All Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD computer science students can apply for this Technical Program Manager Internship at Microsoft, Bangalore, Hyderabad & Noida.

About Microsoft

Microsoft India (R&D) Private Limited, a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation, set up Microsoft India Development Center (MSIDC) in Hyderabad in 1998.

  • Over the past 21-plus years, we have expanded to become one of Microsoft Corporation’s largest R&D centres outside its headquarters in Redmond.
  • MSIDC is a part of Microsoft Corporation’s strategy of global shared development, where teams across geographies collaborate to build great software and services.
  • Our engineers in MSIDC contribute to the engineering of critical technologies in the above areas, thereby impacting millions of lives.

Technical Program Manager Internship at Microsoft

Internship Details

  • At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects across several Microsoft products such as MS Teams, MS Office and Azure in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way.
  • You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals.
  • This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology.
  • The internship is designed not only for you to do great work with the opportunity to learn and grow, but to experience our culture full of diverse community connections, executive engagement, and memorable events.  
  • We’re a company of learn-it-alls rather than know-it-alls and our culture is centered around embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day.

Responsibilities

Technical Program Managers are responsible for delivering technological solutions for the product. You work on the feature planning and design, manage the specifications of their development, and monitor their ongoing operation to better understand customer experiences. You work collaboratively with teammates to ensure our products exceed customer expectations. You communicate throughout the process to understand progress towards delivery, and technical challenges, and to provide clarity on customer needs using a data-driven approach. You will be expected to demonstrate an ability to learn and adopt relevant new technologies, tools, methods and processes to leverage in your solutions.

As a technical program manager, some of the questions which you would be addressing through your role are:

  • Who is the customer?
  • What customer problem am I addressing?
  • What success metrics should I define to enforce the high quality of my service (% Availability, latency (in MS) etc.)
  • After defining success metrics, how do I identify areas to drive improvement and prioritize solutions that yield maximum benefit?
  • How does my solution scale to the customers’ needs?

The role entails the following aspects:

  • Defining Product architecture: Defining integrated solutions for technical needs across areas such as scale, build-out, capacity, performance, etc.
  • Defining and executing product strategy: Develop a technical understanding of the underlying platform, gaps and opportunities, and gather requirements to drive the vision, strategy and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators).
  • Building and evolving the product: Build an understanding of business scenarios and technical complexities – to motivate & drive design improvements and increase applicability & platform reliability.

Qualifications

  • Currently pursuing bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD degrees in computer science, engineering, or related field with at least one year remaining after internship.
  • Ability to demonstrate an understanding of computer science fundamentals that affect code implementation and customer experience.
  • Some experience building software or technology for customers beyond the classroom environment is preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability in feature design and feasibility.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, combined with a strategic orientation.
  • Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, particularly in working with remote teams.
  • Demonstrated leadership and exceptional cross-team skills.

How to Apply?

Interested candidates can directly apply through this link.

Stipend

₹ 55,824 – ₹ 57,223/month

Note: Stipend details have been taken from here.

Location

Work Mode is Hybrid ie; Up to 50% work from home

  • Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  • Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  • Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

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FAQs

Is this a paid Internship Opportunity?

Yes, Microsoft provides reasonable stipends to their interns.

Does this opportunity require travelling?

Yes, 0-25 %

What are the basic skills required for this internship?

Computer science fundamentals, collaboration skills, problem-solving approach, analytical skills and cross-team skills are some basic required skills for this internship opportunity.