About Sound

Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Nashville, TN, Sound Physicians is a nationally respected, physician-led medical group practicing in 400+ hospitals across 45 states. Our team of 4,000+ clinicians and 1,000+ business professionals across the country is united by one mission: to build exceptional clinical partnerships that unlock quality, affordable, dignified care for everyone – no matter who they are or where they live. With physician-led clinical teams and more than two decades of operational expertise, we’ve refined what it takes to consistently deliver exceptional care in hospital medicine, emergency medicine, critical care, anesthesia, and telemedicine.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Project & Portfolio Management Intern to support enterprise-wide initiatives during the summer. This role is ideal for a third- or fourth-year undergraduate student interested in project management, business operations, strategic planning, or process improvement, who is detail-oriented, analytically minded and brings strong analytical skills and an interest in enterprise healthcare operations.

The intern will support enterprise projects, assist senior project managers with project activities, and help department leaders prepare for annual portfolio planning activities.

The Details: This is a full-time remote opportunity. 10-week internship that will run from June 1st through August 7th, 2026.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

In this role, you will gain exposure to core Project and Portfolio Management functions, while providing meaningful support to the team across planning, governance, delivery, and reporting. You will also gain hands-on experience with enterprise tools such as Asana, executive presentation tools, and process mapping software to support portfolio visibility and project execution.

Project Management & Delivery Support:

• Assist senior project managers on active enterprise projects with planning, coordination, and execution activities.
• Help monitor project health indicators (e.g., milestone status, open actions, key risks/issues) and summarize highlights for weekly updates.
• Support maintenance of project documentation and communications for review by a senior project manager (e.g., status updates, schedules, decision logs, and action items).
• Participate in project meetings and capture notes, decisions, and follow-ups.
• Assist with meeting organization (scheduling, agendas, action-item follow-up) and help ensure owners/dates are documented and tracked.

Process Improvement & Solutioning:

• Observe and document current-state processes through diagrams and/or narratives.
• Participate in improvement discussions (retrospectives/lessons learned) and help document actionable recommendations and best practices

Reporting & Analysis:

• Prepare project and portfolio reports for leadership and stakeholders.
• Assist with basic data analysis.
• Support development of standardized reporting and dashboards.
• Assist with validating source data used in dashboards/reports (spot checks, trend notes, formatting consistency) to improve reliability of reporting.

Portfolio Planning & Governance:

• Assist department leaders in preparation for annual portfolio planning activities.
• Update and maintain the annual portfolio planning project plan.
• Help prepare materials for portfolio governance discussions (e.g., agenda drafts, pre-reads, meeting notes) and organize input from stakeholders.

Collaboration & Learning:

• Work cross-functionally with business, technology, and operations teams, including exposure to executives within the organization.
• Learn and apply standard project management and process improvement methodologies.
• Participate in mentoring and professional development opportunities.
• Demonstrate professionalism in a remote environment, including time management, responsiveness, and confidentiality with sensitive project information.

Education and Experience

• Enrolled in an accredited college program (entering 3rd or 4th year) with major coursework in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Management, Operations, or related field. Coursework or exposure to project management, process improvement, or business analysis is a plus.

What You’ll Gain

• Hands-on experience supporting enterprise projects and portfolio management.
• Mentorship from experienced project and program managers.
• Exposure to how enterprise healthcare organizations prioritize and deliver strategic initiatives as well as portfolio governance, stakeholder communication, and practical reporting/dashboards in an enterprise environment.
• Opportunity to contribute to real projects that impact clinician and operational experience.

Pay Range

$17-$20 per hour. Exact pay will be determined based on candidate experience, geographical location, and size/complexity of the program being supported.

Sound Physicians is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion at the bedside and in our workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This job description reflects the present requirements of the position. As duties and responsibilities change and develop, the job description will be reviewed and subject to amendment.