About this role

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 Business Program Management Intern, you will identify, define, and design opportunities to support and/or develop new programs or improve current programs. You will advocate for and demonstrate the value of the program through clearly defined metrics in order to gain buy in from stakeholders, partners and customers. You will monitor programs to ensure all activities align with program objectives and ensures program processes are executed efficiently including change management and/or program improvement efforts. 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. Responsibilities <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in"><li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Assists others in performing program landscape research and analysis (e.g., internal and/or external market, sales, delivery), forecasting, and examining business trends (e.g., customer feedback and expectations) to identify audience size and program scope, stay current, agile, and competitive.</li><li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Helps improve operations of existing programs by helping apply industry methodology, define program issues, assess various scenarios, and select the optimal scenario to resolve issues.</li><li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">With oversight from others, contributes to the direction and strategy from leadership regarding business area of expertise in order to help execute plans that shift current priorities to new organizational initiatives and objectives, and influences others to change behavior accordingly. Learns to define vision and strategy for change, broad and specific impact, and the flow of communication to the organization.</li><li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Learns how to define and track the success criteria and performance metrics (e.g., Objectives and Key Results [OKRs] and Key Performance Indicators [KPIs]), such as quality, adoption, usage, impact, and effectiveness for the program.</li><li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Assists others working with cross-functional (e.g., organizational, product, business) stakeholders (e.g., Engineering) to design programs from initiation to delivery.</li></ul> Qualifications <ul style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 0.0in;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Currently pursuing Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Must have at least one semester/term of school remaining following the completion of the internship. </li><li style="font-size: 12pt;">You must be legally authorised to work in Ireland to be eligible for this role. (Legally authorized = Has citizenship or has been granted a valid visa or work permit) </li></ul> 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>