2026 Summer Platforms Internship

Your Role 

The Platforms team is focused on optimizing solutions and maximizing value across the enterprise through our strategic platforms, Pega and Salesforce. We are a team of Product Managers, Business Analysts, Platform System Administrators, and strategic shared services who build and maintain technology solutions that run critical business operations including Marketing, Sales, Customer Experience, Care Management, and Operations. Our team drives vendor relationships, product strategy, solution design, and backlog execution in collaboration with IT and business stakeholders. The Platforms team intern will report to the Program Manager Shared Services and Sr. Manager Shared Services. In this role you will learn how to solve business needs through technology and gain key skills to prepare you for your career. 

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Your Knowledge and Experience 

• Currently pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
• Must reside in the state of California for the duration of the internship  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a hybrid environment 
• Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
• Strong Microsoft Suite knowledge (Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Knowledge of project management, agile methodologies, SDLC
• Experience with data analysis
• A passion for using technology to achieve business outcomes
• Interest in Product Management, Business Analysis, Agile methodology a plus
• CRM, SaaS, Pega, and/or Salesforce experience is a plus

Pay

$25.00 per hour for Undergraduate

$30.00 per hour for Graduate

About Our Internships

Our paid internship program is thoughtfully curated to provide students experience and exposure to the health professional industry. Interns will be given the opportunity to get hands-on experience with real work projects, build meaningful relationship 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 2026 Internship is June 8th or June 15th through August 14th, 2026. 

Application Process and Timeline:

• Now: Actively accepting applications
• November: If you meet the requirements, you will receive an invitation to complete 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

Your Work 

In this role, you will: 

• Drive a project from concept to completion over the 10-week program. Prior internship projects included: 
  • Collaborated with IT to develop a department-wide intake and prioritization ticketing system
  • Researched AI tools and developed department training program for creating Copilot agents 
  • Project managed department-wide product management process improvement program 
• Collect and rationalize business requirements, complex data analysis, future state designs, writing user stories, and more
•  Document business outcomes and investment value for platform capabilities
•  Collaborate with business stakeholders, IT, and leadership to maintain product roadmap alignment
• Draft communications (slides, memos, emails, blogs) for department and team activities
• Support Shared Services team with ad hoc assignments