Product Strategy, MBA Intern
SpotHero is seeking a Product Strategy MBA Intern to make impactful contributions to our Strategy & Operations Department. This department is responsible for setting company strategy, incubating new business lines, scaling existing business lines and building strategic partnerships. This MBA intern will work directly with our SVP of Strategy & Operations, as well as other leaders in our product, corporate development, and sales departments, to research, document strategy and build business cases around a number of new initiatives we’re considering for 2021 and beyond. Ultimately, this intern will be responsible for providing recommendations on the future of SpotHero's product roadmap to both Strategy & Operations and Product. This is an incredible opportunity to contribute to and learn from one of Chicago’s fastest growing tech companies!
Who we are: SpotHero is a fast-growing market leader disrupting the mobility space. Drivers across the nation use the SpotHero mobile app, website, and connected car integrations to reserve convenient, affordable parking. Parking companies rely on us to help them reach new customers while optimizing their business. We connect the dots with cutting-edge technology, delivering value to both sides of this exciting, evolving marketplace.
What will you do?
- Strategy & Research. Explore, identify, and evaluate market and product opportunities to better serve our customers using internal and external data.
- Business Development. Establish relationships with other companies relevant to your findings.
- Go-To-Market. Provide recommendations on how SpotHero should launch these new initiatives.
- Stakeholder Management. Get input from, collaborate with, and sell cross-departmental executive stakeholders on your ideas
- Presentation & Communication. Build consulting firm-quality decks to summarize your findings & actionable recommendations
You are a(n):
- Full-Time MBA Candidate.
- Top-notch communicator. You can write, build decks and pitch in a meeting.
- Curious idea generator. You love to learn, come up with ideas and share with others.
- Critical Thinker. You can see opportunities others don’t, foresee roadblocks and prioritize tradeoffs.
- Analyzer. You are comfortable with data, sizing up opportunities and building basic models in Excel.
- Positive team member. You possess a positive attitude and an eagerness to learn from and contribute to a team.
- Relationship builder. You can quickly build rapport and trust with internal and external stakeholders. You are comfortable doing outreach to partners to learn more about their business.
What you bring:
- Passionate about SpotHero’s mission and eager to contribute to a fast-growing tech company.
- A background in consulting, venture capital, product management, general management and/or business development.
What we are offering:
- 10 or 12 week paid summer internship.
- Casual dress code and fun work environment.
- Fun perks like catered lunches and SpotHero swag.
- Ownership of your projects, contributing meaningful work to the company.
- Work collaboratively with small teams, gaining hands-on, applicable real world experience.
- An incredible opportunity to get involved with a successful Chicago based tech company.
- A workplace recognized as a Best Place to Work by Built In Chicago, Best Places to Work for Generation Z by Mogul, Top Company Culture by Entrepreneur, and one of TIMES’s 50 Genius Companies.
PLEASE NOTE: This position is ineligible for visa sponsorship. To be considered for this role, you must be legally authorized to work in the US and not require sponsorship for employment now or in the future.