Technical Program Manager Intern (San Jose)

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. 
 

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

Position Summary  

As a Technical Program Management Intern, you will be a key member of the Project Management Organization (PMO) supporting the Agile/Scrum project teams and will represent the voice of both the developers and stakeholders to execute project planning and delivery. The Technical Program Management Intern will work closely with Product Management, developers, architects, and operations to define and prioritize features and stories, to ensure alignment with customer and program needs, and improve value of development. Our intern should aim to meet project goals with both quality and integrity.  

Eligibility: This internship is open to students pursuing their bachelors or masters degree at an accredited college or university in the US, planning to graduate between December 2026 and June 2027.   Our interns – and their conversion role - are required to be based on one of our US hub locations where you can experience a hybrid working environment.   This role is located in San Jose, CA. Interns are expected to relocate based on team and location assignment 

Primary Responsibilities  

• Engage and participate in all Agile/Scrum ceremonies.  

• Monitor progress to plan and design a recovery strategy if project deviates from baseline plan.  

• Assemble and publish effective status reports able to serve a variety of audiences.  

• Design and deliver presentations to support the governance process for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).  

• Collaborate with peers, managers and team members across the organization to solve problems, develop plans, and coordinate work.  

• Performs other related duties as assigned.  

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities  

• Ability to communicate effectively across written, verbal and presentation formats to a variety of audiences.  

• Able to apply critical thinking techniques to analyze problems and develop solutions. 

• Willing to learn how to build resource forecasts or manage risk.  

• Willing to learn to use either Waterfall or Agile methods to handle projects which may comprise both software and hardware.  

• Assist with the gathering of product requirements and project scope across a multi-function team.  

• Willing to learn the working knowledge of technology companies or domains and the interplay between Marketing, Product Development, Manufacturing, Customer Support, Sales and Professional Services.  

• Basic knowledge with tools for project and portfolio management such as Smartsheet, MS Project/MS Project Server.  

• Desired exp