Intern – Product Management - Florence, Italy - 2026 (M/F/D)

The Baker Hughes 6 months Internship is designed to enable students either pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree, or recently graduated, to gain hands-on work experience as the foundation of their professional lives. Our internships will give you first-hand insights into the processes, systems, and practices that are aligned to ensure customer needs are met through flawless execution and the application of leading-edge technology.

The Product Management Intern will support Product Managers and Program Managers in the execution of product and technology initiatives. The role is designed for a student or early-career candidate seeking hands-on exposure to product lifecycle management, program execution, cross-functional collaboration, and data-driven decision-making in an industrial technology environment.

As an Intern, you will be responsible for:

• Assist in gathering and analyzing customer feedback, market information, and competitive insights.
• Support the development of product requirements, value propositions, and business case inputs under guidance.
• Help prepare product roadmaps, market assessments, and product and market analyses.
• Collect and organize customer and stakeholder feedback to support product decisions.
• Support data analysis related to product performance, reliability, quality, cost, and customer value.
• Assist Product Managers in preparing reviews, presentations, and leadership updates.
• Contribute to go-to-market and lifecycle management materials under guidance.

• Assist Program Managers in tracking project milestones, actions, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Maintain program dashboards, status reports, risk logs, and action-item trackers.
• Support meeting preparation, notes, documentation, and follow-up activities.
• Help monitor schedule progress and identify potential execution risks or blockers.
• Assist with coordination across engineering, operations, commercial, supply chain, service, and finance teams.
• Support the preparation of project milestone reviews, program review meetings, and execution updates.

• Analyze data and prepare reports to support decisions and prioritization.
• Help track selected product, program, and business metrics.
• Perform benchmarking and research on industry trends, customers, competitors, and technologies.
• Support process improvement and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to lessons learned, templates, and best-practice documentation.

What You Will Gain

• Exposure to product strategy, product development, and technology commercialization.
• Experience working with cross-functional business, engineering, commercial, and operations teams.
• Hands-on involvement in real product and program activities within an industrial technology context.
• Mentorship and coaching from experienced Product Managers and Program Managers.
• Opportunity to strengthen analytical, communication, project management, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Understanding of how product decisions connect customer needs, market trends, technical execution, and business outcomes.

Product lifecycle management

Product development execution

Program management fundamentals

Business and financial basics

Stakeholder communication

Understand how customer needs, product requirements, roadmap choices, and lifecycle decisions connect.

Gain exposure to development processes, project milestone reviews, execution discipline, and cross-functional delivery.

Learn milestone tracking, risk visibility, review routines, and action management.

Support simple business case inputs, cost/risk analysis, and market-backed decision making.

Practice clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders through concise updates and presentations.

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone. In this role, we may be able to offer flexible working patterns. Talk to us about your desired working options when you apply.

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program in Engineering, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Economics, Product Development, Technology Management, or a related discipline.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and manage multiple priorities.

• Ability to work during the internship period in accordance with local requirements and program guidelines.

• Interest in Product Management, Program Management, technology strategy, energy technology, or industrial products.

• Exposure to project management methodologies or structured problem-solving approaches.

• Experience with data analysis, dashboarding, or visualization tools.

• Familiarity with engineering, manufacturing, energy, or industrial technology environments.

• Curious, eager to learn, and comfortable asking thoughtful questions.

• Organized, detail-oriented, and reliable in follow-up.

• Collaborative mindset with a positive attitude and service orientation.

• Demonstrates initiative, accountability, and willingness to learn from feedback.

• Able to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Market, customer, or competitive assessment supporting a product or portfolio question.

• Product or program KPI dashboard and supporting data analysis.

• Product roadmap, business case, or portfolio update support materials.

• Program review package with milestone, risk, dependency, and action tracking.

• Process improvement recommendation or lessons-learned summary.

• Final presentation summarizing findings, contributions, and recommended next steps.

This internship provides structured learning opportunities while working alongside experienced Product Managers and Program Managers on real business and technology initiatives. The intern will support defined workstreams under guidance, with emphasis on learning, structured analysis, coordination, documentation, and preparation of decision-support materials.

Working at Baker Hughes means being at the forefront of the energy transition. Our people are diverse, ambitious, and collaborative. We're on a mission to redefine the energy sector by unlocking the power of engineering, data, and science.

The fixed allowance for this position will be between this range: 600 - 1000 € gross monthly.

The allowance will be established in accordance with criteria related to the candidate’s academic status and their distance from the workplace.