Intern, Product Management at Kargo in New York, NY

Summary: Kargo is a company focused on creating powerful connections between brands and consumers through innovative advertising solutions. They are seeking an intern for Product Management to work on high-impact initiatives related to AI workflows, creative performance intelligence, and platform simplification during a 10-week summer internship program. Responsibilities: - Audit a current internal workflow (RFP response, campaign setup, reporting, etc.) - Identify friction + automation opportunities - Prototype an AI-powered solution using modern tooling (LLMs, agents, internal APIs) - Validate with 5–10 users - Ship a v1 or structured recommendation - Analyze performance data to identify patterns across formats or verticals - Build a lightweight scoring or insight framework - Partner with engineering to test a surfaced insight inside the platform - Map an existing user journey across systems - Identify redundant steps or system fragmentation - Propose and validate a simplified, unified experience - Create PRD + clickable prototype - Identify one repetitive manual process - Quantify time wasted - Build or prototype an automation (using AI or scripting) - Measure time saved - Write product briefs and PRDs and workable prototypes - Define success metrics - Partner with engineers - Present progress to leadership - Ship something tangible by the end of the summer Required Qualifications: - Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree (Business, CS, Engineering, Data, Design, or related field) - Strong analytical thinking and business intuition - Comfortable reading technical documentation and discussing APIs, data flows, and system constraints - Hands-on experience with AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, coding copilots, agent frameworks, etc.) - Experience building something: app, model, automation, startup project, hackathon prototype, etc - Clear written and verbal communication skills Preferred Qualifications: - You've shipped something users actually used - You've built automations with Python, SQL, or no-code tools - You've experimented with LLM prompting, fine-tuning, or agent workflows - You understand digital advertising, marketplaces, or platform economics - You can turn messy problems into structured thinking quickly Required Skills: AI tools Important Skills: Analytical thinking, Prototyping, Automation, Technical documentation Nice-to-Have Skills: Python, SQL, No-code tools, Clear communication