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Vannevar Labs brings innovative, robust, and scalable software design to the public servants working in defense and national security keeping our country safe.

As a team, we exist because we believe in public service, and we think that our democracy and government improve only if we put serious, collective effort into improving them, including the technology our government uses.

Our flagship product is Decrypt, a software platform for collecting and processing foreign language text data with a UI for enabling users to quickly interpret the data. Over the last 12 months, we’ve deployed Decrypt to more than a dozen groups in the government. Decrypt is driving some of our most important military and foreign policy decisions by enabling our government partners to understand and respond to foreign actors in ways previously not possible.

In May of 2021 we raised a $12 million Series A investment from Costanoa Ventures and Point72, with General Catalyst participating, allowing us to take the next leap in our growth. We hope you will join us!

We are looking for a mission-driven product management intern to help us continue to build out our flagship product, Decrypt.

As the first product intern on the team, you will work directly with our Head of Product and have an immediate outsized impact on national security and the company. We're growing quickly, and the right person for this role should be able to work in partnership with engineers, thrive in a fast-paced environment with many competing priorities, be self-directed, and comfortable navigating ambiguity.

You will have a core project / user problem to solve in the context of your internship. A combination of user intuition, technical prowess, strong project execution, and excellent people skills will make you a successful candidate.

What you'll do

  • Dive Deep. Analyze a specific user problem using both qualitative and quantitative data. To do this, you will seek out real-world context in the form of user research, internal expert feedback, existing product data, and industry tech investigation
  • Define solutions. Identify features that will help solve the user problem within the context of your project. You will capture core workflows and translate these user needs into well-scoped requirements and success hypotheses
  • Prioritize and plan. Set clear outcomes for your project in partnership with your manager and engineering, design, and business stakeholders
  • Execute. Work hands-on to deliver on your project. Validate and experiment along the way, acting as the voice of the user throughout

Qualifications

  • 1-3 years in software product development or relevant experience
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Aptitude for working with internal and external stakeholders, across a wide range of technical comfortProven ability to motivate cross functional teams to do their best work
  • Start date is flexible and we’re open to someone starting as soon as possible
  • Internship duration is at least 3 months
  • U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position will require the ability to access U.S. only data systems and export controlled data

Additional quaifications

  • Experience with or interest in working with visual design tools to communicate ideas
  • A deep enough understanding of basic front-end and back-end web technologies to consider capabilities and limitations

What we offer

  • Flexible work environment - you manage your work day
  • 100% remote - work from anywhere in the US
  • Quarterly off-site travel for team-building

We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, even if you don’t feel like you're a perfect fit. If you’re passionate about working on problems that matter, we’d love to hear from you!

Vannevar Labs
Defense for the digital domain
Size:  51-100 employees
Funding Level:  Mid-stage Startup
Total Amount Raised:  $87.0 M
Year Founded:  2019
Investors
Felicis Ventures
General Catalyst
Costanoa Ventures
DFJ Growth
Point72 Ventures
Shield Capital
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