Product & Business Development Program; PBDP) Internship -Pipeline

If you want an intern experience that will dramatically shape your career, consider a company that’s dramatically shaping our entire health care system. Optum, part of United Health Group family of companies, is a leading health services and innovation company dedicated to helping make the health system work better for everyone. With more than 94,000 people collaborating worldwide, Optum combines people, technology, data and action to improve the delivery, quality and efficiency of health care.

Our internship opportunities provide a view of a rapidly evolving, incredibly challenging marketplace of ideas, products and services. Here, you’ll work with some of the smartest people in the business on assignments that matter. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

If you’re looking for an experience that combines meaningful work, skill development, and real-world impact, the Product & Business Development Program (PBDP) Internship offers an opportunity to contribute to how healthcare operates, scales, and improves.

The PBDP Internship is a 10-week, full-time summer internship designed for students interested in building foundational experience in:

• Business analysis
• Project execution
• Product support/product management
• Process improvement
• Data-informed decision-making

You’ll work on real projects, partner across teams, and develop practical skills that translate directly into business roles.

• 10-week, full-time summer internship (June-August)
• Locations:
  Eden Prairie, MN and San Antonio, TX
• Work model: 4 or 5 days a week in office - depending on placement
• Placement process:
  Interns review project opportunities and rank preferences prior to team alignment the placement process takes place in the spring semester

• Gain hands‑on experience in real business environments
• Build skills across operations, product, and analysis
• Understand how organizations use data to make decisions
• Develop professionally through mentorship, training, and networking

• Curious, motivated, and eager to learn in a business environment
• Solid communicators who can work across teams
• Organized and comfortable managing multiple priorities
• Interested in solving business problems through analysis and execution
• Detail-oriented and willing to work in structured, execution-focused environments

• Contribute to real business initiatives through research, analysis, and execution
• Support teams by organizing work streams, tracking progress, and completing deliverables
• Analyze processes and identify opportunities for improvement
• Create reports, summaries, and presentations to communicate insights clearly
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (operations, product, analytics, technology)
• Build foundational skills in documentation, communication, and problem-solving

In this role, you will actively apply AI tools and techniques within your functional area to drive efficiency, insights, and innovation. You will design, develop and deploy AI-powered solutions to address complex business challenges.

• Apply AI tools to solve business problems within your domain
• Build and optimize prompts for analysis, reporting, and automation
• Integrate AI into workflows (e.g., reporting, dashboards, operations processes)
• Analyze data using AI-enabled tools and generate insights
• Collaborate with teams to identify opportunities for AI-driven improvements
• Ensure responsible and compliant use of AI solutions

PBDP is a placement-based internship program, meaning you’ll be aligned to a specific team and project based on business need and your interests.

• Support project coordination,…