iXp Intern, Innovation Center Silicon Valley - Product Management Job

Job description

Requisition ID: 138319
Work Area: Solution and Product Management
Expected Travel: 0 - 10%
Career Status: Student
Employment Type: Intern

 

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

 

As market leader in enterprise application software, SAP helps companies of all sizes and industries innovate through simplification. From the back office to the boardroom, warehouse to storefront, on premise to cloud, desktop to mobile device – SAP empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition. SAP applications and services enable customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably.

 

#iXp

This jobs is a part of SAP’s Intern Experience Program (iXp). Within iXp we focus on providing a best-in-class intern experience and assigning impactful projects in strategic areas of SAP’s business. iXp interns are inquisitive, capable and eager individuals, fueling the next generation of SAP.

 

Objective:

The SAP Innovation Center Silicon Valley is looking for a student with a passion for product management and who loves to drive direction for the team. We are working on a project with advanced technologies to build a human resources solution to streamline processes for universities, candidates, and employers in the human resources space. We are an interdisciplinary team with skills and experiences ranging from engineering, business, and design.

 

If you are highly motivated and excited to work in a dynamic environment with changing tasks and responsibilities, brainstorming far away visions, creating beautiful an amazing product with challenging requirements and tight timelines without much support due to the complexity of the technologies we interact with, then we are looking for you.

 

What we offer you:

·  Work out of our open work space in the heart of Silicon Valley
·  Connect with world leading software engineers, become part of the worldwide SAP network of experts, partners and customers, have an extraordinary executive visibility

 

Expectations and Tasks:

·  Learn scrum and product management tools by managing the scrum board and sprint planning
·  Perform market research regarding product and market landscape
·  Conduct user research and user interviews
·  Contribute to the storyboarding process and help create user stories
·  Help guide vision of product by creating product timeline and roadmap

 

Education and Qualifications:

·  Requires candidates to currently be enrolled in an undergraduate, Masters, MBA or PhD degree; Computer Engineering/Design/Data Science/Business or related fields
·  Has programming skills or knowledge a plus (e.g. C#, C++, Objective C, JavaScript, Java and/or HTML5)
·  Knowledge of product management tools (JIRA, HuBoard, Asana, etc) or scrum processes is a plus
·  Enjoys ambiguous challenges, fast iterations, and independent thinking
·  Stellar communication skills (experience with user interviews a plus)
·  Having worked with various technologies during your studies but also independent of it (e.g. as an intern, as trainee, at a start-up or together with friends or just for fun), to demonstrate that you’re driven to create beautiful and valuable technology solutions.
·  Strong enthusiasm and an interest for new technologies and business models of the next generation
·  Demonstrates to be a team player with experience working on an interdisciplinary team
·  Be able to tackle complex challenges with great initiative independently and as a member of small teams
·  Previous product management experience a plus but not required
·  Candidate must be local to the Silicon Valley to be considered
·  Must be able to work in Palo Alto, CA during summer 2017

 

SAP'S DIVERSITY COMMITMENT

 

To harness the power of innovation, SAP invests in the development of its diverse employees. We aspire to leverage the qualities and appreciate the unique competencies that each person brings to the company.

 

SAP is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team (Americas: or , APJ: , EMEA: C ). Requests for reasonable accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

 

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

 

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability.

Additional Locations:

Nearest Major Market: San Jose
Nearest Secondary Market: Palo Alto

Desired profile

Expectations and Tasks:

·  Learn scrum and product management tools by managing the scrum board and sprint planning
·  Perform market research regarding product and market landscape
·  Conduct user research and user interviews
·  Contribute to the storyboarding process and help create user stories
·  Help guide vision of product by creating product timeline and roadmap

 

Education and Qualifications:

·  Requires candidates to currently be enrolled in an undergraduate, Masters, MBA or PhD degree; Computer Engineering/Design/Data Science/Business or related fields
·  Has programming skills or knowledge a plus (e.g. C#, C++, Objective C, JavaScript, Java and/or HTML5)
·  Knowledge of product management tools (JIRA, HuBoard, Asana, etc) or scrum processes is a plus
·  Enjoys ambiguous challenges, fast iterations, and independent thinking
·  Stellar communication skills (experience with user interviews a plus)
·  Having worked with various technologies during your studies but also independent of it (e.g. as an intern, as trainee, at a start-up or together with friends or just for fun), to demonstrate that you’re driven to create beautiful and valuable technology solutions.
·  Strong enthusiasm and an interest for new technologies and business models of the next generation
·  Demonstrates to be a team player with experience working on an interdisciplinary team
·  Be able to tackle complex challenges with great initiative independently and as a member of small teams
·  Previous product management experience a plus but not required
·  Candidate must be local to the Silicon Valley to be considered
·  Must be able to work in Palo Alto, CA during summer 2017

 

SAP'S DIVERSITY COMMITMENT

 

To harness the power of innovation, SAP invests in the development of its diverse employees. We aspire to leverage the qualities and appreciate the unique competencies that each person brings to the company.

 

SAP is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team , , EMEA:C ). Requests for reasonable accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

 

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

 

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability.

Additional Locations: