Product Owner Intern — Product Management - Summer 2027

Aspen Technology is seeking a Product Owner Intern to support software product development for industrial applications in the Energy and Chemicals verticals. The role focuses on translating customer needs into requirements, managing product backlogs and user stories, collaborating with engineering and QA teams, supporting Agile execution, and contributing to software feature delivery and continuous improvement.

What you'll do:

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

What they're looking for:

• Pursuing a Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical or business field
• Strong interest in software development processes, Agile methodologies, and product lifecycle management
• Ability to break down complex technical concepts into understandable requirements
• Strong communication, analytical, and problem‑solving skills
• Basic understanding of software architecture, APIs, or cloud services
• Familiarity with Agile tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Projects
• Experience with software-related coursework, personal coding projects, hackathons, or internships
• 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
• 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

Benefits:

• Rich set of career development programs
• Support of community service projects
• Social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community
• Mentorship from experienced product and technical leaders
• Global hybrid workplace: employees are expected to work in the office 4 days per week and may work remotely 1 day per week