What are the responsibilities and job description for the Digital Health Policy Intern position at Consumer Technology Association?
(Full-time/Long-term Internship)
Hours Per Week: Approximately 35 hours per week (standard business hours are 9:00 AM–5:00 PM). Schedules are flexible to accommodate current student class commitments.
Approximate Duration: June 2026 through early/mid-2027. Internships may last up to 11 months from the start date.
Hybrid Work Schedule: Interns are expected to work onsite Monday through Wednesday, with the option to work remotely on Thursday and Friday.
Basic Function of the Position:
This position will support CTA’s digital health programs, including CTA’s Health Division, Health Technology Policy Workgroup, FDA Workgroup, and Health AI Workgroup.
Critical Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support research and development of policy issue briefs on issues such as health AI, virtual care, and health data privacy.
- Attend legislative hearings and stakeholder meetings and summarize for relevant CTA staff and members.
- Assist CTA staff with organizing workgroup meetings, taking notes, and sending workgroup follow up.
- Support CTA staff in outreach to Capitol Hill and the Administration on digital health related issues.
- Managing projects and updating the team via project management tools like Asana.
- Help plan and manage CTA hosted digital health in-person and virtual events, partner convenings, and other projects.
- Help organize CES 2027 digital health related conference programming.
Work Experience:
- Experience coordinating teams and managing projects.
- Work and/or internship experience in an office environment preferred.
- Experience reading and interpreting federal legislation and regulations preferred.
Education and Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in political science, public policy, public administration, public health, or other related field.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
- Must possess excellent written and oral communications skills, with professional writing/editing experience a plus.
- Detail oriented.
- Ability to write/edit at a competent level.
- Must work well within a team, communicate well with colleagues, and be comfortable working remotely.
Additional Information:
- Travel to CES 2027 is required.
- PAID Internship.