2026 Summer Intern

Location:

This internship role is scheduled to be flexible. Please be prepared to spend part of your time working remotely and part of your time working from a Kaiser Permanente regional office. Finalists MUST reside in one of the following states to be eligible for employment with Kaiser Permanente: CA, OR, WA, HI, CO, GA, MD, VA, CT, DC, or IL.

Department Details:

The National Sales team leads Kaiser Permanente-s largest and most strategic growth efforts, focused on winning new membership from enterprise-scale organizations with 3,000+ benefit-eligible employees across multiple markets. We drive KP-s most complex new logo pursuits, partnering closely with executives, regional markets, and cross-functional teams to bring innovative, market-shaping strategies to life.

We operate with a bold, -outside-in- mindset-grounding our work in the real needs and expectations of prospects and channel partners. Known for creative first-ever approaches and challenging legacy thinking, we bring rigorous sales discipline that strengthens KP-s presence in the national market and fuels sustainable long-term growth. As brand ambassadors and change agents, we earn trust and credibility across the organization and with large employers, helping position KP as the partner of choice for the country-s most influential companies.

Internship Projects:

Prospect Intelligence & Strategy Automation

As a National Sales intern, you-ll help elevate our enterprise prospecting strategy by building the next 
generation of research tools and insight-driven prospect plans. Your work will directly support Sales Executives pursuing KP-s largest, most strategic prospects.

You will:

Conduct market, industry, and prospect research using business reports, financial documents, benefit strategies, public filings, press releases, analyst insights, and online sources to uncover trends, opportunities, and signals relevant to national employers.
Synthesize complex information into clear, actionable insights that help shape sales strategy, influence pursuit decisions, and strengthen our understanding of each prospect-s needs and pressures.
Develop reusable AI-powered research tools, such as custom agents or Copilot prompts, that can repeatedly gather and refresh prospect intelligence at scale.
Design automated outputs that translate research findings into ready-to-use materials for Sales Executives-examples include Salesforce prospect plans, executive summaries, pursuit briefs, competitive snapshots, and case review content.
Improve the speed, consistency, and depth of how our team captures and updates prospect intelligence across multiple markets.
Collaborate directly with Sales Executives and National Sales leadership to understand what -great- looks like in a world-class pursuit process and ensure your tools support real sales workflows.

Outcome:
By the end of the internship, you will deliver a library of automated, AI-supported research resources and a set of high-quality prospect plans that materially enhance our ability to compete for-and win-KP-s most complex enterprise opportunities.

Target Majors:

Business Administration; Marketing; Public Relations and Communications; Healthcare Administration

Target Skillset:

Skills & Qualifications
Curiosity and research aptitude-comfortable digging into public documents, industry reports, financial filings, and online sources to uncover meaningful insights.
Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to interpret information, identify trends, and connect dots in a business context.
Clear written communication-able to synthesize findings into concise, audience-ready summaries and insights.
Experience using AI tools (e.g., Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini) and interest in building repeatable prompts, workflows, or lightweight agents.
Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to structure work with limited direction-especially when exploring new sources of information or building something from scratch.
Basic proficiency with productivity tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, or similar) for organizing research and creating outputs.
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple research threads or deliverables at once.
Interest in business strategy, sales, health care, or employer benefits-no prior industry experience required, just enthusiasm and willingness to learn.

Coursework or exposure to business, economics, public health, data analytics, or information systems.
Experience conducting competitive analysis, market research, or secondary research for school projects or internships.
Familiarity with CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce) or presentation tools used in business strategy.
Basic comfort evaluating qualitative and quantitative data.
Experience building templates, prompts, or simple automations using AI tools.

Job Summary:

Lay the groundwork for a dynamic future with an industry leader. At Kaiser Permanente, you'll forge lasting relationships with colleagues across the organization while enjoying the opportunity to grow your experience and hone your expertise on assignments that have real impact. Our interns have worked on everything from analyzing financial software and developing new marketing strategies, to designing mobile apps and helping clinicians improve care delivery. We want you to get the most out of your time here and will give you projects that challenge you to think freely, question thoroughly, and explore deeply.

• Contributing to a designated project or initiative to meet a KP business objective.
• Report development and analytics.
• Project management - planning, execution, and measurement.
• Learning new applications needed to complete assignments or support the execution of business objectives.
• Job shadowing in other functional areas.
• Performing additional duties as required.