Product Owner Intern — Product Management - Summer 2027

Aspen Technology; Bedford (MA); Hybrid; USD 39,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program

Hybrid work model

Office in Bedford, MA

Job summary

Aspen Technology is seeking a Product Owner Intern to support software product development. You will translate customer needs into clear requirements, collaborate with engineers and designers, and help build high‑quality software features.

You will gain hands-on experience in agile product ownership, learn from leaders, and contribute to release planning and documentation. The internship is based in Bedford, MA with a hybrid work arrangement.

Qualifications

• Assist in gathering user needs and translating them into functional and technical requirements.
• Write user stories with clear acceptance criteria for software engineering teams.
• Collaborate with engineering, QA, and product management to deliver features.
• Experience with Agile development and software lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Product discovery and translating customer needs into requirements.
• Participate in technical discussions about feasibility and options.
• Analyze feedback and market trends to support feature planning.
• Maintain a prioritized software product backlog and refine requirements.
• Support Agile ceremonies and ensure stories are ready for development.
• Assist in testing features and validating functionality.

Job description

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The Role

About The Role

We are seeking a Product Owner Intern to support our software product development for teams. In this role, you will help translate customer needs and business objectives into clear, well‑defined requirements for engineering. You’ll work closely with software developers, UX designers, QA, and product managers to help build and deliver high‑quality software features.

Your Impact

What You Will Learn

• Hands-on experience in software product ownership, from requirements to release.
• Direct collaboration with engineering teams working on real software features.
• Mentorship from experienced product and technical leaders.
• Practical exposure to Agile development, user story writing, and software lifecycle management.

Key Responsibilities

Product Discovery & Technical Understanding

• Assist in gathering user needs and translating them into functional and technical requirements.
• Participate in technical discussions with developers to understand feasibility, constraints, and implementation options.
• Analyze customer feedback, product usage data, and market trends to support software feature planning.

Backlog & User Story Management

• Help build and maintain a prioritized, well‑structured software product backlog.
• Write user stories with clear acceptance criteria tailored for software engineering teams.
• Refine requirements through backlog grooming, clarifying edge cases, workflows, and dependencies.

Agile Execution & Collaboration

• Support SAFE Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Work closely with developers and QA to validate requirements, answer questions, and ensure user stories are ready for development.
• Assist in testing new features, troubleshooting issues, and validating that completed work meets expected functionality and quality.

Delivery & Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to release planning and documentation for new software features.
• Help analyze performance metrics and user feedback to identify improvement opportunities.
• Prepare reports, demos, and presentations that communicate software progress to stakeholders.

Hourly Internship Pay Rate: $28.00 - $ 32.00/hour

Work Location:

Aspen Technology has a global hybrid workplace for most of our roles. Employees are expected to work in the office 4 days per week and may work remotely 1 day per week, unless the employee has a reasonable accommodation or other approved exception to the hybrid workplace schedule. Our Internship role is based in our global headquarters in Bedford, MA.

Work Authorization

AspenTech will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1(including those with OPT or CPT) , H-1, H-2, L-1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.