Project Management Intern – Home Styling & Interiors
Location: Hyderabad
Duration: 3 Months
Type: Full-time Internship
Team: Project Operations
Work mode: Primarily on-site / field-based, with office and remote work as required.
About Plynth
Plynth is an AI-powered home styling platform helping homeowners transform their spaces through curated design, products, and professional styling services.
We are looking for a Project Management Intern to help us execute home styling projects in Hyderabad. You will work closely with customers, interior stylists, vendors, contractors, and the Plynth team to take projects from design approval through final execution.
This is a high-ownership, execution-focused role. You will be responsible for making sure the right people do the right things at the right time—and that projects are delivered on schedule and to the expected quality.
What You'll Do
End-to-End Project Management
- Manage home styling projects from kickoff to completion.
- Create and maintain project plans, timelines, and execution schedules.
- Track milestones, dependencies, deliveries, installations, and pending activities.
- Follow up proactively with vendors and internal teams to ensure deadlines are met.
- Identify risks and delays early and take corrective action.
- Coordinate multiple activities and vendors simultaneously.
- Maintain project trackers and provide regular status updates.
Vendor Identification & Management
- Identify the right vendors for each project based on quality, pricing, availability, and timelines.
- Build and maintain Plynth's network of reliable Hyderabad vendors.
- Source vendors for furniture, décor, carpentry, painting, electrical, installation, and other project requirements.
- Collect and compare quotations.
- Negotiate pricing, delivery timelines, and terms.
- Coordinate vendor schedules and deliverables.
- Ensure vendors meet agreed quality and timeline expectations.
- Build strong relationships with high-performing vendors.
- Resolve vendor issues quickly.
On-Site Coordination
- Visit customer homes and coordinate on-site execution.
- Coordinate deliveries, installations, carpentry, painting, electrical work, and other activities.
- Ensure work is executed according to the approved design and specifications.
- Take measurements, photographs, and execution updates when required.
- Identify quality and execution issues and ensure they are resolved.
- Coordinate multiple vendors working at the same site.
Customer Communication
- Act as the project coordinator for customers during execution.
- Provide clear and regular project updates.
- Communicate upcoming activities, timelines, and dependencies.
- Set realistic expectations with customers.
- Proactively communicate delays or changes.
- Resolve customer concerns quickly and professionally.
- Ensure customers always know what is happening, what happens next, and when it will be completed.
Project Tracking & Reporting
Maintain accurate project trackers covering:
- Project milestones
- Vendor assignments
- Quotations and negotiated prices
- Orders and deliveries
- Installation schedules
- Pending activities
- Dependencies
- Customer approvals
- Risks and delays
- Project completion status
Who We're Looking For
We are looking for someone who is highly organized, proactive, communicative, and obsessed with getting things done.
Required Background
- Civil Engineering
- Architecture
- Interior Design
- Construction Management
- Project Management
- Related engineering or design disciplines
- Internship or experience in construction, interiors, real estate, architecture, or project management
- Understanding of basic construction and interior execution
- Knowledge of materials, furniture, carpentry, electrical, painting, etc.
- Experience dealing with vendors or contractors
- Knowledge of Hyderabad's local vendor ecosystem
- Ability to read basic architectural/interior drawings
Recent graduates are welcome to apply.
Skills We Value
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Strong follow-up and coordination skills
- Strong negotiation skills
- Excellent organizational ability
- Attention to detail
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities
- Comfortable speaking with customers and vendors
- Comfortable visiting customer sites
- Ability to work independently and take ownership
- Comfortable using Excel / Google Sheets and project management tools
What Success Looks Like
The ideal candidate is someone who can take ownership of a project and say:
I know what needs to happen, who needs to do it, when it needs to happen, and I will make sure it gets done.
You will be measured on:
- On-time project completion
- Vendor reliability and performance
- Customer satisfaction
- Quality of execution
- Cost and negotiation effectiveness
- Speed of issue resolution
- Accuracy of project tracking
- Quality and frequency of customer updates
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Why Join Plynth
- Work directly on real homes and real customer projects.
- Get hands-on experience in project management, interior execution, procurement, vendor management, and customer success.
- Work closely with the founding team at an early-stage startup.
- Take meaningful ownership from your first month.
- Opportunity to transition into a full-time Project Manager / Project Operations role based on performance.
