiences towards a leadership career path.  Members will engage in three, year-long rotations.  Rotations will include a Commercial Foundational rotation (Business Analytics, S&OP and Commercial Operations), a Marketing rotation, and a Sales rotation.  Program benefits will include Mentor Program, Functional Programming, Networking Events, Tailored Development, and Executive Presentations on key learnings and outcomes of rotations.   

Internship Minimum Qualifications: 

Must be enrolled in an accredited university or college for at least one semester prior to the internship, and at least one additional semester following your internship. 

Must be pursuing an advanced degree, preferably MBA, in a related field. 

Academic performance: Minimum cumulative GPA 2.8/4.0 

Demonstrated leadership skills (i.e. extracurricular activities or projects) 

Must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis. 

Ability to commit to a 10–12 weeks, full time (min of 40 hrs. weekly) during the summer of 2025.

Internship Preferred Qualifications:  

Demonstrated leadership potential.  

Strong analytical skills.  

Excellent oral and written communication skills.  

How you can Thrive at Alcon:

Benefit from working in a highly collaborative environment.

Join Alcon’s mission to provide top-tier, innovative products to enhance sight, enhance lives, and grow your career.