Intern, Product Manager

About the Role

NetApp is seeking talented individuals for an internship program focused on Product Management. As an intern, you will be encouraged to bring forward new ideas, take ownership of meaningful work, and drive results alongside a team that succeeds together. You will receive the mentorship, resources, and feedback needed to grow.

Key Responsibilities

• Research customer needs, market trends, competitive offerings, and emerging technologies.
• Identify customer or user pain points and translate insights into product requirements, user stories, or recommendations.
• Partner with engineering and cross-functional teams to scope product features, enhancements, workflows, or prototypes.
• Analyze customer feedback, product usage, business metrics, or other data to identify opportunities.
• Support product roadmap development, prioritization, and execution.
• Explore opportunities to use AI, automation, or emerging technologies to improve product and customer experiences.
• Develop product briefs, competitive analyses, business cases, presentations, or other product documentation.
• Evaluate tradeoffs across customer value, technical feasibility, business impact, and time to market.
• Present project findings, recommendations, and outcomes to stakeholders.

Example Project Work may include:

• Customer Experience: Research customer needs or workflow pain points and recommend product or experience improvements.
• AI & Emerging Technologies: Explore emerging technologies and potential AI-enabled product experiences.
• Product-Led Growth & Developer Experience: Analyze onboarding, adoption, or developer workflows and recommend improvements to self-service experiences, integrations, APIs, or tools.
• Cloud, Data & Cyber Resilience: Research customer problems and help define capabilities related to cloud services, data management, security, or cyber resilience.
• Market & Competitive Analysis: Evaluate market trends, competitors, and customer needs to inform product or roadmap recommendations.
• Business Models & Product Insights: Analyze product usage, adoption, pricing, or business metrics to support product strategy and decision-making.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Interest in product management, technology, and solving customer problems, demonstrated through coursework, projects, research, internships, or other hands-on experience.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to understand customer or user needs and translate them into clear requirements or recommendations.
• Ability to use data, research, and business context to support decisions.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, design, business, and other cross-functional partners.
• Ability to work through ambiguity, organize complex information, and take ownership of meaningful project work.
• Curiosity about AI and emerging technologies, with exposure through coursework, projects, or hands-on use is considered a plus.

The following are considered a plus:

• Coursework, projects, or experience in areas such as product management, market or user research, data analysis, technology, business strategy, financial analysis, or product design.

Qualifications

• Must be enrolled in an educational or professional program through the summer of 2027.
• Candidates pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Economics, Finance, Product Management; MBA; or a related field are encouraged to apply.

Program Details

• This is a 10–12 week summer internship with start dates in May or June 2027.
• Recruiting efforts will be ongoing until specific teams find an ideal match.

Compensation and Benefits

• Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards.
• Includes a comprehensive benefits package, which may cover Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Retirement or Pension Plans, Paid Time Off (PTO), various Leave options, Performance-Based Incentives, employee stock purchase plan, and/or restricted stocks (RSU’s). Offerings are subject to regional variations and governed by local laws, regulations, and company policies.

Working Environment

• Embraces a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture.
• Most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations.