Locations: In this role you can work from Remote, United States
Overview:
GitHub is changing the way the world builds software. As a Product Manager Intern you will be expected to bring a passion for helping developers collaborate. You should already be familiar with the way software is developed and some of the tools developers use, and be excited to build a deep expertise in an industry that is changing the world.
GitHub’s engineering and product management organizations are highly distributed, and we embrace an environment of asynchronous communication. We expect you to have strong communication skills and be able to build working relationships with coworkers in locations around the globe. We value a diverse and inclusive culture, a growth mindset, collaboration, owning the outcome, shipping and being customer obsessed. You will excel when the way you work reflects these values.
We want you to enable every team member to do the best work of their lives and we'll partner to enable the same for you. In this position, you will work closely with Product Managers, designers, and engineers. You will also be part of a community dedicated to making a positive impact at work and at large.
Expected Length of Summer Internship: May 20, 2024 to Aug 9, 2024
- Build products developers love. Conduct two to four product rotations embedded within one of GitHub's core product teams. During your rotation, you will be given ownership of a specific product area or problem space and will work closely with the team's Product Manager to plan and implement a solution to one or more problems that affect millions of developers every day.
- Help inform the product roadmap. Build trust with stakeholders by maintaining an understandable and accurate project timeline.
- Collaborate across teams. We win or lose as a team. Product managers play a critical role in creating alignment between engineering and design teams and stakeholders. A collaborative attitude is critical to the job.
- Measure success. Be responsible for the measures used to define success for your product. Success measures must be defined at the inception of a product and tracked throughout its lifecycle. Make measures visible to all stakeholders and interpret them into actionable conclusions and new hypotheses.
- Currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with at least one additional quarter/semester of school remaining following the completion of the internship.
- Desire to develop a career in product management with a passion for building user-centric software development tools.
- Ability to capture and distill complex technical issues and use persuasive, research and data-backed reasoning to solve customer problems.
- 3+ years experience in product/service/project/program management, software development, product design, or related field
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and analytical capabilities. You excel at and enjoy building models and decomposing complex structures and data into useful primitives and analyses.
- Demonstrated ability to work within and across multidisciplinary teams and projects with an ability to keep managers informed of needs and status.
- Strong customer and stakeholder empathy and understanding.
- Proficiency in one or more major programming languages.
- Previous experience working with a software delivery team or experience with developer tool workflows.
- Ability to share observations, process and receive feedback, demonstrate learning and effectively manage self and time.
- Communicates respectfully supporting a culture of psychological safety within the team
In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role.
These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role.
GitHub Leadership Principles:
GitHub values
- Customer-obsessed
- Ship to learn
- Growth mindset
- Own the outcome
- Better together
- Diverse and inclusive
Manager fundamentals
- Model
- Coach
- Care
Leadership principles
- Create clarity
- Generate energy
- Deliver success
Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.
Join us, and let’s change the world, together.
EEO Statement: GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!