Internship: Services Centre of Excellence PMO Team

Internship: Services Centre of Excellence PMO Team

Job Description

Starting Date: Latest September 2025

Duration: 6 months (with possibility to extend)

Gain hands-on experience in Portfolio/Program/Project Management Office (PMO) activities, contributing to the efficiency and success of projects within a global organization. You will support governance, reporting and PMO continuous improvements, while collaborating with stakeholders across global teams.

A dynamic and collaborative PMO team that drives project excellence across the organization. You will work closely with experienced program and project managers and PMO professionals who will guide and support your learning journey.

Your role:

• Supporting project setup, governance, and progress tracking
• Monitoring project milestones, risks, and issues to ensure smooth execution
• Developing and maintaining dashboards to track key metrics
• Managing test cases, updates, and approvals for user acceptance testing (UAT)
• Supporting change impact assessments, including follow-ups and final reporting
• Preparing and presenting project meeting materials and ensuring timely follow-ups
• Coordinating and organizing project-related meetings, reviews, and training sessions
• Maintaining project collaboration spaces for efficient communication and documentation
• Preparing reports and presentations to support decision-making
• Tracking open actions and following up with stakeholders to drive performance

You're the right fit if:

• Basic knowledge of project management principles
• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
• Ability to quickly learn and work with collaboration tools such as Teams, SharePoint, Agile and project management software
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Proactive and eager to learn
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal
• Experience with data visualization or reporting tools is a plus

In return, we offer you

• Monthly full-time allowance between €500 - €700 gross, depending on educational level and if you would need to relocate to The Netherlands. If you will perform a part-time internship you will receive the allowance pro-rata.
• Housing compensation, in case of relocating to the vicinity of the office, €300,- net if location is in the vicinity of Amsterdam, €255,- net for all other Philips locations. You need to provide a rental contract of the landlord, and your normal home-work travel distance needs to be more than 50 km or travel time (one way trip) needs to be more than 1.5 hours.
• Travel compensation, if you are not eligible for a free public transport card; you will receive max. €145,- net
• Paid holidays per internship term.
• The opportunity to buy Philips equipment at our Philips shop

IMPORTANT:

Part of our selection procedure is a HireVue online interview recording. We are not able to share the outcome of this HireVue interview but will use this as extra selection criteria.

In order to be considered, you have to be registered as a student during the entire internship period. Formal documentation will be requested. Students from outside the EU enrolled at a Dutch university need to fill in a NUFFIC agreement – which needs to be signed by the student and the university.

Please note that the contents of our regular internship assignments are not suitable for professionals (and/or MBA students) with professional work experience.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations. This is an office role.

About Philips

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