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Vizient Intern Program Overview: 

This program is designed to foster a beneficial relationship and provide growth opportunities for Vizient, our employees, and collegiate students. Since 2000, our summer intern program has provided college undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students with practical experience that exposes them to multiple aspects of a career field and the healthcare industry. This full-time, paid intern program offers an opportunity to accelerate academic learning, apply classroom knowledge, and introduce students to a professional setting. Interns are assigned a supervisor to mentor/develop their business skills, as well as monitor their work experiences. Interns are integral members of the company’s team, setting goals, working toward deadlines, and actively participating in community service projects. 

The program requires the intern to commit to 10 weeks of participation in all formal training, mentoring, on-the-job learning, and opportunities to interact with senior leaders. 

• Program starts June 1, 2027, and ends August 6, 2027 

• Pay rate: $25 per hour. 

About the team and role 

Product Operations helps product teams work effectively and consistently by supporting and improving the processes, information, tools, operating practices, and cross-functional connections they rely on to get work done. The team partners across Product and other functions to improve how teams work together, make information easier to find and use, and support consistent product management practices. 
 
As a Product Operations Summer Intern, you will contribute to team communications, documentation, reporting, process improvement, and operational initiatives while gaining exposure to product management practices and cross-functional collaboration. You will also have a primary Product Operations improvement project that you will help move from understanding the current state through recommendations and implementation support. The specific project will be based on Product Operations priorities for summer 2027. 

What You’ll Do 

• Own a defined Product Operations improvement project, including assessing the current state, gathering stakeholder input, identifying opportunities, developing recommendations, and supporting implementation. 

• Support recurring Product Operations processes, communications, and team deliverables. 

• Conduct research and gather, organize, and analyze information to identify key themes, develop findings and recommendations, and surface improvement opportunities. 

• Partner with Product Operations colleagues and cross-functional stakeholders to understand needs, gather feedback, identify friction or gaps, and support improvements to shared ways of working. 

• Create and maintain clear documentation, reference materials, process guidance, reports, presentations, and other team resources. 

• Coordinate assigned tasks and deliverables, track progress, communicate questions or potential risks, and apply feedback to produce accurate, consistent, high-quality work. 

What You’ll Learn 

• How Product Operations supports product teams and helps improve the way product organizations work. 

• How product management practices, operational processes, documentation, reporting, and shared resources support effective product development. 

• How Product Operations connects operating practices, knowledge, communications, and cross-functional partners to help Product work as a more connected and effective system. 

• How to gather and synthesize stakeholder input, develop recommendations, communicate findings, manage a project from discovery through implementation, and present outcomes to stakeholders. 

Qualifications 

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program. No specific field of study is required, and no prior professional experience is required. 

• Experience through coursework, academic projects, employment, volunteer work, or extracurricular activities creating clear written materials, presentations, reports, research summaries, or similar deliverables. 

• Experience gathering, organizing, or analyzing information to identify themes, findings, or opportunities. 

• Experience coordinating assignments or projects, including organizing work, tracking progress, managing deadlines, or collaborating with others. 

• Ability to learn new processes and technologies, apply guidance effectively, and communicate clearly with colleagues and stakeholders. 

• Ability to work from the Irving office for the 10-week summer 2027 internship. 

Equal Opportunity Employer:   Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.