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Product Management: Internship Opportunities

2026-02-20

United States, Washington, Redmond

3 days / week in-office

Overview Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead. As a Product Manager Intern, you will define product vision and strategy by leveraging a deep understanding of the customer experience and competitive market, while identifying short-and long-term investment opportunities, evaluating tradeoffs, and driving the product roadmap. You will build consensus on product strategy, define features, vision and goals for a specific product(s) or set of features. This opportunity will allow you to develop and execute strategies to enable in-product organic growth and focus on central, cross-functional leadership of a product. At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects 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. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. Responsibilities <ul><li style="color: black;">Identify customers’ unmet or unknown needs and market opportunities for enhancements or development of a feature (e.g., product, service) via quantitative and qualitative analyses and scope the impact of a problem.</li><li style="color: black;">Drive and track Key Results, success criteria and performance metrics. Partner with Software Engineering and Hardware Engineering to identify needed data and ensure telemetry is developed.</li><li style="color: black;">Determine features or experiences to prioritize in the roadmap that will support achievement of success criteria and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). Gather input on priorities and resources needed to deliver desired outcomes for a single feature (e.g., product, service).</li><li style="color: black;">Iterate multiple designs with Design, Software Engineering, and Hardware Engineering. Assist in facilitating reviews (e.g., UX, system designs, data designs) with customers (e.g., regulators, engineers, policy makers, business-decision makers) to determine usability and ensure accessibility criteria and updated designs meet customer goals.</li><li style="color: black;">Collaborate with Product Marketing, Business Planning, and Engineering to identify product release criteria, customer acquisition, and usage.</li><li style="color: black;">Monitor and report on progress and derive insights that lead to productive courses of action to improve product/feature development, iteration, and implementation.</li><li style="color: black;">Build trust with customers. Leverage a line of communication with customers to capture feedback and insights through the product development lifecycle.</li></ul> Qualifications Required Qualifications: <ul><li style="color: black;">Must be enrolled in a full time bachelor's or masters program in an area relevant for the role during the academic term immediately before their internship.</li><li style="color: black;">Must have at least one semester or term of school remaining following the completion of the internship.</li></ul>Preferred Qualifications: <ul style="margin-bottom: 0.0in; margin-top: 0.0px;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: black;">Bachelor's Degree AND 1+ year(s) experience in product/service/project/program management or software development.</li></ul> The base pay range for this internship is USD $5610.00 - $11010.00 per month. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $7270.00 - $12030.00 per month. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: <a style="color: black;" href="https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-intern-pay">https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-intern-pay</a> This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. <hr> Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html">requesting accommodations.</a>

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Senior Manager, Creative Art

2026-02-20

United States, Washington, Redmond +3 more

3 days / week in-office

Overview The Global Marketing Engines & Experiences (GME&E) team is driving the marketing transformation of Microsoft’s largest and fastest-growing commercial cloud businesses. We are seeking a Senior Manager Creative Art to spearhead the visual and storytelling strategy across our commercial social ecosystem. This role will bring brand affinity and audience engagement to life across TikTok, Instagram, Threads, YouTube, Facebook, X, Reddit, and more. You’ll ideate, produce, and evolve social-native creative that resonates with commercial and technical audiences. In this role, you will demonstrate an understanding of internet culture, apply design intuition, and contribute a blend of strategic thinking, creative design, and production capabilities. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day. Responsibilities <ul style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 10pt;">Partner with copywriters and strategists to shape creative concepts and campaigns aligned to platform trends and business goals. </li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 10pt;">Lead ideation and development of social-first campaigns, content series, real-time content and activations. </li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 10pt;">Translate insights, trends, and cultural moments into breakthrough visual and editorial concepts. </li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 10pt;">Design or oversee design of quick-turn assets across formats (video, animation, stills). </li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 10pt;">Use AI-powered creative tools to concept, produce, and refine compelling videos and stills that reflect trending visuals (e.g., glass fruit cutting, made of water, etc.). </li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 10pt;">Document and maintain brand lookbooks, style guides, and creative best practices. Advocate for audience-first creative by applying performance insights and testing frameworks. </li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 10pt;">Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure creative output is brand-right, platform-optimized, and strategically sound.</li></ul>Embody our <a title="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture" href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture" target="_blank" rel="noopener">culture</a> and <a title="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about" href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">values</a>. Qualifications Required Qualifications  <ul style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 10pt;">Bachelor's Degree or Certificate in Design, Fine Arts, Visual Communications or related art field AND 4+ years experience in art design or a related art field working on advertising, marketing or social media content. </li><ul style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="circle"><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 10pt;">OR equivalent experience.</li></ul></ul> Preferred Qualifications  <ul style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 10pt;">6+ years of experience writing for digital, social, or integrated campaigns — ideally within a B2B or tech environment. </li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 10pt;">Portfolio demonstrating editorial range, platform fluency, and creative storytelling across formats. </li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 10pt;">Presentation and storytelling skills, including the ability to pitch ideas to senior stakeholders. </li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 10pt;">Understanding of commercial audiences and how to tailor messaging to meet strategic business outcomes. </li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 10pt;">Familiarity with Microsoft products and ecosystem is a plus.</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 10pt;">Experience working with creative teams and agencies; agency experience preferred. </li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-size: 10pt;">Enthusiastic, collaborative, and proactive.</li></ul>#EandEJobs Art IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: <a href='https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay'>https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay</a> This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. <hr> Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html">requesting accommodations.</a>

