Intern Product Management - Customer-Facing Sales Design System (Mandatory Internship)

Mercedes-Benz Group AG; Stuttgart; On-site; EUR 13,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s Workbench design system team in Stuttgart seeks an intern to support product management and governance across global touchpoints. You will help steer the Workbench product, prepare management content, and visualize adoption metrics.

This internship requires studies in business or digital fields, strong communication in English, and a structured, ownership-driven work style. You will be mentored by the Workbench Product Manager and collaborate with designers, engineers,

Qualifications

• Structured, self-organised work style and ownership
• Strong communication and English skills; German is a plus
• Internship is mandatory as part of study regulations
• Experience with MS 365, Jira, Confluence, Figma or agile frameworks is a plus
• Genuine interest in digital products, design, brand experience and AI-supported ways of working

Responsibilities

• Assist Product Manager in steering Workbench product, including roadmap planning and coordination of design teams
• Prepare content for management, markets, and stakeholders (presentations, product one-pagers, communications)
• Track and visualize adoption metrics and reporting for management
• Support tenant and stakeholder management (meeting prep, minutes, follow-ups)
• Contribute to AI-readiness initiative (research, structuring, testing content)
• Benchmark design systems and governance practices across companies
• Help facilitate team formats (workshops, weekly calls, market broadcasts)
• Provide ad hoc support across the MB Omnichannel portfolio

Skills

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Structured working

Self-organisation

Ownership

English proficiency

Education

Business Administration / Business Informatics / Digital Business

Tools

MS 365

Jira

Confluence

Figma

SAFe

Job description

Tasks

Who we are

Workbench is the central design system behind Mercedes-Benz customer-facing sales websites worldwide and beyond. It is the brand-approved single source of compliant digital brand and design guidelines for more than 50 touchpoints across Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-AMG, and Mercedes-Maybach, ranging from component libraries and design tokens to documentation and governance. Our team sits in the Solution Management and Architecture department of MB.OC (Mercedes-Benz Omnichannel) and works daily with designers, developers, architects, and brand stakeholders across the globe.

Following the successful global go-live of our latest Digital Design version in September this year, we are shaping the next chapter: scaling adoption to new touchpoints, modernizing our documentation platform, and making the design system readable and usable by AI tools.

Your tasks:

• Support the Product Manager in steering the Workbench product, including product direction activities, request handovers to other product teams, roadmap planning, budget management, stakeholder management, and coordination of design teams
• Prepare content for management, markets, and stakeholders (presentations, product one-pagers, release and go-live communications, newsletters)
• Track and visualize adoption: tenant onboarding status, usage and impact metrics, and reporting for management
• Support tenant and stakeholder management (meeting preparation, minutes, follow-ups, and maintenance of our stakeholder overview)
• Contribute to our AI-readiness initiative (research, structuring, and testing of machine-readable design system content)
• Benchmark and research how other design systems and companies address adoption, governance, and documentation
• Help prepare and facilitate team formats such as workshops, weekly calls, and market broadcasts
• Provide ad hoc support to the wider team on Solution Management topics across the Mercedes-Benz Omnichannel portfolio

What we offer:

• Real responsibility for your own topics within a product that is live in every Mercedes-Benz market
• Deep insight into how a global design system, an agile organization (SAFe), and brand governance work in practice
• Exposure to a broad stakeholder network ranging from designers and engineers to markets and senior management
• Close mentoring by the Workbench Product Manager and a team that works internationally and hands-on

The activity can begin from December 2026.

Qualifications

• Studies in the field of Business Administration, Business Informatics, Media/Communication Management, Digital Business, Industrial Engineering or comparable studies
• The internship is a mandatory part of your study regulations
• Structured, self-organised way of working, strategic thinking ability, and willingness to take ownership of your own topics
• Strong communication skills; very good English (written and spoken), German is a plus
• Confident with MS 365 (PowerPoint, Excel, Teams); first experience with Jira, Confluence, Figma or agile frameworks (SAFe) is a plus
• Genuine interest in digital products, design, brand experience and AI-supported ways of working

Please note that your internship at this location must be mandatory.

You can find further information on the hiring criteria here.

Severely disabled applicants and applicants with equivalent status are welcome! The representative for severely disabled employees ([e-mail]) will gladly support you in the application process.