Product Management Intern (Summer 2027)

Bound • Ames, IA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Product Manager Intern, you'll spend the summer embedded in Bound's product team, getting hands-on exposure to how we decide what to build and why. Rather than shadowing from the sidelines, you'll own a real project end to end — from talking to users and digging into data, to writing specs and working directly with designers and engineers to ship something real.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate program, any class year (any major welcome — we care more about how you think than what you studied)
• Genuine curiosity about how products get built and a track record of asking "why" before jumping to solutions
• Strong written and verbal communication — you can explain an idea clearly to both a designer and an engineer
• Comfortable working with data (spreadsheets, basic analysis) to support a decision, even without a technical background
• Able to work independently on ambiguous problems and bring structure to them

Nice To Haves

• Prior internship or project experience in product, design, engineering, or a startup environment
• Familiarity with tools like Figma, SQL, or basic analytics platforms (Amplitude, Mixpanel, etc.)
• Experience with a side project, hackathon, or student organization where you had to scope and ship something
• Basic technical fluency — you don't need to code, but you're not intimidated by a conversation with engineers

Responsibilities

• Talk directly with users and customers to understand their problems and how they use Bound today
• Dig into product data and metrics to spot patterns and help prioritize what to build next
• Write clear specs and user stories that designers and engineers can build from
• Partner day-to-day with design and engineering to move a feature from idea to shipped
• Help plan and run product reviews, standups, and stakeholder updates
• Own a well-scoped project for the summer and present the outcome to the product team
• Rotate across a couple of different product areas to see how PM work varies team to team

Benefits

• Real ownership
• Real mentorship
• Real project to point to
• Regular 1:1s with supervisor
• Buddy system
• Intern events
• Opportunities to connect with the broader Bound team
• Flexibility for personal needs, family events, appointments, and time to recharge

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed