Product Manager Intern – Ad Product Growth

Product Manager Intern (Commerce Ads) – 2026 Summer (BS/MS) | TikTok
The Tone:
This is a summer internship at TikTok, likely based in Los Angeles, CA. TikTok is a global leader in short-form mobile video, dedicated to inspiring creativity and bringing joy to its users worldwide. This role is crucial to a product team focused on enhancing merchant growth and certainty on Shop Ads, directly contributing to the platform’s long-term revenue growth and improving the overall merchant experience.
The TL;DR

Role: Internship
Type: Full-time, Temporary
Location: In-person, Los Angeles, CA
Pay: $35–$55 hourly
Team: Product team focused on merchant growth on Shop Ads, reporting to a lead Product Manager.
Mission: To build scalable products that help merchants identify issues, discover growth opportunities, and improve GMV performance and long-term revenue growth on TikTok Shop Ads.
What You’ll Actually Do

Develop Shop Ads products: Work with the lead Product Manager to design and build critical TikTok Shop Ads products, specifically focusing on diagnostic tools, benefit realization features, intelligent recommendations, and actionable insights.
Improve advertiser performance: Create and refine products that guide advertisers to adopt best practices, helping them address key issues, discover new growth opportunities, and ultimately expand their business on TikTok Shop.
Drive product lifecycle: Collaborate extensively with diverse cross-functional teams, including operations, engineering, data science, and platform teams, to meticulously define product goals, oversee development, conduct rigorous testing, and successfully launch new features.
Define product success: Establish and rigorously analyze key metrics that are essential for informing strategic product decisions and guiding prioritization efforts effectively.
Lead project execution: Independently manage and drive projects from initiation to completion, demonstrating strong organizational skills, careful planning, and reliable execution while maintaining simplicity in approach.
The Must-Haves

Background:

Student pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a closely related technical field. This internship requires a commitment of at least 3 months, with a preference for candidates available 5 days a week, for a full 12-week period during Summer 2026.
Experience:

Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively within cross-functional teams, contributing to a highly interactive environment.
Skills:

Possess strong logical thinking capabilities and robust data analysis skills, enabling the breakdown, analysis, and resolution of complex problems.
Exhibit excellent organizational, planning, communication, and execution skills, coupled with a self-motivated and responsible approach to tasks.
Capable of driving projects independently, ensuring reliability and simplicity in all deliverables.

Bonus:

A major in statistics, computer science, or an equivalent science/technical field is preferred, along with prior technical experience or project work in these areas.

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