Health Care Innovation Operations Internship

Health Care Innovation Operations Internship

Intern

Department : Internships

Work Environment : Hybrid

Pay Grade : 1

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 2026 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!

Health Care Innovation (HCI) Operations at Wellmark

The Health Care Innovation Operations team is a new team within the division that encompasses a variety of specialties, focuses and impacts across the division and organization. As an intern, you will have the opportunity to rotate across the team, spending time with subject matter experts. You will gain valuable skills in the divisional process improvement functions, Compliance, Audit, Legal functions, data visualization, intelligence research and collaborative efforts across numerous projects in an agile framework.

What projects might I support? Some examples of the work you may be responsible for during your internship :

• Provide day to day experiences of collaboration and partnership with various leaders and teams; focus on small scale deliverables, building interpersonal relationships, exposure to cross divisional elements of the Wellmark organization
• Assist with HCI Intelligence in research requests, and assist with the execution of the monthly newsletter
• Aid the team with Sharepoint operations, divisional site governance, and maintenance
• Contribute to Agile Ceremonies and daily tasks related to the Agile Product Operating Model as applied to the HCI Operations Internal Product Development Process
• Desire to strengthen business acumen in health care industry and self-driven team environment

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 2026, working a hybrid schedule from our headquarters in Des Moines.

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications :