People Operations Intern
Zus Health
People & HR, Operations
Boston, MA, USA
USD 25-25 / hour + Equity
Posted on Dec 20, 2025
Who we are
Zus is a shared health data platform designed to accelerate healthcare data interoperability by providing easy-to-use patient data via API, embedded components, and direct EHR integrations. Founded in 2021 by Jonathan Bush, co-founder and former CEO of athenahealth, Zus partners with HIEs and other data networks to aggregate patient clinical history and then translates that history into user-friendly information at the point of care. Zus's mission is to catalyze healthcare's greatest inventors by maximizing the value of patient insights - so that they can build up, not around.
Zus Health is excited to welcome a People Operations Intern to our team! This internship is a great opportunity for a current student or recent graduate who’s curious about how companies use systems, data, and technology to support people as they grow.
We’re looking for someone who’s organized, curious, and excited to learn how People Operations (HR) works behind the scenes at a fast-growing health tech company. You’ll get hands-on experience with real tools, real data, and real projects that help improve the employee experience. The best candidates will have exposure to HR and People Ops systems.
As part of our team you will
- Help support and maintain tools like BambooHR, Lever, Carta, CultureAmp, Pingboard, and Pave
- Document workflows and helping keep systems organized and up to date
- Pull reports related to hiring, headcount, and employee data
- Assist with regular audits to ensure information is accurate across systems
- Support payroll processes by helping validate data and inputs
- Learn how benefits and 401(k) programs are administered by partnering with our PEO, Insperity
- Assist with compensation and equity data across internal systems
- Help identify ways to make processes more efficient and scalable
- Create guides, checklists, and documentation that others can easily follow
- Support compliance-related tracking with our InfoSec team
- Get exposure to cross-functional work with Recruiting, Finance, and Operations
- Build skills that are useful for careers in People Ops, HRIS, Operations, or Analytics
- Take on other tasks as assigned
You're a good fit because
- Interest in HR Ops, Benefits, Total Rewards, or similar roles;
- Exposure benefits administration, recruiting, on-boarding and internal systems
- Tech-savvy with system integrations and reporting tools
- Detail-oriented with a knack for process improvement
- Curious, proactive, and willing to ask questions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Comfortable doing data analysis
- Based in the Boston area and available to be in the office ~3 days per week
- Passion for improving the US healthcare system
This internship is for those
- Currently enrolled in college or graduate school, or you graduated within the past year
- Interested in operations, systems, analytics, HR, or business
- Enjoy organizing information, improving processes, and learning new tools
- Curious about how startups scale their teams and infrastructure
We will offer you…
• Competitive compensation that reflects the value you bring to the team a combination of cash and equity
• Robust benefits that include health insurance, wellness benefits, 401k with a match, unlimited PTO
• Opportunity to work alongside a passionate team that is determined to help change the world (and have fun doing it)
Please Note: Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don’t apply unless they meet 100% of the job criteria. While we have worked to consolidate the minimum qualifications for each role, we aren’t looking for someone who checks each box on a page; we’re looking for active learners and people who care about disrupting the current healthcare system with their unique experiences.
We do not conduct interviews by text nor will we send you a job offer unless you've interviewed with multiple people, including the Director of People & Talent, over video interviews. Job scams do exist so please be careful with your personal information.
25 - 25 USD