Apprentice Product Manager

About The Role

Shopify’s Apprentice Product Manager (APM) role is a paid 12-month position, made up of two team placements, designed to develop early Product talent into future Product leaders. As an APM, you’ll learn how products are developed at Shopify, supported by a dedicated mentor, a working community of peers, and a comprehensive learning program. You’ll work alongside some of the best product managers in the industry on products that will have a real impact on our merchants.

The Opportunity

• Join a high performing Product team that will constantly push you to grow and improve.
• Get comfortable with being uncomfortable and own real product problems for real merchants.
• Learn Shopify's Product Management craft across two different team placements, each with a Senior Product Manager to guide and coach you.
• Use AI daily for prototyping, research, analysis, and building.

Participants are expected to learn rapidly, adapt, and achieve impactful results for our merchants within 12 months. If you prefer detailed direction and a clear roadmap to follow, this role probably isn’t for you.

Qualifications

We are looking for:

• A history of creating something that didn’t exist before and seeing it through.
• Comfort operating without a playbook. Figuring out what needs to happen and making it happen.
• A track record of doing more with less, stretching limited time, resources, or experience further than expected.
• Genuine interest in the audience affected by what you build: merchants, buyers, or communities.
• A pattern of picking up new skills, domains, or responsibilities quickly.
• Hands-on experience making things with AI. We're looking for people who've used AI to do real work, not people who've listed it on a resume.
• Legally eligible to work from Canada and/or the US by September 8th, 2026.
• Able to work a minimum of 40 hours per week as of September 2026. This is not an internship, nor a part-time opportunity.

Key Info

• This application will close May 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern.
• Program start date: September 8, 2026. All selected candidates MUST be available to start on this date.
• You must have legal authorization to work full-time (40 hours a week) in Canada or the United States. Shopify will not provide visa or immigration support.
• You’ll hear back from us within 3-4 weeks from the job posting closing date.

About Shopify

Opportunity is not evenly distributed. Shopify puts independence within reach for anyone with a dream to start a business. We propel entrepreneurs and enterprises to scale the heights of their potential. Since 2006, we’ve grown to over 8,300 employees and generated over $1 trillion in sales for millions of merchants in 175 countries. This is life-defining work that directly impacts people’s lives as much as it transforms your own. This is putting the power of the few in the hands of the many, is a future with more voices rather than fewer, and is creating more choices instead of an elite option.

About You

Moving at our pace brings a lot of change, complexity, and ambiguity—and a little bit of chaos. Shopifolk thrive on that and are comfortable being uncomfortable. That means Shopify is not the right place for everyone. Before you apply, consider if you can:

• Care deeply about what you do and about making commerce better for everyone.
• Excel by seeking professional and personal hypergrowth.
• Keep up with an unrelenting pace (the week, not the quarter).
• Be resilient and resourceful in face of ambiguity and thrive on (rather than endure) change.
• Bring critical thought and opinion.
• Put AI agents and tools to work on the tasks they're built for, and focus on the work only humans can do.
• Embrace differences and disagreement to get shit done and move forward.
• Work digital-first for your daily work.

We may use AI-enabled tools to screen, select, and assess applications. All AI outputs are reviewed and validated by our recruitment team.

Key skills/competency

• Product Management
• AI Tools
• Problem Solving
• Adaptability
• Merchant Focus
• Rapid Learning
• Innovation
• Resourcefulness
• Ambiguity Tolerance
• Independent Initiative