Key skills
SDLCJiraConfluenceAgileScrumKanbanProject ManagementWireframingCommunication
About this role
Role Overview
- Assist in translating product strategy into clear product roadmaps. Define features through clearly written user stories as part of an Agile delivery team.
- Participate in ongoing Discoveries by performing market research and competitive analysis to understand user needs.
- Coordinate and organize work streams across multiple small to medium-sized projects. Facilitate daily scrum meetings, sprint planning meetings, and retrospectives.
- Communicate with internal teams and external client representatives. Capture meeting insights and send regular project updates to project stakeholders.
- Track project progress and regularly follow-up with team members to identify, resolve and escalate potential project blockers.
- Identify, define, evaluate, plan, track and realize the outcomes and benefits of change initiatives instituted by organizational leaders. Contribute to the determination of project scope, resource requirements, and project milestones.
- Collaborate with onshore and offshore Codal teams including designers, engineers, and business stakeholders. Work across the internal and client organization, partnering with multiple stakeholders to understand and translate requirements.
- Seek and incorporate feedback to continuously improve understanding of product/project management skill sets and PMO process understanding.
Requirements
- Currently a senior undergraduate student or a master's candidate in a relevant program (IT, software engineering, or a related field).
- Experience or coursework demonstrating interest in at least one of the following core PM areas: Product Strategy (market/competitive analysis), UX/UI Design (wireframing/journey mapping), or Agile Delivery (Scrum/Kanban).
- Familiarity with at least one software management tool relevant to the role, such as Jira, Confluence, or other popular services for project management and documentation.
- Basic understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and experience with Agile methods (Scrum, Kanban).
- Experience or coursework in one or more of the primary focus areas:
- Product Strategy: Experience with market research, competitive analysis, and translating business goals into product requirements.
- UX/Design: Familiarity with product discovery activities like user journey mapping, product ideation, and MVP definition.
- Agile/Delivery: Understanding of defining features through clearly written user stories and leading team prioritization efforts.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to articulate business needs and project status clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. Possess maturity and good judgment.
- A strong eagerness to learn, intellectual curiosity, and a proactive attitude toward problem-solving.
- Ability to work in-person on a hybrid basis at our HQ in Chicago, IL for the full duration of the internship (June 1, 2026
- August 7, 2026).
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment and collaborate with cross-functional roles.
Tech Stack
- SDLC
Benefits
- Office snacks and drinks + a fancy Bevi water machine with flavored water
- A recreational group that regularly competes in city leagues for softball and volleyball
- An office in the heart of downtown Chicago with a gym, food court, Walgreens, rooftop bar, outdoor sports court, and other amenities
- We regularly host happy hours, dinners, excursions, and other company events to unwind after a hard day at work