Product Manager Intern

Job Description

Product Manager Intern | Appian

The Tone:
This is a Product Manager Intern internship at Appian, located in McLean, Virginia, requiring 5 days a week in-office presence to foster direct learning and collaboration. Appian develops process automation technology, building a platform known for its unique reliability and scale that automates complex processes for large enterprises and governments globally. This role is fundamental to revolutionizing how people work by ensuring the delivery of high-quality, simple software that allows Appian’s customers to thrive and achieve their goals effectively.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Seasonal (Summer 2026, 5 days a week in-office)
• Location: McLean, VA (In-person)

• Team: Product owner on a small team of engineers
• Mission: Own the prioritized product development backlog, collaborating with a small engineering team and stakeholders to ensure consistent delivery of high-quality software with each iteration, ultimately ensuring user success and customer satisfaction.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Product Ownership: Serve as an embedded product owner within a small engineering team, driving development from conception to release.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Interact with key stakeholders to share ideas, receive feedback, and align on the evolving product vision and strategy.
• Backlog Management: Own and strategically prioritize the product development backlog to guide the team’s efforts and ensure efficient workflow.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure the team consistently delivers high-quality software with each and every iteration, meeting set standards and user expectations.
• User Experience Design: Participate in and lead design sessions, mockups, UX reviews, and usability testing to validate features and ensure user success prior to new releases.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field; this is an Early Career internship for Summer 2026 applicants only.
• Experience: Prior experience in a product management internship, technical program management, or another product-oriented technology role.
• Skills:
– Skillful prioritization to effectively determine what Appian should build by collaborating with stakeholders on product vision and strategy.
– Effective listening and understanding of customer requirements to conceptualize and create stellar experiences that directly meet customer needs.
– Strong communication, negotiation, and collaboration skills, with the ability to draw clarity out of complex and ever-changing product development environments.
– Strategic thinking and problem-solving capabilities, coupled with a proven ability to prioritize, negotiate, and execute projects to accomplish amazing results.
– Imagination, genuine curiosity for candid feedback, and enthusiastic collaboration, essential for building great product features and user experiences.