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At NetApp, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure—delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud.
Ready to innovate and contribute to our path to $10B? Here, you'll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow. If you're ready to bring curiosity, creativity, and drive to every moment, NetApp is where your journey begins.
Job Summary
NetApp is seeking a curious, self-driven Product Manager Intern to support the Multi-Cloud Storage Developer Experience team, with a focus on Product-Led Growth (PLG) strategy and developer tooling. This internship offers hands-on experience working on products that help developers discover, adopt, and integrate NetApp's cloud storage services — Azure NetApp Files (ANF), Google Cloud NetApp Volumes (GCNV), and Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP (FSxN) — directly from the tools they already use.
You'll work alongside experienced Product Managers, engineers, and hyperscaler partners to accelerate developer onboarding, improve self-serve adoption, and shape the future of cloud storage developer experience. If you're excited about AI-powered tooling and the intersection of infrastructure and developer platforms, this is the internship for you.
Job Responsibilities
- PLG Strategy & Execution: Assist the PM team in executing go-to-market motions for developer-led adoption of cloud storage services, including tracking activation funnels, time-to-value metrics, and self-serve onboarding completion rates across ANF, GCNV, and FSxN.
- Developer Tooling Support: Help evolve the ANF VS Code Extension and related developer tools — including natural language command interfaces, K8s integration templates, and agentic storage workflows — by gathering developer feedback, documenting feature gaps, and coordinating with engineering on backlog items.
- MCP & Agentic AI Research: Support the team's MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration work by researching agentic AI frameworks, cataloging use cases, and helping in research.
- Onboarding Experience Analysis: Identify friction points in the developer onboarding journey for multi-cloud storage provisioning, and propose simplification or automation opportunities that reduce time-to-first-volume.
- Customer & Community Insights: Monitor developer community signals (GitHub issues, VS Code Marketplace reviews, Stack Overflow threads, hyperscaler forums) and synthesize insights to inform product priorities.
- Market & Competitive Research: Research how competing cloud storage providers (AWS EFS, Azure Blob, Google Filestore) approach developer experience, PLG, and IDE integrations, and summarize findings into actionable competitive briefs.
- Metrics & Reporting: Help track PLG KPIs — extension installs, active users, onboarding completion, API adoption — and prepare dashboards or decks that communicate progress to leadership.
What You'll Gain
- Real-world PLG and developer experience PM work on production-scale cloud storage products.
- Exposure to hyperscaler partnership dynamics (Microsoft, Google, AWS) and how enterprise storage products reach developers.
- Hands-on familiarity with agentic AI frameworks, MCP integrations, and extension ecosystems.
- Mentorship from experienced Product Managers driving one of NetApp's key strategic growth bets.
- A collaborative team that ships fast, values intellectual curiosity, and learns loudly.
Job Requirements
- Strong interest in product management, developer experience, PLG, or cloud infrastructure platforms.
- Curiosity about AI-powered tooling, IDE extensions, or agentic workflows — hands-on experience is a strong plus.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to connect developer behavior signals to product decisions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable writing PRDs, one-pagers, or competitive briefs.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, AWS) or storage concepts is a plus, not a requirement.
- Scrappy, resourceful, and comfortable operating with ambiguity in a fast-moving environment.
Education
Must be enrolled in an educational or professional program through Summer 2026 or later, preferably pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related technical field.
Compensation:
Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards, reflecting a variety of factors, and include a comprehensive benefits package. Benefits may vary by country and region, and further details will be provided as part of the recruitment process.
At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.
Why You'll Thrive at NetApp
At NetApp, you won't wait for the perfect moment—you'll make it. The early planning, the extra thought, the bold idea that turns good into great: That's how our people operate and how we continue to push the boundaries of data infrastructure.
NetApp is the trusted partner for organizations transforming data into opportunity. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, we empower customers to run everything from traditional workloads to enterprise AI with unmatched performance, resilience, and security.
Our culture
We celebrate mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers. We reward initiative, impact, and ownership. We provide flexibility so you can balance professional ambition with your personal life. Here, differences are not just welcomed—they drive everything we do.
If you're ready to innovate, rise to the challenge, and own every moment - make your next move your best one.
