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2016 Summer Intern - Project Manager, Program Management - Full-time / Part-time
•30 days ago
| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
|---|---|
| Location | Indianapolis, Indiana |
About this job
Job Title: 2016 FutureForce Intern, Project Manager
Job Category: University Recruiting - Tech
Location: Indianapolis
Salesforce, the Customer Success Platform and world's #1 CRM, empowers companies to connect with their customers in a whole new way. We are the fastest growing of the top 10 enterprise software companies, the World's Most Innovative Company according to Forbes, and one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For six years running. The growth, innovation, and Aloha spirit of Salesforce are driven by our incredible employees who thrive on delivering success for our customers while also finding time to give back through our 1/1/1 model, which leverages 1% of our time, equity, and product to improve communities around the world. Salesforce is a team sport, and we play to win. Join us!
Role Description:
Intern Project Managers at Salesforce are passionate about Agile, communication, and group dynamics within the technical development team and across the company. This role assists and supports the team in delivering to maximize business value. This position will work to help drive increased agility, velocity, and predictability.
Your Impact:
Proactively assist in managing dependencies, issues, risks, and potential roadblocks to successfully meet organizational expectations and project goals
Work closely with the Project Manager, Product Manager and Development Manager to ensure maintenance of the product backlog, release plans, and roadmaps
Assist in the execution of the agile "basics" e.g. planning, demos, retrospectives, stand-ups, etc
Track and update burn-down metrics, velocity, and release schedules
Expedite discussions and manage relationships with other teams
Effectively communicate across all levels of leadership
Promote self-organization, autonomy, and ongoing improvement
Support Project Management team in creating and driving action plans to improve process health
Responsible for escalating issues/risks associated with project pipeline, capacity and/or scope creep
Minimum Requirements:
Pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree
Interest in working as a Project Manager, Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Agile Project Manager, or Team
Lead in a fast paced, growing organization.
Experience using issue tracking tools to effectively manage project delivery (i.e. Jira)
Must show strong interest in the following competencies:
Estimation and delivery
Attention to detail
Process improvement
Positive approach to tasks and team member interactions
Enthusiastic, self-driven, organized planner with the ability to lead multiple efforts simultaneously
Upbeat, positive approach to tasks and team member interactions
Enthusiastic, self-driven, organized planner with the ability to lead multiple efforts simultaneously
Team player with the ability to accomplish results as an active team member as well as on an individual basis
Genuine passion for helping teams and individuals grow
Expert in asking great questions that guide people to solve problems in challenging situations
Strong leadership skills with the ability to build strong rapport with stakeholders to influence desired outcomes
Ability to interface with both business and technical teams
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Job Category: University Recruiting - Tech
Location: Indianapolis
Salesforce, the Customer Success Platform and world's #1 CRM, empowers companies to connect with their customers in a whole new way. We are the fastest growing of the top 10 enterprise software companies, the World's Most Innovative Company according to Forbes, and one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For six years running. The growth, innovation, and Aloha spirit of Salesforce are driven by our incredible employees who thrive on delivering success for our customers while also finding time to give back through our 1/1/1 model, which leverages 1% of our time, equity, and product to improve communities around the world. Salesforce is a team sport, and we play to win. Join us!
Role Description:
Intern Project Managers at Salesforce are passionate about Agile, communication, and group dynamics within the technical development team and across the company. This role assists and supports the team in delivering to maximize business value. This position will work to help drive increased agility, velocity, and predictability.
Your Impact:
Proactively assist in managing dependencies, issues, risks, and potential roadblocks to successfully meet organizational expectations and project goals
Work closely with the Project Manager, Product Manager and Development Manager to ensure maintenance of the product backlog, release plans, and roadmaps
Assist in the execution of the agile "basics" e.g. planning, demos, retrospectives, stand-ups, etc
Track and update burn-down metrics, velocity, and release schedules
Expedite discussions and manage relationships with other teams
Effectively communicate across all levels of leadership
Promote self-organization, autonomy, and ongoing improvement
Support Project Management team in creating and driving action plans to improve process health
Responsible for escalating issues/risks associated with project pipeline, capacity and/or scope creep
Minimum Requirements:
Pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree
Interest in working as a Project Manager, Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Agile Project Manager, or Team
Lead in a fast paced, growing organization.
Experience using issue tracking tools to effectively manage project delivery (i.e. Jira)
Must show strong interest in the following competencies:
Estimation and delivery
Attention to detail
Process improvement
Positive approach to tasks and team member interactions
Enthusiastic, self-driven, organized planner with the ability to lead multiple efforts simultaneously
Upbeat, positive approach to tasks and team member interactions
Enthusiastic, self-driven, organized planner with the ability to lead multiple efforts simultaneously
Team player with the ability to accomplish results as an active team member as well as on an individual basis
Genuine passion for helping teams and individuals grow
Expert in asking great questions that guide people to solve problems in challenging situations
Strong leadership skills with the ability to build strong rapport with stakeholders to influence desired outcomes
Ability to interface with both business and technical teams
Excellent written and verbal communication skills