Technical Product Management Intern (Los Altos)

Cheiron is building an AI-native operating system for managing drug programs as connected systems of claims, evidence, decisions, and commitments. The Technical Product Management Intern will translate product concepts into engineering-ready specifications, define architectures and data relationships, establish correctness criteria for AI-driven features, and collaborate with engineering and life sciences teams.

What you'll do:

• Break product briefs into components, define relationships and boundaries with the product team and domain experts, and scope what goes into the build
• Write numbered feature stories with acceptance criteria, edge cases, and state transitions that an engineer can pick up cold
• Review data models and API contracts against the existing schema; identify what to extend, what to refactor, and what to leave alone
• Define what “correct” looks like for AI-driven features: document extraction, regulatory classification, compliance state derivation
• Run specs through review with engineering and the life sciences team before handoff; resolve ambiguity during build rather than letting it travel
• Work directly with founders, engineers, and domain experts, demonstrate progress frequently, and make pragmatic scope decisions

What they're looking for:

• • A strong technical foundation: you can read a codebase, reason about system architecture, and ground a spec in what already exists. CS, engineering, or a related technical degree
• • Experience producing structured technical documents that someone else could build from: design docs, specs, architecture proposals, research papers, or detailed project writeups
• • Clear personal ownership of the work: you can explain what you defined, the decisions you made about scope and tradeoffs, and what you would improve
• • Fluency with AI tools like Claude Code, Cursor, or equivalent. You use them as a natural part of how you work
• • Initiative, sound judgment, and comfort working through ambiguous problems in a fast-moving environment
• This internship is based in our Los Altos, CA office and requires fully in-person work
• Semester or quarter interns must be available for at least 20 hours per week; co-op and summer interns should be available full time
• We consider candidates with different immigration and work-authorization circumstances where lawful employment is possible
• • Experience with healthcare, life sciences, regulated industries, or AI-native products is a plus but not required

Benefits:

• Relocation support may be available on a case-by-case basis.