About Our Internships

Our paid internship program is thoughtfully curated to provide students with experience and exposure to the healthcare industry. Interns will be given the opportunity to get hands-on experience with real work projects, build meaningful relationships and connections within the organization, and experience our mission and enterprise goals through our program curriculum centered on our leadership model (Personal, People, Thought, and Results Leadership). To see more about our internship program, check out this video.

Our Summer 2025 Internship is June 9th or June 16th through August 15th, 2025.

Application Process and Timeline:

• Now: Actively accepting applications
• November: If you meet the requirements, you will receive an invitation to complete a Pre-Recorded Video Interview
• November - January: 2nd round interviews & offers extended

As an intern at Blue Shield of California, you will:

• Participate in impactful projects during a 10-week internship program
• Undertake a 10-week curriculum designed to familiarize interns with BSC, leadership development, exposure to the healthcare industry, and more
• Be invited to participate in BSC employee events and networking opportunities such as Employee Resource Groups, employee volunteer activities, and more

General Requirements:

• Must reside in the state of California for the duration of the internship
• Hybrid requirements - Preferably live within a 50-mile radius of a BSC office and be available for in-office collaboration 2 times per month
• Must currently be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at the time of the internship, with a graduation date of December 2025 or later

Your Role

The Health Solutions team is a part of our larger Strategy & Health Solutions team which oversees provider partnerships & network management, health transformation acceleration, innovation, healthcare services, and strategy, planning, and operations functions and responsibilities at Blue Shield.

The Quality Governance team is responsible for managing key and critical health plan quality program functions and processes. The Program Manager Intern will report to the Senior Manager, Quality Governance. In this role you will be is responsible for the coordination and implementation of quality related regulatory activities, and for ensuring the readiness of quality related documentation used as evidence of the Quality Department's compliance efforts, with an operational focus (primary focus is not on IT). The Program Manager Intern will track and monitor ongoing evidence of compliance that may be used as proof, upon request, by a regulator.

The Program Manager Intern must be able to develop strong, collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders to meet quality and regulatory objectives. The individual in this role must be able to work within large, multi-disciplinary teams to monitor milestones and deliverables, manage complex projects to projected completion dates, and draw upon established relationships to build cross-functional teams that will achieve results.

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Actively pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in public health, business, health care or related field
• Minimum 1 year of related professional experience, project, or coursework
• Strong communication skills required, particularly writing for publication
• Proactive, solution focused mindset with demonstrated creative, problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of the key synergies necessary among practices, payers, community, populations, and policy leaders to better align health care transformation efforts
• Demonstrated investigative, problem solving, critical thinking and assessment skills
• Strong organizational skills required
• Must be proficient in use of PC-based software programs including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook with strong typing skills

Pay Range:

The pay range for this role is: $25.00 to $30.00 for California.

Note:

Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, location (California, Bay area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.