Product Management Intern

Microsoft • Cambridge, MA

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About The Position

As a Product Manager Intern at Microsoft, you will define product vision and strategy by understanding customer experiences and competitive markets. You will identify investment opportunities, evaluate tradeoffs, drive product roadmaps, build consensus on strategy, and define features, vision, and goals for a product or set of features. The role also involves developing and executing strategies for in-product organic growth and providing cross-functional product leadership.

Microsoft interns work on real-world projects with teams around the world, applying ideas to cutting-edge technology while building community and exploring their interests. The company describes its mission as empowering every person and organization to achieve more and emphasizes responsible innovation, a growth mindset, and shared progress.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctorate degree, with at least one semester or term of school remaining after the internship.

Nice To Haves

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in product, service, project, or program management; software development; or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Identify customers’ unmet or unknown needs and market opportunities for product or feature enhancements or development through quantitative and qualitative analysis, and scope the impact of problems.
• Drive and track key results, success criteria, and performance metrics; partner with Software Engineering and Hardware Engineering to identify data needs and ensure telemetry is developed.
• Prioritize roadmap features and experiences that support success criteria and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs); gather input on priorities and resources needed to deliver outcomes for a feature.
• Iterate on designs with Design, Software Engineering, and Hardware Engineering; help facilitate customer reviews of UX, system designs, and data designs to assess usability, accessibility, and alignment with customer goals.
• Collaborate with Product Marketing, Business Planning, and Engineering to identify product release criteria, customer acquisition, and usage.
• Monitor and report progress, deriving insights that inform improvements to product or feature development, iteration, and implementation.
• Build trust and maintain communication with customers to capture feedback and insights throughout the product development lifecycle.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern