Data, Design & Product · Internship Role
STRATEGY & OPERATIONS
Support leadership decisions and program planning: research, structure, and turn chaos into plans that actually run.
SKILLS YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH
Business researchStructured problem-solvingOKRsProject managementExecutive communication
PROOF-OF-WORK TASKS8 TASKS
Start at Beginner and work up. Every task produces something real you can show: a report, a tool, a guide or a demo. Publish it on LinkedIn or GitHub as your proof of work.
B
Beginner
LEVEL 01
- 01Write a one-page market brief on India's cybersecurity training market, with sourced size estimates, key players and trends.
- 02Create an OKR set for a student club or internship cohort, and explain how you would measure each key result.
- 03Turn a messy set of meeting notes into a decision log and an action tracker with owners and dates.
I
Intermediate
LEVEL 02
- 01Plan an internship cohort program end to end: timeline, roles, milestones, risks, and a weekly operating rhythm.
- 02Build a competitive analysis of 5 cybersecurity education or services companies, with a SWOT for SecureMojo.
- 03Write a KPI dashboard spec for leadership: 10 metrics with definitions, data sources and review cadence.
A
Advanced
LEVEL 03
- 01Write a strategy memo that answers one real question (for example, 'Should SecureMojo launch a B2C product?') with options, analysis and a recommendation.
- 02Design an operating playbook for scaling a program from 50 to 500 interns, covering processes, tools, automation and quality controls.
HAND-PICKED FREE RESOURCES6 RESOURCES
FREE COURSE
Y Combinator Startup School
Free lessons from YC on building products, talking to users and growing.
VISIT RESOURCE
FREE COURSE
Google Project Management (Coursera)
Google's PM program. Free to audit course by course.
VISIT RESOURCE
ARTICLE GUIDE
Atlassian Team Playbook
Free, step-by-step plays for planning, retros and decision-making.
VISIT RESOURCE
ARTICLE GUIDE
What Matters (OKRs)
Learn OKRs from the people who popularised them.
VISIT RESOURCE
ARTICLE GUIDE
Paul Graham Essays
Sharp thinking on startups, strategy and doing things that matter.
VISIT RESOURCE
ARTICLE GUIDE
McKinsey: The State of AI
Annual global survey on how companies are really adopting AI.
VISIT RESOURCE
