Duration

• Summer Internship

The Position

As a Product Manager Intern, In the Office Product Group you will define product vision and strategy by leveraging a deep understanding of the customer experience and competitive market, while identifying short-and long-term investment opportunities, evaluating tradeoffs, and driving the product roadmap. You will build consensus on product strategy, define features, vision and goals for a specific product(s) or set of features. This opportunity will allow you to develop and execute strategies to enable in-product organic growth and focus on central, cross-functional leadership of a product.  

Responsibilities

• Identify customers’ unmet or unknown needs and market opportunities for enhancements or development of a feature (e.g., product, service) via quantitative and qualitative analyses and scope the impact of a problem.
• Drive and track Key Results, success criteria and performance metrics. Partner with Software Engineering and Hardware Engineering to identify needed data and ensure telemetry is developed.
• Determine features or experiences to prioritize in the roadmap that will support achievement of success criteria and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). Gather input on priorities and resources needed to deliver desired outcomes for a single feature (e.g., product, service).
• Iterate multiple designs with Design, Software Engineering, and Hardware Engineering. Assist in facilitating reviews (e.g., UX, system designs, data designs) with customers (e.g., regulators, engineers, policy makers, business-decision makers) to determine usability and ensure accessibility criteria and updated designs meet customer goals.
• Collaborate with Product Marketing, Business Planning, and Engineering to identify product release criteria, customer acquisition, and usage.
• Monitor and report on progress and derive insights that lead to productive courses of action to improve product/feature development, iteration, and implementation.
• Build trust with customers. Leverage a line of communication with customers to capture feedback and insights through the product development lifecycle. 

Requirements

• Currently pursuing Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. 
• Must have at least one semester/term remaining following the completion of the internship.

Nice To Haves

• 1+ year(s) experience in product/service/project/program management or software development or equivalent experience.
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts, especially in the context of Copilot or agent-based systems.

Company

Microsoft Corporation is a global American tech giant, founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975, known for developing and selling software, services, and hardware, including the Windows OS, Microsoft 365 (Office), Xbox gaming, and Azure cloud computing, empowering individuals and organizations to achieve more through technology in the era of intelligent cloud and edge computing.