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Join Our Team: Do Meaningful Work and Improve People’s Lives

Our purpose, to improve customers’ lives by making healthcare work better, is far from ordinary. And so are our employees. Working at Premera means you have the opportunity to drive real change by transforming healthcare.

To better serve our customers, we are fostering a culture that emphasizes employee growth, collaborative innovation, and inspired leadership. We are dedicated to creating an environment where employees can excel and where top talent is attracted, retained, and thrives. As a testament to these efforts, Premera has been recognized on the 2025 America's Dream Employers list. In 2024, Newsweek honored Premera as one of America's Greatest Workplaces, America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity, and America's Greatest Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing. Additionally in 2024, Forbes ranked Premera among America’s Best Midsize Employers for the fourth time.

Learn how Premera supports our members, customers and the communities that we serve through our Healthsource blog: https://healthsource.premera.com/.

As a Microsoft Technologies Specialist Intern, you will join the Operations Center of Learning and Development (OCLD) team to support projects that help the team manage their work streams more efficiently. This team plays an impactful role in the success of operations and helps drive quality, and your work will have a direct impact on our customers! Join us for the summer on our mission of improving our customers’ lives by making healthcare work better.

Premera’s Summer Internship Program is June 16th – August 15th, 2025. To be eligible for the program, you must currently be enrolled in either an undergraduate or graduate degree program or have recently obtained your degree (within the last 12 months). This is a hybrid internship program on our campus in Mountlake Terrace, WA.

Internship Projects and Goals:

• Partner with the OCLD team to improve current systems and develop solutions to improve the teams’ day-to-day workflow.
• Set up meeting invites, coordinate schedules, facilitate meetings, and take notes
• Conduct research and interview subject matter experts to create “as is” and “to-be” process flows
• Provide input on the development of appropriate training materials to support the needs of functional areas
• Provide support to business units for tracking and measuring projects and objectives and key results

What You Will Bring:

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or master's degree program, or have recently obtained your degree (within the last 12 months) (Required)
• Proficient with MSFT suite tools including Power BI, SharePoint and Excel
• A can-learn, can-do attitude, that works well in a collaborative and fast paced team.
• Curiosity when it comes to understanding complex situations, problem solving, and solutioning.
• Self-starter and ability to do independent work as well as collaborate well with others in a virtual environment.

***Please include a cover letter with your application answering the following in 200 words or less for each question: ***

• Tell me how you continue to grow and improve your skills. Give me an example of when you did this in your personal and in your educational/professional life. Be specific about the steps you took to push yourself.
• Tell me your Power BI experience and any recent projects you’ve used Power BI for.
• Please confirm that you will reside within driving distance of our Mountlake Terrace campus over the summer and can commute weekly.
• Please confirm your anticipated or prior graduation date.

Premera total rewards

Our comprehensive total rewards package provides support, resources, and opportunities to help employees thrive and grow. Our total rewards are more than a collection of perks, they're a reflection of our commitment to your health and well-being. We offer a broad array of rewards including physical, financial, emotional, and community benefits, including:

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums.

• Voluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance for paw parents.

• Life and disability insurance.

• Retirement programs, including a 401K employer match and, believe it or not, a pension plan that is vested after 3 years of service.

• Wellness incentives with a wide range of mental well-being resources for you and your dependents, including counseling services, stress management programs, and mindfulness programs, just to name a few.

• Generous paid time off to reenergize.

• Looking for continuing education? We have tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

• Employee recognition program to celebrate anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more.

For our hybrid employees, our on-campus model provides flexibility to create your own routine with access to on-site resources, networking opportunities, and team engagement.

• Commuter perks make your trip to work less impactful on the environment and your wallet.

• Free convenient on-site parking.

• Subsidized on-campus cafes make lunchtime connections with colleagues fun and affordable.

• Engaging on-site events and activities include food trucks, health and wellness, DEI and disaster preparedness fairs, coffee connects, and more.

• Our complementary fitness & well-being center offers both in-person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling.

• Need a brain break? Challenge someone to a game of shuffleboard or ping pong while on campus.

Equal employment opportunity/affirmative action:

Premera is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Premera seeks to attract and retain the most qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

If you need an accommodation to apply online for positions at Premera, please contact Premera Human Resources via email at careers@premera.com or via phone at 425-918-4785.

The pay for this role will vary based on a range of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographic location, market conditions, and specific skills and experience.

The salary range for this role is posted below; we generally target up to and around the midpoint of the range.

National Plus Salary Range:

*National Plus salary range is used in higher cost of labor markets including Western Washington and Alaska.

We’re happy to discuss compensation further during the interview because we believe that open communication leads to better outcomes for all. We’re committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where all employees are celebrated for their unique skills and contributions.