Product Management Intern (MSP), Summer 2027
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Why this role is notable
Rubrik is hiring a summer product intern for its Managed Service Provider channel, a sign that the company is building out partner-delivered security and AI-agent governance services, though the excerpt is cut off before the full role details that would confirm the bet.
Job Description
About Rubrik
Rubrik (RBRK), the Security and AI Operations Company, leads at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience, and enterprise AI acceleration. Rubrik Security Cloud delivers complete cyber resilience by securing, monitoring, and recovering data, identities, and workloads across clouds. Rubrik Agent Cloud accelerates trusted AI agent deployments at scale by monitoring and auditing agentic actions, enforcing real-time guardrails, fine-tuning for accuracy and undoing agentic mistakes. For more information, please visit www.rubrik.com and follow @rubrikInc on X (formerly Twitter) and Rubrik on LinkedIn.
About Team
The Product Management team at Rubrik drives the company’s vision forward, ensuring we continue to secure the world’s Data, AI, and Identity by delivering on our market-leading platform to address our customers’ most challenging data management & security needs. Our Product Managers are responsible for guiding multidisciplinary teams towards the goal of shipping high-quality products on time. We wear multiple hats throughout the different stages in the product lifecycle and set the vision for our growing family of products. As advocates for both our users and our business, Product Managers balance varied perspectives and empower their teams to do great work.
About Role
Rubrik's Managed Service Provider (MSP) business is a key strategic lever for the company. MSPs build data protection and cyber recovery services on top of vendor platforms like Rubrik and deliver them to their end customer. Getting the MSP experience right is both a product challenge and a business strategy challenge.
As a Product Management Intern on the MSP team, you will report to the Director of Product Management, Platform, driving forward-looking initiatives that shape roadmap direction and long-term product strategy. You'll take ownership of high-impact projects at the intersection of product strategy, cross-functional execution, and customer insight — working across engineering, design, sales, and customer-facing teams with direct exposure to MSP customers and their real-world operational challenges.
About Rubrik’s Internship Program
Rubrik offers interns an opportunity to make an impact from day one. Our interns work on challenging projects, where their contributions help solve real-world problems related to personal privacy, business continuity, and digital safety. Interns learn from the best in the industry, building connections with senior team members who support their development through 1:1 mentorship. Alongside the meaningful work, interns are fully immersed in Rubrik's inclusive community through social events, networking opportunities, professional development workshops, and volunteering events.
During the internship, you’ll have access to:
- Meaningful projects: the opportunity to translate your education into hands-on professional experience through rigorous, yet rewarding work
- Growth and development: take advantage of extensive growth opportunities through mentoring, job shadowing, workshops, lunch n’ learns, and hands-on project work that supports both your personal and professional development.
- A dedicated manager & mentor: a team that will provide you with guidance and support regularly
- Intern events: the opportunity to participate in networking events, volunteering opportunities, and social events
- Other perks: Access to free mental health services, lunch stipend, optional 401K benefits, company-wide intern presentations, intern swag, and more!
What we do matters. Join us and unleash your potential!
What You’ll Do
We're looking for curious interns who want to be entrusted with real responsibility and who embrace the opportunity to make a meaningful impact.
- Analyze MSP operational workflows to identify high-impact product opportunities.
- Conduct competitive and adjacent market analysis to assess positioning and differentiation within the MSP landscape.
- Develop structured problem statements, opportunity assessments, and product requirements documents (PRDs), translating customer needs into actionable product direction.
- Partner with Engineering, Design, and GTM teams to evaluate technical feasibility, define tradeoffs, and present recommendations to product leadership.
- Engage with MSP customers and internal stakeholders (Sales, Support, Customer Success) to validate assumptions and ground your work in real customer pain points.
Must Have Qualifications:
- Educational Background: Currently pursuing an MBA or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business, or a related discipline.
- Graduation Date: Expected completion in December 2027 or Spring 2028.
- Availability: Ability to commit full-time to a 12-week internship program at HQ in our Palo Alto, CA Office.
Skills & Interests:
- Technical Skills & Experience:
- Experience analyzing complex technical systems, enterprise software, or cloud infrastructure through coursework, internships, research, or prior work experience.
- Comfortable engaging in technical discussions around system architecture, multi-tenancy models, APIs, and platform design; programming experience is a bonus.
- Prior exposure to product management, consulting, B2B SaaS, cloud infrastructure, or managed services is a plus.
- Strong ability to break down ambiguous, multi-stakeholder problems, identify core tradeoffs, and develop structured recommendations.
- Interest & Domain Knowledge:
- Demonstrated interest in enterprise SaaS, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, or the managed services ecosystem - with curiosity about how service providers build businesses on top of vendor platforms.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present analysis and recommendations to technical teams, business stakeholders, and executive audiences.
- Comfort operating in ambiguity - shaping the playbook, not following one.
Join Us in Securing and Accelerating the World's AI Transformation
Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK) is the Security and AI Operations Company, delivering one platform built at the intersection of data, identity, and AI. The platform enables agentic cyber resilience and trusted AI operations for enterprises worldwide, built to recover before disruption strikes and stay a step ahead, so security is never the reason ambition stalls.
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Inclusion @ Rubrik
At Rubrik, we are dedicated to fostering a culture where people from all backgrounds are valued, feel they belong, and believe they can succeed. Our commitment to inclusion is at the heart of our mission to secure the world’s data.
Our goal is to hire and promote the best talent, regardless of background. We continually review our hiring practices to ensure fairness and strive to create an environment where every employee has equal access to opportunities for growth and excellence. We believe in empowering everyone to bring their authentic selves to work and achieve their fullest potential.
Our inclusion strategy focuses on three core areas of our business and culture:
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Our Company: We are committed to building a merit-based organization that offers equal access to growth and success for all employees globally. Your potential is limitless here.
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Our Culture: We strive to create an inclusive atmosphere where individuals from all backgrounds feel a strong sense of belonging, can thrive, and do their best work. Your contributions help us innovate and break boundaries.
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Our Communities: We are dedicated to expanding our engagement with the communities we operate in, creating opportunities for underrepresented talent and driving greater innovation for our clients. Your impact extends beyond Rubrik, contributing to safer and stronger communities.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Rubrik is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. Rubrik provides equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants in all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, promotion, compensation, training, leave, and termination.
Rubrik provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you need an accommodation to participate in the application process or to perform your job, please contact hr@rubrik.com. Accommodations may include changes to the application process, documents in an alternate format, a sign language interpreter, or specialized equipment.
