Summer 2027 Corporate Internship

About the Role

This is an 11-week summer internship position for Product Management at DICK'S Sporting Goods, taking place in Pittsburgh at the Corporate Office. The program follows a hybrid work schedule: working from home on Mondays and Fridays, and in the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy:
• Use data to identify customer pain points.
• Participate in sessions to identify the right problems.
• Participate in prioritizing problems for best business outcomes.
• Gather & analyze market data, including creating competitive analyses, benchmarking, or SWOT presentations.
• Participate in identifying patterns in data and build expanded research models.
• Create & present reports on findings, defects, improvements, statuses, and risk management.
• Use decision support tools to weigh competing factors for backlog prioritization.
• Contribute to team discovery efforts.
• Execution:
• Work on key projects and provide support to more senior-level Product Managers.
• Perform scoping & prioritization of assigned tasks.
• Perform validation for production releases, bug fixes, & feature requests.
• Troubleshoot defects, participate in root cause analysis, & find solutions for resolution.
• Work on specific features, improving them & creating new ones upon instruction.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including planning, grooming, demos, & retrospectives.
• Write user stories to articulate work for Engineering that supports outcome delivery.
• Work closely with engineering to ensure product delivery maps to customer experience & business requirements within timelines.

Key Deliverables of a Product Manager

• Stakeholder Relationship Management
• Competitive Gap Analysis & Benchmarking
• Product Data Analysis & Reporting
• Writing & Grooming User Stories
• User Acceptance Testing

Requirements & Tech Stack

• A foundational understanding of Product Management.
• Ability to balance business objectives and customer needs.
• Strong deductive reasoning skills.
• A customer-centric view for developing great product experiences.
• Ability to distill complex technical concepts into plain language for stakeholders.
• Strong curiosity for using new tools, adopting new technology, and learning new product management frameworks.
• Dynamic written and verbal communication style, with the ability to communicate cross-functionally and vertically throughout the organization.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and outcome-oriented environment.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word).

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree.
• Graduation date of Winter 2027 or Spring 2028.
• An undergrad or Master’s degree in Product Management, Business, Technology, or a related field.
• Strong verbal communication skills to read and write reports, and communicate cross-functionally and vertically throughout the organization.
• Ability to handle confidential information with professionalism and discretion.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment.
• Eagerness to learn and work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to communicate thoughts and technical ideas in an accessible manner.

Internship Details

• Internship Start Date: May 17th, 2027
• Internship End Date: July 29th, 2027

Full-time Opportunities

• Consideration for full-time jobs after graduation.
• Interns qualified for full-time opportunities will be evaluated at the end of the program and may be placed into a full-time Technology Development Program.

Perks

• Fully furnished housing for non-local interns arranged and paid for by DSG.
• Hybrid work model: WFH Monday & Friday, in office Tues – Thurs.
• Two paid holidays – Memorial Day and July 4th.
• Teammate Discount.
• Uber codes for Interns who do not have a vehicle to commute to and from the office.
• Corporate Office amenities such as on-site gym and Starbucks.
• Meaningful work projects selected by functional leaders.
• Executive Speaker Series.
• Professional development.
• Volunteer opportunities.
• Social events.
• Relocation assistance will be provided for non-local candidates who accept full-time jobs requiring them to be located at DICK’S Sporting Goods Corporate Office.