Product Management Intern – Content Ecosystem

Job Description

Product Manager Intern (TikTok-Product-Content Ecosystem) – 2026 Summer (BS/MS) | TikTok

The Tone:
This is a temporary internship at TikTok, located in Los Angeles, CA, for the 2026 summer. TikTok builds the leading destination for short-form mobile video, aiming to inspire creativity and bring joy globally. This role is crucial for enhancing the health and prosperity of TikTok’s content users and creators, which directly contributes to improving daily active users over the long term. The intern will engage with real-world scenarios, contributing to fundamental product development skills within a rapidly evolving tech environment.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Temporary
• Location: In-person, Los Angeles, CA
• Pay: $35 hourly
• Team: Content Ecosystem team, collaborating with RD (Research & Development)
• Mission: Improve long-term daily active users (DAU) by optimizing the content ecosystem for users and creators.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Project Management: Plan, initiate, and manage information technology projects specifically for mobile and web-based products and platforms.
• Product Leadership: Lead the ideation, technical development, and launch processes for innovative tools, platforms, or products.
• Team Collaboration: Drive product development efforts alongside world-class engineers and designers, while actively supporting team well-being.
• Requirement Definition: Work closely with various teams to articulate the product vision, define clear product requirements, and coordinate resources like design and legal.
• Data-Driven Improvement: Integrate usability studies, research, and market analysis into product requirements to boost engineer productivity and enhance user satisfaction.
• Performance Analysis: Define and analyze key metrics to inform product success, ensuring continuous tracking of performance indicators.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Currently pursuing an undergraduate or master’s degree in computer science, data science, product management, or a related discipline, with a foundational understanding of product management or product design.
• Experience: Able to commit to a 12-week internship in 2026, possessing experience analyzing data sets and translating requirements through academic projects or prior internships.
• Skills: Basic technical proficiency with analytical tools, methodologies, and design principles, alongside strong communication skills demonstrated in group projects, presentations, or internships.
• Bonus: Experience identifying significant opportunities, driving product vision, strategies, and roadmaps, and having navigated a full product life-cycle by integrating customer feedback into requirements and executing pre/post-launch activities.