Submitting an application
To ensure a streamlined and fair hiring process for all candidates, our team only reviews applications submitted through our company website. This practice allows us to track, assess, and respond to applicants efficiently. Emailing our employees, recruiters, or Human Resources personnel directly will not influence your application.
Own Every Moment at NetApp
At NetApp, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure—delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud.
Ready to innovate and contribute to our path to $10B? Here, you'll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow. If you're ready to bring curiosity, creativity, and drive to every moment, NetApp is where your journey begins.
Job Summary
NetApp is seeking a curious, self-driven Product Manager Intern to support the Multi-Cloud Storage Developer Experience team, with a focus on Product-Led Growth (PLG) strategy and developer tooling. This internship offers hands-on experience working on products that help developers discover, adopt, and integrate NetApp's cloud storage services — Azure NetApp Files (ANF), Google Cloud NetApp Volumes (GCNV), and Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP (FSxN) — directly from the tools they already use.
You'll work alongside experienced Product Managers, engineers, and hyperscaler partners to accelerate developer onboarding, improve self-serve adoption, and shape the future of cloud storage developer experience. If you're excited about AI-powered tooling and the intersection of infrastructure and developer platforms, this is the internship for you.
Job Responsibilities
- PLG Strategy & Execution: Assist the PM team in executing go-to-market motions for developer-led adoption of cloud storage services, including tracking activation funnels, time-to-value metrics, and self-serve onboarding completion rates across ANF, GCNV, and FSxN.
- Developer Tooling Support: Help evolve the ANF VS Code Extension and related developer tools — including natural language command interfaces, K8s integration templates, and agentic storage workflows — by gathering developer feedback, documenting feature gaps, and coordinating with engineering on backlog items.
- MCP & Agentic AI Research: Support the team's MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration work by researching agentic AI frameworks, cataloging use cases, and helping in research.
- Onboarding Experience Analysis: Identify friction points in the developer onboarding journey for multi-cloud storage provisioning, and propose simplification or automation opportunities that reduce time-to-first-volume.
- Customer & Community Insights: Monitor developer community signals (GitHub issues, VS Code Marketplace reviews, Stack Overflow threads, hyperscaler forums) and synthesize insights to inform product priorities.
- Market & Competitive Research: Research how competing cloud storage providers (AWS EFS, Azure Blob, Google Filestore) approach developer experience, PLG, and IDE integrations, and summarize findings into actionable competitive briefs.
- Metrics & Reporting: Help track PLG KPIs — extension installs, active users, onboarding completion, API adoption — and prepare dashboards or decks that communicate progress to leadership.
What You'll Gain
- Real-world PLG and developer experience PM work on production-scale cloud storage products.
- Exposure to hyperscaler partnership dynamics (Microsoft, Google, AWS) and how enterprise storage products reach developers.
- Hands-on familiarity with agentic AI frameworks, MCP integrations, and extension ecosystems.
- Mentorship from experienced Product Managers driving one of NetApp's key strategic growth bets.
- A collaborative team that ships fast, values intellectual curiosity, and learns loudly.
Job Requirements
- Strong interest in product management, developer experience, PLG, or cloud infrastructure platforms.
- Curiosity about AI-powered tooling, IDE extensions, or agentic workflows — hands-on experience is a strong plus.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to connect developer behavior signals to product decisions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable writing PRDs, one-pagers, or competitive briefs.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, AWS) or storage concepts is a plus, not a requirement.
- Scrappy, resourceful, and comfortable operating with ambiguity in a fast-moving environment.
Education
Must be enrolled in an educational or professional program through Summer 2026 or later, preferably pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related technical field.
Compensation:
Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards, reflecting a variety of factors, and include a comprehensive benefits package. Benefits may vary by country and region, and further details will be provided as part of the recruitment process.
At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.
Why You'll Thrive at NetApp
At NetApp, you won't wait for the perfect moment—you'll make it. The early planning, the extra thought, the bold idea that turns good into great: That's how our people operate and how we continue to push the boundaries of data infrastructure.
NetApp is the trusted partner for organizations transforming data into opportunity. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, we empower customers to run everything from traditional workloads to enterprise AI with unmatched performance, resilience, and security.
