2027 Summer Internship - Digital Collaboration & Data Insights

Vizient • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

The 2027 Summer Internship - Digital Collaboration & Data Insights is a full-time, paid, 10-week internship supporting Vizient’s Digital Connections & Collaboration team. The intern will explore practical applications of artificial intelligence, workflow automation, business intelligence, and digital process optimization. Working with leaders responsible for community engagement, digital collaboration, reporting, and operational excellence, the intern will help identify ways to streamline work, improve access to information, enhance reporting, and increase staff capacity through technology.

The work may involve Microsoft Copilot, Power BI, Power Automate, AI agents, workflow design, reporting frameworks, knowledge management, and digital engagement analytics. The intern will contribute to business challenges and strategic initiatives, producing usable artifacts such as working flows, prototypes, dashboards, reporting frameworks, documented processes, and implementation recommendations that the team can maintain and develop after the internship.

The program includes formal training, mentoring, on-the-job learning, and opportunities to interact with senior leaders. Interns are assigned a supervisor and participate in goal setting, deadline-driven work, and community service projects. The program runs June 1, 2027, through August 6, 2027, at a pay rate of $25 per hour.

Requirements

• Be enrolled in a four-year accredited college, university, or graduate program in good academic standing.
• Have completed the sophomore year as an undergraduate before the internship begins, or have recently completed a degree.
• Have a basic understanding of working in a hybrid environment, workplace ethics, and effective communication.
• Have strong computer skills with Microsoft 365 and an eagerness to learn.
• Demonstrate analytical, critical-thinking, and spreadsheet skills, including Excel pivot tables and lookups.
• Have experience using AI tools such as ChatGPT and/or Microsoft Copilot for drafting communications, summarizing threads, and turning ambiguous requests into tasks, with responsible-use practices such as avoiding sensitive data, validating outputs, and documenting prompts.
• Have good organization and planning skills, and demonstrate effective project coordination, facilitation, and implementation through work or school experience.
• Have effective oral and written communication skills and the ability to analyze and synthesize information for problem-solving.
• Have strong interpersonal skills for interacting across the team and potentially with internal Vizient business partners, external members, and suppliers.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to Power BI, including Power Query, visuals, and basic DAX.
• Exposure to Power Automate, Databricks, SharePoint/OneDrive, and Teams.
• Similar skills demonstrated through coursework or projects.

Responsibilities

• Research and prototype practical AI use cases that improve productivity, reporting, knowledge discovery, and decision-making.
• Explore Microsoft Copilot, GPT-based tools, AI agents, workflow orchestration concepts, and related emerging technologies.
• Design and test prompts, instructions, and workflows to help users retrieve information and complete tasks more efficiently.
• Document findings, recommendations, and responsible-use considerations for future implementation.
• Partner with leaders and stakeholders to identify questions that group leaders and senior leadership need answered quickly and consistently.
• Support the development of dashboards, reports, and KPI frameworks using Power BI, enterprise data platforms, and related analytical tools.
• Help define KPIs, metrics, business rules, and data requirements for accurate AI-assisted queries, dashboards, and automated insights.
• Validate AI-generated or automated outputs against source data to ensure accuracy, explainability, and suitability for business use.
• Prototype reporting workflows connecting adoption signals, member engagement, unanswered questions, content activity, and follow-up opportunities.
• Create sample prompts, GPT instructions, agent workflows, or Copilot-enabled use cases that translate natural-language questions into reliable reporting outputs.
• Document workflows, assumptions, data definitions, prompts, and recommendations so the team can refine and scale solutions after the internship.
• Provide regular progress updates and deliver a final readout with a demonstration, lessons learned, recommended next steps, and opportunities for broader automation.
• Participate in formal training, mentoring, on-the-job learning, community service projects, company meetings, and culture events.

Benefits

• Paid internship at $25 per hour.
• Training, mentoring, and on-the-job learning.
• Exposure to senior leadership and networking opportunities with cross-functional teams.
• Personalized strengths coaching.
• Value-added project management skills development.
• Participation in company meetings, culture events, team-building activities, and an intern-led community impact project.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern