Agile PMO Intern

Genuine Parts Company; Alabama; On-site; USD 21,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Genuine Parts Company, via Motion Industries, offers an Agile PMO Intern role in the Birmingham, AL area for the summer. You will gain hands-on experience with how large programs are planned, delivered, and continuously improved within a modern PMO.

You'll work with experienced leaders on portfolio activities, agile ceremonies, dashboards, and governance materials, developing project delivery and analytical skills in a real-world environment.

Qualifications

• Pursuing BS/BA in Business, IT, Organizational Leadership, Engineering, or related field.
• Interest in project management, Agile delivery, portfolio management, or technology delivery.
• Basic understanding of project management and Scrum concepts.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams).
• Exposure to delivery and collaboration tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Smartsheet, Power BI, or MS Project is a plus.
• Awareness of SAFe or other scaled‑agile approaches is a plus.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team.
• Able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a continuous-improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Participate in project, program, and portfolio meetings; inform leadership on progress.
• Track milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, and action items across initiatives.
• Support agile ceremonies across Agile Release Trains; PI Planning, standups, backlog refinement, reviews, demos.
• Maintain schedules, dashboards, reports, and portfolio and delivery metrics.
• Help build team-health, flow, and predictability views.
• Collaborate with teams to capture requirements, meeting notes, artifacts.
• Assist with executive presentations, status reports, and governance materials.
• Support PMO processes, templates, and tools for continuous improvement.
• Work with stakeholders to keep project information accurate.
• Contribute to special projects and strategic initiatives.

Skills

Project management

Agile delivery

Portfolio management

Business operations

Technology delivery

Microsoft Office

Azure DevOps

Jira

Smartsheet

Power BI

Microsoft Project

SAFe awareness

Organizational skills

Communication

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Adaptability

Education

BS/BA in related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Smartsheet

Power BI

Microsoft Project

Job description

Agile PMO (APMO) Intern

Ready for a challenging and rewarding summer? This is your chance to work hands-on with the teams that plan, deliver, and continuously improve technology and business initiatives at a leading industrial distribution company. Over the summer you'll see how large programs get delivered, how agile teams work day to day, and how a modern PMO keeps strategic work on track.

At Motion Industries, we use technology, agility, and continuous improvement to transform how we run our business. If you want to build your project delivery, organizational, and analytical skills while learning from experienced leaders and coaches, come find out what's next with us.

This position is based in Birmingham, AL. Ideal candidates reside in or near the Birmingham, AL area.

What you'll do

• Participate in project, program, and portfolio meetings, and help keep leadership informed on progress




• Help track milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, and action items across multiple initiatives




• Support agile ceremonies across our Agile Release Trains, including PI Planning, team standups, backlog refinement, reviews, retrospectives, and system demos




• Help maintain schedules, dashboards, reports, and portfolio and delivery metrics




• Support the build-out of team-health, flow, and predictability views that help teams and leaders see how work is progressing




• Collaborate with teams to capture requirements, meeting notes, and project artifacts




• Assist with executive presentations, status reports, and governance materials




• Support continuous improvement by helping refine PMO and agile ways-of-working processes, templates, and tools




• Work with business and technology stakeholders to keep project information accurate and current




• Contribute to special projects and strategic initiatives as assigned by the Agile PMO team

What you'll bring

• Currently pursuing a BS or BA in Business, Information Technology, Organizational Leadership, Engineering, or a related field




• Interest in one or more of: project management, Agile delivery, portfolio management, business operations, or technology delivery




• Basic understanding of project management and/or Agile and Scrum concepts




• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Teams




• Exposure to delivery and collaboration tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Smartsheet, Power BI, or Microsoft Project is a plus




• Awareness of SAFe or other scaled-agile approaches is a plus




• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail




• Clear written and verbal communication




• Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team




• Able to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment




• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and critical‑thinking skills




• Curiosity, adaptability, and a continuous‑improvement mindset

What you'll gain

• Direct exposure to how enterprise programs are planned, delivered, and improved across multiple teams




• Mentorship from experienced project and agile delivery leaders and coaches




• The opportunity to own a summer capstone: a scoped project you shape and present to the team at the end of the internship, tied to a real need such as a team-health or predictability view or a ways-of-working improvement




• A firsthand look at how a modern, agile PMO operates inside a large organization

GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.