Product Management Intern, Wirecutter

The New York Times • New York, NY

8h • Hybrid

About The Position

Wirecutter’s newsroom relies on its publishing platform to write, edit, and share recommendations readers trust. As a Product Management Intern on the Publishing Platform team, you will contribute to active product work alongside product, design, and engineering colleagues, helping build and improve publishing tools and storytelling experiences. Your work will support tools and experiences for editorial colleagues and audiences, and may address different parts of the publishing platform depending on team priorities. The internship lasts 10 weeks, starts June 7, 2027, and pays $40 per hour. Interns work 40 hours per week. This is a hybrid role based in New York City.

Requirements

• Curiosity about publishing and content tools, how technology supports journalism, and how audiences experience Wirecutter’s journalism.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain complex ideas simply.
• Comfort asking clarifying questions and learning quickly in unfamiliar territory.
• An analytical mindset and interest in using evidence to make a case.

Nice To Haves

• Experience using AI tools in day-to-day work.
• Prior internship, project, or coursework experience in product, design, data, or journalism. Product management experience is not required.

Responsibilities

• Support active platform work, such as researching problems, shaping requirements, and evaluating options, with guidance from the manager and teammates.
• Join conversations with editors and other stakeholders to understand their work, workflow friction, and opportunities for improvement.
• Collect and structure ideas and requests to help the team prioritize opportunities using established frameworks.
• Combine qualitative feedback with existing data to frame problems and suggest ways to test ideas.
• Write concise updates, briefs, and other communications for audiences including engineering colleagues and cross-functional partners.
• Build a working understanding of the technologies behind publishing tools and how engineers assess feasibility.
• Participate in planning, design reviews, and demos, and build relationships across a cross-functional team.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed