Product Manager Intern

Trade publications cover construction, healthcare and manufacturing, with newsletters and events. The Baton Rouge Times publishes a daily newspaper and website covering Baton Rouge and the surrounding area. Deadlines are daily, sometimes hourly.

About the role

The Baton Rouge Times is hiring a product management intern to work with the Growth team on a live product used by small businesses. Remote internship with a team based in Baton Rouge. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Central time. We talk mostly in Slack and hop on quick calls when something needs discussing.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with design, engineering and support on launch checklists.
• Create simple wireframes in Figma or Balsamiq to explain an idea.
• Research competitor products and build a feature comparison sheet.
• Maintain the product backlog in Jira and keep tickets groomed before sprint planning.
• Write product requirement documents and user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Sit in on sprint planning, standups and retros, and take notes.
• Draft release notes and in-app announcements for new features.

Who can apply

• Are able to join within 15 days.
• Women wanting to start or restart their career can also apply.
• Have their own laptop and a reliable internet connection.
• Students currently pursuing B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, B.Sc or a related degree, or fresh graduates (2026 or 2027 batch)
• A product teardown, case study or side project you can walk us through.
• Comfortable with Excel or Google Sheets for simple analysis.
• Strong written English. You will write specs that engineers rely on.
• Basic understanding of how web and mobile apps are built.
• Able to manage your own time without daily reminders.

Nice to have

• Prior internship at a startup, in any function.
• Interest in SaaS, fintech or B2B software.
• Basic SQL for pulling usage data.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: ₹46,000-₹57,000 monthly

What we offer

• Flexible work hours.
• 5 days a week.
• Certificate.
• Internet allowance.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at The Baton Rouge Times LLC.