Our culture
We celebrate mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers. We reward initiative, impact, and ownership. We provide flexibility so you can balance professional ambition with your personal life. Here, differences are not just welcomed—they drive everything we do.
If you're ready to innovate, rise to the challenge, and own every moment - make your next move your best one.
Submitting an application
To ensure a streamlined and fair hiring process for all candidates, our team only reviews applications submitted through our company website. This practice allows us to track, assess, and respond to applicants efficiently. Emailing our employees, recruiters, or Human Resources personnel directly will not influence your application.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding J-1 Visa Sponsorship as a Strategy Manager
Align your credentials to specialty occupation standards
Strategy Manager roles typically require a degree in business, economics, or a related field. Document how your academic background directly supports the strategic functions in your training plan, since designated sponsors scrutinize this alignment during DS-2019 issuance.
Distinguish Trainee from Specialist before applying
The Trainee category suits professionals within five years of graduation or career start. The Specialist category applies to experienced strategists with recognized expertise. Applying under the wrong category causes DS-2019 rejection, so confirm eligibility with your designated sponsor before any host employer commits.
Target host employers with structured training programs
Hosts must co-sign a Form DS-7002 training plan detailing your strategic objectives, supervision structure, and measurable milestones. Use Migrate Mate to find U.S. employers in consulting, corporate strategy, or private equity who have demonstrated J-1 hosting experience and the internal HR capacity to complete this documentation.
Verify the host employer's home-country residency exposure
If your country of nationality or most recent residence appears on the two-year home residency requirement list, your J-1 will carry a waiver obligation before changing to most other visa statuses. Confirm this with your designated sponsor before accepting an offer, since it affects post-program immigration planning.
Request the training plan before the offer letter is signed
Many host employers draft the DS-7002 after extending an offer, creating timeline mismatches that delay DS-2019 issuance. Ask your prospective host to begin drafting the training plan concurrently with the offer process so your designated sponsor can review both documents together.
Confirm wage compliance against OFLC Wage Search data
Designated sponsors require that host employer compensation meets or exceeds prevailing wage standards for Strategy Manager roles in your work location. Pull the OFLC Wage Search figures for your specific city and job classification before negotiating, so your training plan reflects a compliant offer from the outset.
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Find Strategy Manager JobsStrategy Manager J-1 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Which J-1 program category fits a Strategy Manager role?
The Trainee category fits candidates within five years of completing a relevant degree or beginning their professional career. The Specialist category applies to experienced strategy professionals with significant recognized expertise. Both require a State Department-designated sponsor to issue the DS-2019 and a host employer to co-sign a formal training plan. Your specific experience level and career stage determine which category applies.
Who actually sponsors my J-1 visa as a Strategy Manager?
The visa sponsor is a U.S. Department of State-designated organization, not your employer. Organizations such as Cultural Vistas, IIE, or AIPT issue your DS-2019, monitor program compliance, and serve as your regulatory point of contact. Your host employer, the company where you perform strategic work, is a separate party and signs the training plan but does not hold sponsoring authority.
How do I find U.S. employers open to hosting J-1 Strategy Managers?
Use Migrate Mate to search for Strategy Manager roles at U.S. companies that align with J-1 program requirements. Not every employer is familiar with the host obligation or the DS-7002 training plan process, so filtering for employers with demonstrated international hiring or J-1 hosting experience significantly narrows your search to viable opportunities.
Does the two-year home residency requirement apply to strategy professionals?
It depends on your nationality, country of most recent legal residence, and whether your J-1 program receives government funding or falls under a skills-list designation. If the requirement applies, you must return to your home country for two years, or obtain a waiver, before changing to H-1B, L-1, or immigrant visa status. Confirm your specific situation with your designated sponsor before accepting any offer.
Can a Strategy Manager on J-1 work on sensitive or classified projects?
Host employers in defense, government contracting, or regulated industries sometimes restrict J-1 participants from accessing classified information or export-controlled technology under ITAR and EAR regulations. Raise this directly with your prospective host during the offer stage, since restrictions may limit your actual scope of work and affect whether the training plan can be structured to satisfy your program objectives.
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