At Veracyte, we offer exciting career opportunities for those interested in joining a pioneering team that is committed to transforming cancer care for patients across the globe. Working at Veracyte enables our employees to not only make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, but to also learn and grow within a purpose driven environment. This is what we call the Veracyte way – it’s about how we work together, guided by our values, to give clinicians the insights they need to help patients make life-changing decisions.
Our Values:
- We Seek A Better Way: We pursue bold ideas, embrace complexity, and keep pushing forward.
- We Make It Happen: We act with urgency, deliver with excellence, and always find a way.
- We Are Stronger Together: We engage with empathy, align around what's best for Veracyte, and celebrate as one team.
- We Care Deeply: We show up with integrity, kindness, and respect for one another.
We are seeking a curious, resourceful, and detail-oriented Student Intern to join the PMO team for a part-time, 4-week internship focused on AI prompt development and agent creation using Copilot. In this role, you will help design and improve prompts and lightweight AI agents that support PMO workflows across data ecosystems, making project information easier to access, summarize, and act on. This is a great opportunity for a student who enjoys learning quickly, experimenting thoughtfully, and turning business needs into practical AI-enabled solutions.
- Partner with the PMO team to understand project management workflows, recurring needs, and opportunities to improve efficiency with Copilot
- Write, test, and refine AI prompts that support PMO use cases such as project updates, status summaries, risk tracking, action item follow-up, meeting preparation, and documentation
- Help create and organize Copilot-based agents that support PMO processes across data ecosystems
- Evaluate AI-generated outputs for quality, clarity, usefulness, and consistency, and recommend improvements based on testing results
- Document prompt patterns, agent logic, use cases, lessons learned, and best practices so solutions can be reused and scaled
- Support the development of simple governance and quality standards for prompt writing and agent usage within the PMO team
- Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business questions into structured AI interactions that improve productivity and decision-making
- Identify opportunities to streamline access to project data, reporting content, and knowledge resources through effective prompt and agent design
- Participate in team meetings, working sessions, and reviews, providing updates on progress, findings, and recommendations
- Stay current on emerging prompt engineering techniques and practical uses of Copilot that can enhance PMO operations
- Contribute to a team environment that values curiosity, collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement
Required Qualifications
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s program in Business, Project Management, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Communications, or a related field
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to create clear, concise, and well-structured content
• Interest in generative AI, prompt engineering, and practical business applications of AI tools
• Familiarity with Microsoft 365 and basic understanding of Copilot or similar AI tools
• Strong attention to detail and ability to assess outputs for accuracy, quality, and usefulness
• Ability to organize information, manage multiple tasks, and work effectively in a part-time internship setting over a 6-week period
• Comfortable working with ambiguity, learning quickly, and iterating based on feedback
• Collaborative mindset with a willingness to ask thoughtful questions and contribute ideas
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience using AI tools to draft content, summarize information, automate repetitive work, or support analysis
• Experience writing prompts, workflows, or documentation for internal tools or process improvement efforts
• Familiarity with structured data, reporting environments, or working across multiple information sources and data ecosystems
• Experience with Microsoft Copilot, Power Platform, knowledge management tools, or related productivity technologies
• Interest in designing practical, user-friendly AI solutions that help teams work more efficiently
• Demonstrated curiosity, initiative, and willingness to experiment in a fast-moving environment
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For candidates working remote (US), the hourly range is $18- $24.
The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience, skillset, geographic location, industry, education, etc. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
What We Can Offer You
Veracyte is a growing company that offers significant career opportunities if you are curious, driven, patient-oriented and aspire to help us build a great company. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, and are committed to fostering an inclusive workforce, where diverse backgrounds are represented, engaged, and empowered to drive innovative ideas and decisions. We are thrilled to be recognized as a 2024 Certified™ Great Place to Work® in both the US and Israel - a testament to our dynamic, inclusive, and inspiring workplace where passion meets purpose.
About Veracyte
Veracyte (Nasdaq: VCYT) is a global diagnostics company whose vision is to transform cancer care for patients all over the world. We empower clinicians with the high-value insights they need to guide and assure patients at pivotal moments in the race to diagnose and treat cancer. Our Veracyte Diagnostics Platform delivers high-performing cancer tests that are fueled by broad genomic and clinical data, deep bioinformatic and AI capabilities, and a powerful evidence-generation engine, which ultimately drives durable reimbursement and guideline inclusion for our tests, along with new insights to support continued innovation and pipeline development. For more information, please visit www.veracyte.com or follow us on LinkedIn or X (Twitter).
Veracyte, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability status. Veracyte participates in E-Verify in the United States. View our CCPA Disclosure Notice
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