Software Project Manager Intern

About Purple Business

Purple Business is an emerging AI startup building an AI-powered business growth platform.

Role

Software Project Manager Intern

Key Responsibilities

• Kanban & Trello Board Management
• Create, organize, and maintain Trello boards and Kanban workflows for engineering teams.
• Break down projects and requirements into actionable tasks.
• Assign tasks in coordination with technical leads.
• Maintain task statuses (Backlog, To Do, In Progress, Review, Testing, Blocked, Completed).
• Ensure tasks have clear descriptions, priorities, owners, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Update boards to reflect development progress.
• Identify overdue tasks and blocked work.
• Task Prioritization & Sprint Planning
• Understand product priorities and development milestones with founders and engineering leads.
• Translate product requirements into development plans and task lists.
• Help plan weekly sprints, development cycles, and release milestones.
• Prioritize tasks based on urgency, business impact, dependencies, and technical requirements.
• Monitor sprint progress and coordinate adjustments.
• Workload & Resource Management
• Monitor task allocation and workload distribution.
• Identify overloaded team members and underutilized capacity.
• Distribute responsibilities based on skills, availability, and priorities.
• Coordinate with technical leads to estimate task complexity.
• Identify dependencies between Flutter, backend, AI, and QA teams.
• Recommend workload adjustments.
• Progress Tracking & Team Communication
• Conduct progress check-ins with developers, AI engineers, and QA team members.
• Organize standups, sprint reviews, and project coordination meetings.
• Collect updates on completed tasks, ongoing development, blockers, and upcoming priorities.
• Follow up on pending tasks and ensure proactive communication of delays.
• Maintain visibility into feature and product development progress.
• Act as a communication bridge between founders, engineering leads, and development teams.
• Share progress reports and highlight issues requiring founder attention.
• Deadlines & Project Delivery
• Establish deadlines and development milestones with technical leads.
• Track task progress against agreed timelines.
• Identify potential delays and coordinate corrective actions.
• Ensure work moves through implementation, code review, testing, and completion.
• Coordinate with QA teams to track bugs and support release readiness.
• Help maintain release checklists and monitor progress toward product launch.
• Technical Project Documentation
• Maintain organized project documentation, task descriptions, requirements, and meeting notes.
• Document technical dependencies, blockers, decisions, and scope changes.
• Ensure developers have sufficient information before starting tasks.
• Maintain an overview of completed features, ongoing work, and upcoming priorities.
• Help create repeatable workflows and project management standards.
• Agile Process Improvement & Productivity
• Apply Agile, Scrum, and Kanban principles to improve development coordination.
• Identify inefficiencies in task management, communication, and workflows.
• Monitor delivery metrics (task completion rates, cycle time, blocked tasks, sprint predictability).
• Research and implement project management best practices.
• Explore AI-powered tools for task tracking, reporting, and coordination.
• Work with founders to improve engineering productivity and execution efficiency.

Requirements

• Strong organizational, communication, and coordination skills.
• Good understanding of software development lifecycles (SDLC) and technical project management.
• Familiarity with Trello, Kanban boards, Agile methodology, and sprint planning.
• Ability to break down complex projects into actionable tasks.
• Understanding of task prioritization, workload planning, deadlines, and project dependencies.
• Comfortable communicating frequently with developers and technical team members.
• Basic understanding of mobile app development, backend systems, APIs, AI integrations, and software testing.
• Ability to identify blockers, follow up on deliverables, and maintain accurate project records.
• Strong attention to detail, problem-solving skills, and a proactive approach.
• Ability to collaborate directly with founders and technical leads.

Key Expected Deliverables

• Organized Trello Boards for engineering workstreams.
• Task Breakdown & Allocation with owners, priorities, deadlines, and dependencies.
• Weekly Development Plans with clear objectives and deliverables.
• Regular Progress Updates.
• Founder Progress Reports (completed work, ongoing tasks, blockers, delays, priorities).
• Workload Tracking (team availability, task allocation, development capacity).
• Milestone & Deadline Tracking.
• Process Improvements recommendations.

What You'll Gain

• Direct collaboration with founders and technical leadership.
• Hands-on experience coordinating the development of an AI-powered mobile application.
• Practical exposure to Flutter, backend engineering, AI development, and software quality assurance.
• Experience managing Kanban boards, sprints, technical tasks, and release milestones.
• Opportunities to develop leadership, communication, planning, and project execution skills.
• Exposure to startup product development and cross-functional engineering collaboration.

Who We're Looking For

Highly organized, proactive, disciplined, and passionate about execution. Enjoys planning work, coordinating people, maintaining clear priorities, and ensuring project progress. Comfortable understanding technical discussions and translating them into structured tasks. Able to take ownership of project coordination, identify issues independently, maintain regular communication, and help the team work more effectively.

How to Apply

Share resume, LinkedIn profile, and any previous experience managing projects, technical teams, student initiatives, or Agile development workflows. Experience using Trello, Jira, Notion, or similar project management tools will be an advantage.