Description

Are you a strategic and analytical thinker with a business and process-oriented mindset? Pilot Company is seeking a Business Development, Facility Revenue Intern to join our team in Knoxville, Tennessee, for the summer of 2026. This is a unique opportunity for an MBA student to gain hands-on experience by creating a process for exploring and targeting parking lots for purchase and sale through our app. 

In this role, you will be an integral part of our team, bolstering our strategic thinking and managing high-end deliverables. Your work will involve analyzing large datasets and providing a strategic perspective on our parking opportunities. This is an ideal position for someone who is comfortable presenting to and networking with stakeholders at all levels, including leadership. 

What You’ll Do 

Your responsibilities may include: 

• Develop a strategic process: Create a process for exploring and targeting parking lots for purchase and sale through the app. 
• Enhance strategic thinking: Bolster the team's strategic thinking by providing a fresh perspective and helping us capitalize on new opportunities. 
• Manage high-end deliverables: Work on key projects and manage high-end deliverables that will help us get a higher quality of strategic work. 
• Analyze large datasets: Use your analytical skills to understand and comprehend large datasets to inform business decisions. 
• Present to stakeholders: Use your strong communication and presentation skills to work with and present to stakeholders at varied levels and roles, including leadership. 

Qualifications

• Education: We are seeking candidates who are pursuing an MBA.  
• Technical Skills: A strong business and process understanding and a strategic mindset are essential. The ability to manage high-end deliverables, think analytically, and understand large datasets is also crucial. 
• Soft Skills: Exceptional communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills. You must be comfortable presenting to and working with stakeholders at varied levels and roles, including leadership, and be comfortable networking and forming new relationships. 
• Experience: Past work experience and extracurricular activities are a plus. 
• Qualities: We value individuals who are driven, reliable, authentic, and welcoming. 

Additional Information

This is a full-time, in-office internship running from June 1 – August 6, 2026. You’ll be working alongside our team at our main campus in Knoxville, where you’ll have the opportunity to build meaningful relationships and experience the full scope of life at Pilot Company. 

Our culture is built on four core virtues: Driven, Reliable, Authentic, and Welcoming. As an intern, you will see these values in action every day. You'll be part of a team that is driven to solve complex problems, reliable in its commitment to our strategic goals, authentic in its communication, and welcoming to new ideas and perspectives. 

This is a full-time, in-office internship running from June 1 – August 6, 2026. You’ll be working alongside our team at our main campus in Knoxville, where you’ll have the opportunity to build meaningful relationships and experience the full scope of life at Pilot Company. 

Company Description

Pilot Company is an industry-leading network of travel centers with more than 30,000 team members and over 750 retail and fueling locations in 44 states and six Canadian provinces. Our energy and logistics division serves as a top supplier of fuel, employing one of the largest tanker fleets and providing critical services to oil operations in our nation's busiest basins. Pilot Company supports a growing portfolio of brands with expertise in supply chain and retail operations, logistics and transportation, technology and digital innovation, construction, maintenance, human resources, finance, sales and marketing.

Founded in 1958 by Jim A. Haslam II and currently led by CEO Adam Wright, our founding values, people-first culture and commitment to giving back remains true to us today. Whether we are serving guests, a fellow team member, or a trucking company, we are dedicated to fueling people and keeping North America moving.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

Military encouraged to apply.