Why choose an internship with 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 this summer during our 2027 Summer Internship Program. You will have the opportunity to learn from subject matter experts and leaders within the industry, network with fellow internship program participants and 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 an internship with us!
What’s Health Care Innovation (HCI) Operations at Wellmark? The Health Care Innovation Operations team brings together diverse specialties that support initiatives across the division and enterprise. As an intern, you will gain broad exposure while contributing to strategic priorities. You will build valuable skills in process improvement, compliance, audit, legal functions, data visualization, intelligence research and cross-functional collaboration across multiple projects within an agile framework.
What projects might I support? Some examples of the work you may be responsible for during your internship:
Ready to bring your strengths to Wellmark? Here’s what’s next! Review the qualifications below. If the position matches your passion, interests and skills, submit your application today!
This internship will start in May of 2027, working a hybrid schedule from our headquarters in Des Moines.
Preferred Qualifications:
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
The policy of Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation due to a disability at any stage of the employment application process should contact us at careers@wellmark.com
Please inform us if you meet the definition of a "Covered DoD official".
At this time, Wellmark is not considering applicants for this position that require any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please refer to the following resources:Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants
Wellmark supports and expects the responsible use of AI for our workforce! We welcome the responsible use of these tools by job seekers as well and are interested in learning from you; you will have an opportunity in the application process to share which tools you used and how you applied them.
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