At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.
Department OverviewMotorola Solutions’ Command Center Software portfolio thrives within the overall Motorola Solutions product ecosystem, and is also enhanced by 3rd party systems our customers use on a daily basis. The Alliances and Ecosystem team is responsible for evaluation and establishment of 3rd party technology partner relationships, alignment of appropriate stakeholders, and establishment of appropriate governance based on established differentiation to ensure ongoing profitability for the Command Center Software business.
Job Description
The Product Management Intern is responsible for assisting with strategy, roadmap, and feature definition within the Public Safety Software Integrations and Command Center Developer Program team including interfacing with senior product managers, product owners, engineering staff, marketing managers and other teams to define and deliver compelling products to the market.
The Product Management Intern analyzes market and competitive conditions and participates as part of the team that lays out a product vision that is differentiated and delivers unique value based on addressing customer problems. This role spans many activities from strategic to tactical and provides cross-functional leadership—bridging gaps within the company between different functions, especially between development, sales and marketing, and support.
The Product Management Intern helps the team to define the ‘why’, ‘what,’ and ‘when’ of the product that the development team will build.
Product Management Intern responsibilities include:
Product Vision and Strategy
The Product Management Intern is responsible for being a key contributing member of the team, by defining customer problems and contributing to a product vision and strategy. Their job is to collect input and articulate the business value to the product team so together they can develop the intent behind the new product or product release.
Identify customer needs and market requirements
Evaluate competitive products and solutions
Help the team to create business plans and proposals for new initiatives
Product Execution
Product management staff must plan for what their teams deliver and set expectations for when they need to deliver it. The Product Management Intern works with senior level product managers / product owners to define a vision and roadmap for their products, and the product team to define a release plan.
Helps the team to define market offer structure
Make products orderable and deliverable
Support implementation of training, support and deployment requirements
Identify risks and help to resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality
Desired Skills
Familiarity with business or business management
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written are a necessity
Polished presentation skills for internal and external audiences
Proactive, enthusiastic attitude toward challenging problems
Capable of quickly evaluating and prioritizing new projects alongside customer feedback
Strong ability to take complex user requirements and distill them into a format that can be understood by developers as well as non-technical staff
Ability to research and analyze project requirements from various stakeholders
Ability to understand market trends, financial data, and customer needs and assess competitive intelligence data.
Build consensus among stakeholders
Ability to work well independently and as part of a diverse team spread across multiple continents in a fast-moving environment
Ability to multi-task among various assignments
Understanding business management tools such Jira, Google Docs, MS Office
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Basic Requirements
Must be pursuing a minimum of a Bachelor's Degree with a graduation date of December 2026 or later
Must be a U.S. Citizen, permanent resident, or a Master's student with work authorization (F1 Visa on CPT accepted only for Masters-level students).
Travel RequirementsNone
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeIntern
EEO Statement
Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.
We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.
We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete this Reasonable Accommodations Form so we can assist you.
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