UMMG is seeking a highly motivated professional to serve as a Population Health Intern. This position will provide the chosen candidate with exposure to process improvement opportunities, Population Health challenges and decision-making processes, broad organizational issues where they will be challenged to think critically and contribute innovative ideas. Under general direction from leadership, the Population Health Intern will provide project management and leadership to support strategic initiatives across the UMMG enterprise. This individual will be responsible for managing complex project deliverables that require collaboration across stakeholder groups. This individual will coordinate analysis, documents and logistics using industry standards, policies/procedures, plans/specifications, and quality/safety requirements to help drive decision-making. This position provides the chosen individual with the opportunity to build their career experience at a world-renowned academic health center, expand industry knowledge, strengthen their analytical skills, and practice and develop their business, administrative, and management acumen.

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally.  Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

Michigan Medicine is one of the largest health care complexes in the world and has been the site of many groundbreaking medical and technological advancements since the opening of the U-M Medical School in 1850. Michigan Medicine is comprised of over 30,000 employees and our vision is to attract, inspire, and develop outstanding people in medicine, sciences, and healthcare to become one of the world’s most distinguished academic health systems.  In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. Work at Michigan Medicine and become a victor for the greater good.

What Benefits can you Look Forward to?

• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your very first day
• 2:1 Match on retirement savings

• Conduct informational interviews with key leaders across the organization.
• Serve as lead on high-profile projects with senior management.
• Responsible for applying knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to meet task requirements: scope, budget, quality, time, communications, change management, risk management, and stakeholder management.
• Provide support with handling administrative matters including those of a confidential nature. 
• Create or draft correspondence for high-level leadership. 
• Draft PowerPoint presentations and simple to medium complexity Excel spreadsheets.
• Responsible for tracking, reporting, and status meetings, ensuring successful implementation of activities with stakeholders.
• Identify, assess, document, and resolve issues, risks, decisions, and dependencies; escalates to appropriate stakeholders when necessary.
• Effectively apply logic, principles, and analytics to aid in decision-making. Assesses complex problems, draws conclusions, and provides value-driven solutions.
• Conducts meetings and presentations with effective communication and manages change with stakeholders.
• Establishes and maintains an excellent working relationship with teams and stakeholders.
• Acts as a liaison between various departments to ensure that all activities are in support of overall goals and objectives.
• Perform other duties as directed.
   

• Ability to analyze, compare, and evaluate various courses of action and have the authority to make independent decisions on matters of significance, free of immediate directions, within the scope of their responsibility.
• Highly analytical and has the ability to translate and communicate analysis into actionable information for problem-solving and decision-making at all levels within organization.
• Strong team orientation and ability to manage in complex organizations.
• Ability to work collaboratively and demonstrate flexibility and commitment to embracing change
• Strong relationship-building skills, including the demonstrated ability to build consensus among diverse stakeholder groups.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Detail-oriented and able to bring structure to an unstructured environment.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Word, and Visio) and other project management tools to aid in the project delivery and data analysis.
   

• Ability to use SQL to pull and manipulate data.
• Knowledge of University of Michigan Health System Policies and Procedures.

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.

Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background screenings.  Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days.  The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.