Agile PMO Intern

Agile PMO (APMO) Intern

Ready for a challenging and rewarding summer? This is your chance to work hands-on with the teams that plan, deliver, and continuously improve technology and business initiatives at a leading industrial distribution company. Over the summeryou'll see how large programs get delivered, how agile teams work day to day, and how a modern PMO keeps strategic work on track.

At Motion Industries, we use technology, agility, and continuous improvement to transform how we run our business. If you want to build your project delivery, organizational, and analytical skills while learning from experienced leaders and coaches, come find out what's next with us.

This position is based in Birmingham, AL. Ideal candidates reside in or near the Birmingham, AL area.

What you'll do

Participate in project, program, and portfolio meetings, and help keep leadership informed on progress

Help track milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, and action items across multiple initiatives

Support agile ceremonies across our Agile Release Trains, including PI Planning, team standups, backlog refinement, reviews, retrospectives, and system demos

Help maintain schedules, dashboards, reports, and portfolio and delivery metrics

Support the build-out of team-health, flow, and predictability views that help teams and leaders see how work is progressing

Collaborate with teams to capture requirements, meeting notes, and project artifacts

Assist with executive presentations, status reports, and governance materials

Support continuous improvement by helping refine PMO and agile ways-of-working processes, templates, and tools

Work with business and technology stakeholders to keep project information accurate and current

Contribute to special projects and strategic initiatives as assigned by the Agile PMO team

What you'll bring

Currently pursuing a BS or BA in Business, Information Technology, Organizational Leadership, Engineering, or a related field

Interest in one or more of: project management, Agile delivery, portfolio management, business operations, or technology delivery

Basic understanding of project management and/or Agile and Scrum concepts

Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Teams

Exposure to delivery and collaboration tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Smartsheet, Power BI, or Microsoft Project is a plus

Awareness of SAFe or other scaled-agile approaches is a plus

Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

Clear written and verbal communication

Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team

Able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills

Curiosity, adaptability, and a continuous-improvement mindset

What you'll gain

Direct exposure to how enterprise programs are planned, delivered, and improved across multiple teams

Mentorship from experienced project and agile delivery leaders and coaches

The opportunity to own a summer capstone: a scoped project you shape and present to the team at the end of the internship, tied to a real need such as a team-health or predictability view or a ways-of-working improvement

A firsthand look at how a modern, agile PMO operates inside a large organization

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