Intern, Strategic Operations

Ignite Your Career with Somos – Where Innovation and Opportunity Thrive!

At Somos, we are passionate about creating a workplace that celebrates innovation, inclusion, personal growth, and meaningful collaboration. Our Employee Value Proposition showcases the incredible benefits and opportunities we offer, reflecting the values that drive our vibrant and empowering culture. Ready to take your career to the next level? Discover why Somos is the place to be by exploring our EVP here.

Eligibility Requirements

• Our internship program is remote based; however, the intern must be in the United States.
• Must be an undergraduate or graduate student enrolled in a degree-granting program at an accredited college or university during the internship.
• GPA of 3.0 or above (based on a 4.0 scale)
• Available to work full time (40 hours/week) for the entire program (June 9th - August 29th).
• Required to undergo a pre-employment background check.

Working closely with the department, the Intern will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Explore and learn about Somos’ product portfolio to provide project support for such initiatives
• Assist with project and program support of complex strategic initiatives
• Approach project/program management role through as strategic lens to ensure focus of team on value outcomes
• Ability to engage and empower cross-functional team members to leverage their expertise and insights to deliver value
• Learn how to curate the best ideas, hypothesize their value, and implement the most promising of them
• Curate ideas to support the development items of the Capstone project
• Collaborate with other interns to effectively prioritize items needed for Capstone execution
• Support cross-functional team in execution of the capstone
• Other tasks as assigned

Major Initiatives

• Participate in overall strategic initiative discussions for current and future projects
• Assist team with support on strategic initiative programs and processes as needed
• Along with intern peers, present the Sprint Planning of Capstone
• Along with intern peers, present the Demos of Capstone
• Incorporate the feedback from all mentors as work on initiative to ensure value and meeting stakeholder expectations
• Along with intern peers, present the final Capstone project

Qualifications & Skills

• Strong quantitative analytical and critical thinking skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and project management applications
• Willingness to assist in variety of project/program related tasks
• Ability to act as customer advocate in cross functional teams
• Demonstrated ability to work efficiently, meet deadlines, and manage multi-dimensional projects
• Team oriented attitude, where no job is too big or too small
• Highly motivated, resourceful, self-starter with ability to deliver results
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong Collaboration and facilitation skills
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously in a small, fast-paced environment
• Passion for consumer empowering technology

Preferred Qualifications & Skills 

• Working toward a degree in project/program management, project management, strategic operation, business management or computer engineering.
• Knowledge of global products, product life cycles, and understanding the needs of customers
• Experience applying agile methodology in managing technical projects
• Exposure to Agile Methodology in software development
• Exposure to Design Thinking
• Knowledge and experience working in the following application tools: Microsoft Office Suite, Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, Mural, Salesforce)

Somos is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of this position.  Aspects of this job description may change at any time, with or without notice.

This job description is not intended as and does not create an employment contract. The organization maintains its status as an at-will employer. Employees can be terminated for any reason not prohibited by law.

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.