Summer 2026 – Product Strategy Intern (Master's)

SAS • Cary, NC

1d • $29 - $49

About The Position

Looking for that internship? The game-changing one that’ll help you learn, grow, and chart your path forward? You’ll find it at SAS. Our interns aren’t coffee runners – they do real, meaningful work. Our award-winning internship program is focused on development, culture, and community. We’ll help you grow professionally, find (or further) your passion, and make memorable connections that last beyond the summer.
The IoT Division at SAS is a vertically integrated line of business charged with innovation: innovation in products and solutions and innovation around market engagement.
We are looking for a curious and innovative candidate who believes that AI can make a real difference. Within our Strategy and Product Innovation & Engineering team, we are developing a brand-new paradigm in delivering AI & IoT applications.
As an intern, you might:
Conduct research on industry trends, emerging technologies, and market dynamics for AI focused topics.
Create documentation for proposed product capabilities (including requirement, evidence, prototypes)
Investigate competing or comparable market technologies to understand our strengths and weaknesses
Showcase cutting-edge and competitive technologies through live demonstrations
Collaborate with R&D, Product Management, and Industry advisory teams

Requirements

• You are a Graduate student studying Computer Science or a related field, not graduating prior to December 2026.
• Experience with conducting market research, data analysis, and interpreting industry trends
• Familiarity with AI-tools such as LLMs, vibe-coding, and Agents
• Strong written and verbal skills for preparing reports, presentations, and collaborating with team members.
• Working knowledge of Python
• You’re curious, passionate, authentic, and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.
• Strong communication skills – both written and verbal.
• Leadership abilities. Your past experiences demonstrate you’ll take initiative and go above and beyond the call of duty.
• You’re interested in the future of Analytics and embrace technology.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of tools for data analysis and report generation.
• Knowledge of generative AI technology landscape including language models, embedding models, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and compute infrastructure
• AI UX considerations - prompt UX, result explainability (citations/grounding), and A/B testing for agent behavior.
• Familiarity with cloud Infrastructure (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Competence to install and configure software preferably leveraging docker
• Familiarity with DevOps technology such as git and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research on industry trends, emerging technologies, and market dynamics for AI focused topics.
• Create documentation for proposed product capabilities (including requirement, evidence, prototypes)
• Investigate competing or comparable market technologies to understand our strengths and weaknesses
• Showcase cutting-edge and competitive technologies through live demonstrations
• Collaborate with R&D, Product Management, and Industry advisory teams

Benefits

• Work with (and learn from) the best. As a SAS intern, you’ll get face time with our top executives!
• Free SAS programming training and certification.
• At SAS, the Future of Work is whatever you want it to be. Want to work remotely? That’s cool. Prefer a mix of sweatpants and in-person collaboration? That’s great, too.
• Your well-being matters, and that’s why we support all dimensions of your well-being by offering programs that reduce stress and distractions to help you stay healthy and productive. This includes an on-site and remote Work/Life Center staffed by master’s level Social Workers and an Employee Assistance Program.
• We work hard, but we like to play hard, too. Enjoy hackathons, social events and other opportunities to connect + engage.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern