Product Management Internship

About Signify

Through bold discovery and cutting-edge innovation, we lead an industry that is vital for the future of our planet: lighting. Through our leadership in connected lighting and the Internet of Things, we're breaking new ground in data analytics, AI, and smart solutions for homes, offices, cities, and beyond.

At Signify, you can shape tomorrow by building on our incredible 125+ year legacy while working toward even bolder sustainability goals. Our culture of continuous learning, creativity, and commitment to diversity and inclusion empowers you to grow your skills and career.

Join us, and together, we’ll transform our industry, making a lasting difference for brighter lives and a better world. 

More about the role

This is an exciting job opportunity for you to light the way as a Product Management Intern in Eindhoven with Signify.

Grow alongside professionals and develop yourself with this internship in product management where you will get the opportunity to use your marketing skills to define new propositions and go-to-market strategies for the horticulture market. Within Signify Agriculture Lighting we create LED lights to grow a variety of crops; either in greenhouses or in vertical farm environments www.philips.com/horti /  Philips Horticulture LED Solutions is part of Signify’s agriculture business unit. Grow lights bring additional yield, quality and predictability to the grower’s crop. We are always looking for ways to further develop meaningful solutions for our customers

Your responsibilities in this role will include:

• Conduct interviews with stakeholders both within Signify and externally in the horticulture market to identify end-customer needs and anticipate future market developments, providing input for the customer requirements roadmap and to create personas of our customers. 

• Support the development of a new portfolio of intelligent lighting services based on cloud-based software applications by contributing to customer requirement specifications, participating in wireframe review sessions, and assisting in value proposition development and value based pricing strategies.

• Conduct market research on existing and emerging lighting controls and intelligent lighting solutions, including competitor offerings and other players within the horticulture ecosystem.

• Bringing first product ideas towards valuable propositions and product concepts matching customer needs.

• Prepare internal and external communications and briefings regarding product updates and marcom content.
   

More about you

While we value and appreciate all applicants, we believe that the following experience and skills will be needed to shine brightly in this job opening:

• Preferably studying marketing, innovation management or business administration

• A background and interest in product management and marketing background

• Interest or affinity with the horticulture (greenhouse) industry

• Affinity and experience with technology and information technology

• High accuracy and eye for detail

• Analytical and problem-solving skills

• Capable of building relationships with cross-functional teams

• Highly organized, proactive, and independent approach

• Fluent in English and working knowledge of Dutch as many of the leading industry publications are in Dutch

What you’ll get in return…

• Continuous mentoring and feedback throughout your internship.

• Internship allowance; the exact amount depends on your situation (also towards rented accommodation or public transportation).

• Paid leave on the basis of 1 day per month.

• Extensive set of tools to drive your career, such as a personalized learning platform.

• Opportunity to purchase products in the staff shop at reduced prices.

• We’re offering multiple opportunities for career development, like mentoring, coaching and stretch assignments, with strong international exposure for dynamic profiles. Learning is fundamental to our culture. Through continuous learning, we are transforming the industry. You have the chance to learn every day, acquire new skills and perspectives through customized online programs, and on-the-job experiences.

• As an intern, you will be part of the intern program in the Netherlands, consisting of several events, trainings and networking opportunities with your peer students. Join us and shine brighter together!

Notes

• EU students: To be considered for this internship, you need to be registered as a student during the entire internship period. Formal documentation of this may be requested at any time.

• Non-EU students in Dutch Universities: You need to be registered as a student, and your university needs to sign the Nuffic Agreement. The internship needs to be a compulsory part of your studies (receive ECTS in turn). In case of non-compulsory internship, you need to have a letter from the university in which it states that your internship contributes to your personal development, what your learning goals are, and what tasks you will undertake during your internship. The letter has to be signed and stamped by your university.

Please apply only if you can meet the aforementioned requirements.

Everything we’ll do for you

You can grow a lasting career here. We’ll encourage you, support you, and challenge you. We’ll help you learn and progress in a way that’s right for you, with coaching and mentoring along the way. We’ll listen to you too, because we see and value every one of our 27,000+ people. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace fosters creativity, innovation, and a full spectrum of bright ideas. With a global workforce present in 70+ countries, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where every voice is heard and valued, helping us all achieve more together. 

Come join us, and together we can light up the future.