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Research Intern - Cryptography and Applications

2026-02-20

United States, Washington, Redmond

3 days / week in-office

Overview Research Internships at Microsoft provide a dynamic environment for research careers with a network of world-class research labs led by globally-recognized scientists and engineers, who pursue innovation in a range of scientific and technical disciplines to help solve complex challenges in diverse fields, including computing, healthcare, economics, and the environment. As a Research Intern in the Strategic Planning and Architecture (SPARC) group, you will contribute to the research, design, and development of cryptos & crypto applications for Caliptra and its usage models. This role encompasses topics such as crypto tradeoffs around silicon gate area, FW-HW interface simplications, performance and integration of it with the rest of the system. Side channel countermeasure implementation, and validation of those would also be part of the responsibility. The role includes collaboration with researchers and engineers across Microsoft and offers the possibility for real system impact. Applicants should demonstrate depth of knowledge in Cryptography, design & validation of the cryptos in hardware. Responsibilities Research Interns put inquiry and theory into practice. Alongside fellow doctoral candidates and some of the world’s best researchers, Research Interns learn, collaborate, and network for life. Research Interns not only advance their own careers, but they also contribute to exciting research and development strides. During the 12-week internship, Research Interns are paired with mentors and expected to collaborate with other Research Interns and researchers, present findings, and contribute to the vibrant life of the community. Research internships are available in all areas of research, and are offered year-round, though they typically begin in the summer. Additional Responsibilities<ul><li>Engage early with their mentors to clearly formulate a plan of work for the 12 weeks of the Research Internship. </li><li>Clearly and frequently document and communicate their progress, adjusting the plan as the project evolves. </li><li>Show initiative and think unconventionally to derive creative and innovative solutions. </li></ul> Qualifications Required Qualifications<ul><li>Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Engineering or a related STEM field.</li></ul> Other Requirements<ul><li>Research Interns are expected to be physically located in their manager’s Microsoft worksite location for the duration of their internship.</li><li>In addition to the qualifications below, you’ll need to submit a minimum of two reference letters for this position as well as a cover letter and any relevant work or research samples. After you submit your application, a request for letters may be sent to your list of references on your behalf. Note that reference letters cannot be requested until after you have submitted your application, and furthermore, that they might not be automatically requested for all candidates. You may wish to alert your letter writers in advance, so they will be ready to submit your letter. </li></ul><h4> </h4>Preferred Qualifications<ul><li>Background in cryptography with a strong understanding of tradeoff and countermeasures. </li><li>Familiarity with hardware RTL development (Verilog/VHDL), validation and side channel analysis using FPGAs.</li><li>Ability to use AI to develop testbench and tests for validation.</li></ul> The base pay range for this internship is USD $6,710 - $13,270 per month. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $8,760 - $14,360 per month. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-intern-pay">https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-intern-pay</a> Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work. This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. <hr> Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html">requesting accommodations.</a>

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