Why Wellmark? We strive to offer meaningful work that assists in your professional development and provides value to the team. You will gain valuable experience within the health insurance industry and put the skills and knowledge you’ve acquired in school to practice. You will have the opportunity to network and learn from subject matter experts and leaders within the industry as well as gain practical, hands-on work experience.

If you’re eager to learn, collaborate with others, demonstrate your potential, develop customer-focused solutions, and grow into an exciting career, we hope you’ll consider working with us!

What is Data Science in our Finance Division? The Data Science team at Wellmark provides reporting and data analysis to various stakeholders throughout the company. We work with many data sources including those related to health/pharmacy claims, member enrollment, health and care management, provider, product/benefit, sales/marketing, customer service, etc. In general, our work consists of collaborating with business stakeholders to define a business problem and then consuming data and doing analyses to enable data-driven decision making.

What projects might I support?  Although subject to change, examples of projects are included below:

• Learn to understand Wellmark's approach to using business analytics
• Answer stakeholder questions by writing queries and performing data exploration
• Create highly integrated data sets and self-service dashboards for business exploration
• Extract, analyze, and interpret data using business intelligence tools to support the initiatives of the Business Analytics team
• Build decision models to solve business problems

Ready to bring your strengths to Wellmark? Here’s what’s next! Review the qualifications below. If the position is a match with your passion and interests, submit your application today!

This position will start as a part-time position in the spring of 2025. You would then have the opportunity to transition into our 2025 Summer Internship Program in May working a hybrid schedule from our corporate office in Des Moines, Iowa.

• Current junior, senior or graduate student studying a Quantitative major for example: Data Science, Business Analytics, Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, Economics, or Computer Science
• Training and practice using statistical programming and querying tools (e.g., Python, R, SQL, SAS, etc.) for analysis and complex data integration
• Experience with using visualization tools express data findings and perform discovery analysis
• Exposure to multiple modeling and decision science techniques
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to influence and build relationships of trust     
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to make recommendations by translating data analysis insights into decisions and actions
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to develop proactive solutions 
• Strong technical aptitude, with the ability to learn new systems quickly
• Available to work a hybrid schedule 15-20 hours/week during the spring semester; in-office days: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
• Available to work 40 hours/week during the summer

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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