Enterprise Project Management Office Internship

Farmer Mac is looking for an organized, analytical, and detail-oriented Project Management Intern to support the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO). The intern will assist with coordinating project governance activities, maintaining portfolio information, monitoring project progress, and preparing clear status and decision-support materials. Working with EPMO team members, the intern will help strengthen consistency, accuracy, and transparency of project information from intake through closure. The ideal candidate is junior-year student who possesses strong communication, organization, and analytical skills and is interested in enterprise project management, governance, risk management, and process improvement.

Who You Will Work With

The position will report directly to the Senior Manager - Project Governance. The intern will also work with EPMO team members, project managers, business owners, technology partners, and stakeholders across Farmer Mac to coordinate project information, documentation, reporting, and follow-up activities.

Where and When You Will Work

Core business hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern. In general, the intern must complete at least 10 hours and no more than 20 hours per week during the semester and may work up to 32 hours during semester break. Farmer Mac has a Presence with Purpose work environment, which allows flexibility of work location while providing opportunities for teams to come together in the office with purpose. Work outside these times may be required for time-sensitive projects or offsite meetings, if necessary.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties

• Assist with monitoring enterprise projects and EPMO initiatives.
• Support project intake reviews by checking submissions for completeness, clear problem statements, strategic alignment, business value, urgency, consequences of inaction, dependencies, risks, costs, and measurable outcomes.
• Maintain project and portfolio records, including project identifiers, business owners, project managers, lifecycle stages, milestone dates, reporting cadence, and current status.
• Help coordinate project managers, business owners, internal teams, and other stakeholders to obtain required information, resolve documentation gaps, and complete follow-up actions.
• Manage project-related documentation by ensuring required materials are current, consistently named, properly filed, and stored in the appropriate EPMO project folder or system of record.
• Track stage-gate requirements and review evidence packages for completeness, including project charters, requirements, schedules, resource plans, architecture materials, RAID logs, testing evidence, approvals, and closure documentation.
• Identify overdue or incomplete items and escalate them to the appropriate EPMO team member.
• Review project status reports for completeness and consistency, including accomplishments, next steps, schedule, scope, resources, quality, health indicators, decisions, risks, issues, and escalation needs.
• Assist with consolidating project information into portfolio dashboards, leadership summaries, governance meeting materials, and executive presentations.
• Support the development, testing, and documentation of project health, trend, exception, and escalation criteria.
• Support EPMO training, office hours, and stakeholder communications by preparing materials, tracking participation and feedback, and documenting follow-up actions.
• Analyze recurring portfolio and governance gaps and recommend practical improvements to strengthen project delivery, reporting, audit readiness, and stakeholder accountability.
 

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Course work related to project management, business analysis, data analytics, process improvement, risk management, or a similar discipline.
• Solid organizational skills, including multitasking and time management
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to summarize complex information clearly for different audiences.
• Ability to identify missing, inconsistent, or unclear information and follow through to resolution.
• Professional judgment and discretion when handling internal project and business information.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint. Familiarity with Power BI, Microsoft Lists, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, or similar tools is desired.
 

Education & Experience

• Currently enrolled as a rising senior or student in their senior year pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Finance, Operations, Risk Management, or a related field.
• Familiarity with or experience supporting projects from planning through delivery through coursework, internships, student organizations, capstone projects, or similar activities.
• Experience creating project plans, trackers, reports, presentations, or structured documentation is preferred.
• Minimum GPA of 3.4