Product Manager Intern 2027 (6 - 9 months Placement)

IBM
IBM

Product · Intern

Dublin, Ireland

Posted on Sep 16, 2026
Introduction

At IBM Software, we transform client challenges into solutions. Building the world’s leading AI-powered, cloud-native products that shape the future of business and society. Our legacy of innovation creates endless opportunities for IBMers to learn, grow, and make an impact on a global scale. Working in Software means joining a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration. You’ll work with diverse technologies, partners, and industries to design, develop, and deliver solutions that power digital transformation. With a culture that values innovation, growth, and continuous learning, IBM Software places you at the heart of IBM’s product and technology landscape. Here, you’ll have the tools and opportunities to advance your career while creating software that changes the world.

Your role and responsibilities

This is a 6- or 9-month placement opportunity designed for students completing a placement year as part of their degree.

  • Start Date: January - March 2027
  • Duration: 6 or 9 months
  • Working Model: Hybrid

As part of our hybrid working model, you'll be expected to work from our Mulhuddart Campus three days per week, with the remaining days offering flexibility to work remotely in line with team requirements.

About the Role

As an Intern Product Manager, you will help shape product outcomes while gaining hands-on experience across the product lifecycle. You'll work alongside experienced Product Managers, Engineers, Designers, and AI specialists, contributing to products that help solve real-world business challenges.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Supporting Product Managers in the day-to-day and strategic management of products, including AI-powered and cloud-based solutions.
  • Helping define and execute product strategy informed by customer insights, market trends, and emerging technologies such as Generative AI.
  • Contributing to the development of innovative products and features throughout the entire product lifecycle, from concept to launch.
  • Supporting sales and marketing initiatives by helping articulate product value propositions and business impact.
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Design, Data, and AI specialists to develop and deliver product roadmaps and customer-focused solutions.
  • Identifying customer needs and translating feedback into product improvements and new opportunities.
  • Monitoring product performance, user adoption, and key metrics to help inform product decisions.
  • Staying up to date on industry trends, product management best practices, and advancements in AI, automation, cloud computing, and enterprise technology.

Join Us at IBM Ireland and Be Part of Something Extraordinary!

Are you curious about technology, AI, and how products are brought to market? Do you enjoy solving problems, collaborating with others, and learning from experienced professionals? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

At IBM, you'll have the opportunity to learn from industry experts, contribute to meaningful projects, and develop skills that will help shape your future career.

Apply now and start your journey with IBM Ireland, where innovation meets opportunity.

Required education
None
Required technical and professional expertise
  • A strong interest in technology, product management, innovation, and emerging technologies such as AI.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across diverse teams.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a customer-first mindset.
  • Curiosity and a willingness to learn in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
  • The ability to balance multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail.
  • An understanding of product management concepts, including product roadmaps, product lifecycles, release planning, and product support, gained through academic studies, projects, internships, or other experiences.
  • A passion for innovation and creating customer-focused, data-informed solutions that deliver meaningful business value.
  • An interest in leveraging data, insights, and emerging technologies, including AI, to help shape product decisions and user experiences.
Preferred technical and professional experience

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ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence—from machine learning to generative AI—to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM’s AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM’s hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments—a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

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Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

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