Jobs at Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Leads high-level systems analysis, software design, development, testing, debugging, and implementation across multiple platforms. Guides engineers, drives development standards, automated testing, and CI/CD adoption, and supports root-cause analysis and production issues. Mentors team members, collaborates with global development resources, advises business leaders on technology improvements, and uses data and cost measures to support project and operational decisions.

Analyze and govern marketing data, build dashboards and reports, validate tracking and data quality, develop customer journey segmentations, support campaign measurement and A/B testing, and translate findings into actionable recommendations. The role partners with marketing, communications, analytics teams, stakeholders, and vendors to improve data governance, reporting processes, marketing effectiveness, and data-driven decision-making.

Provides legal, regulatory, compliance, and transactional support to Wellmark and its subsidiaries. Responsibilities include negotiating contracts, advising procurement and healthcare business partners, monitoring healthcare regulations, managing legal risks, supporting provider and pharmacy contracting, conducting privileged investigations, reviewing corporate communications and board materials, and representing the company with regulators and stakeholders.

Develop prototypes, automation tools, reporting, monitoring capabilities, and lightweight integrations supporting metadata management, data governance, and data discovery. Collaborate with engineers, product teams, business stakeholders, and data professionals to improve metadata quality, publishing workflows, and operational efficiency.

Software engineering intern supporting Wellmark’s Marketing and Digital team. Responsibilities include developing customer-facing web experiences, building accessible user interface components, supporting content management systems, gathering requirements, collaborating with technical and business stakeholders, and participating in Agile delivery processes.

Leads the design, development, integration, and ongoing improvement of Wellmark’s internal developer platform and developer experience capabilities. Owns developer portals, software catalogs, self-service workflows, automation, platform integrations, health checks, and engineering enablement. Partners across application engineering, cloud, security, architecture, and operations teams to improve developer productivity, platform adoption, reliability, and adherence to engineering standards. Provides technical leadership, mentoring, roadmap input, troubleshooting, and stakeholder consulting.

Owns Wellmark’s marketing automation roadmap, developing scalable multi-channel customer journeys across acquisition, onboarding, engagement, retention, and re-engagement. Manages segmentation, personalization, triggers, workflow logic, testing, campaign measurement, optimization, data integrations, governance, compliance, and vendor coordination. Uses performance metrics to improve conversion, acquisition efficiency, retention, benefit utilization, and automation productivity while partnering with cross-functional teams and leadership.

Leads enterprise observability strategy and implementation across cloud, infrastructure, applications, and AI platforms. Designs monitoring, logging, tracing, and telemetry solutions; improves reliability, availability, scalability, and operational efficiency. Serves as a technical escalation point, develops resilient cloud patterns, automates processes, supports incident resolution, advises stakeholders, mentors engineers, and ensures compliance with technical and contractual requirements. Requires advanced cloud, systems engineering, scripting, virtualization, DevOps, troubleshooting, and stakeholder management experience.

Support the development, enhancement, implementation, and lifecycle management of healthcare insurance products and services. Analyze customer needs, market trends, competitor offerings, and product performance to inform strategies and roadmaps. Collaborate with sales, marketing, operations, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders on product launches, requirements, governance, regulatory compliance, implementation, and ongoing maintenance. Build relationships, coordinate deliverables, support research and go-to-market activities, and contribute to customer-focused product improvements.

Supports digital application development through production troubleshooting, Agile team ceremonies, full-stack feature development, accessibility improvements using WCAG, and application maintenance. The intern collaborates with technology and business stakeholders to create customer-focused solutions for member, employer, and provider-facing applications while building software development and health insurance industry experience.

Leads Wellmark Technology’s strategic initiatives, roadmap, governance, planning, and portfolio management. Analyzes operational, financial, delivery, and performance data to identify risks, opportunities, dependencies, and trends. Develops executive dashboards, metrics, reports, and recommendations; facilitates leadership decisions; aligns cross-functional stakeholders; and improves technology delivery, operational efficiency, and business value. The role also supports strategic planning, prioritization, resource allocation, change leadership, and enterprise technology transformation.

Intern supports Financial Planning and Analysis and Enterprise Portfolio Planning and Value Realization through forecasting, reporting, Excel modeling, data analytics, process improvement, portfolio data management, value assessments, and stakeholder collaboration. Responsibilities include preparing reports, improving Azure DevOps and SharePoint data, documenting procedures, evaluating business cases and Net Present Value, validating portfolio reviews, and presenting actionable recommendations.

Supports financial, operational, compliance, performance, and IT audit activities within Wellmark’s Audit Services department. Responsibilities include testing controls, reviewing data and transactions, preparing audit findings, assisting external auditors, conducting process walkthroughs, and analyzing claims and enrollment processes. The internship offers exposure to risk management, governance, Model Audit Rule compliance, and enterprise risk management in a hybrid Des Moines setting.

Supports Wellmark’s Corporate Communications team by planning, writing, publishing, and distributing internal and external communications across intranet, email, newsletters, social media, and media channels. Responsibilities include monitoring news and social media, interviewing subject matter experts, researching communication improvements, developing communication plans, and analyzing performance metrics. The internship begins part-time in spring 2027 and transitions to a full-time hybrid summer schedule in Des Moines, Iowa.

Actuarial intern supporting health insurance pricing, reserving, forecasting, rate filings, market analysis, solvency testing, and healthcare reform modeling. Responsibilities include collecting, manipulating, and analyzing enrollment, claims, premium, product, and financial data using Excel, Access, VBA, and SAS. The intern will conduct experience studies, update rating factors, assist with actuarial value calculations, and communicate analytical results while developing practical actuarial skills.

Marketing intern in a rotational program supporting campaign planning and execution, marketing collateral, sponsorship activations, enrollment materials, competitor research, campaign analysis, marketing technology, and benefit engagement strategies. The role provides exposure to digital, content, analytics, operations, and creative marketing teams. It begins part-time in spring 2027 and transitions to full-time during summer 2027 in Des Moines, Iowa.

Supports the User Experience technology team through application troubleshooting, production support, root-cause analysis, UI artifact development, documentation, and code example maintenance. Collaborates with UX designers, engineers, business stakeholders, and application operations teams to create user-centered solutions. The intern will gain hands-on experience with software development, shared codebases, source control, and technology delivery in a hybrid summer program.

Consults with business stakeholders to identify problems, gather and prepare data, perform statistical analysis, build models and forecasts, and communicate findings. Develops data-driven recommendations, reusable data assets, dashboards, documentation, and reporting processes. Manages multiple projects, supports process improvements, ensures data quality, and provides peer coaching.

Calculates and analyzes monthly, quarterly, and annual tax provisions; prepares federal, state, premium, and other non-income tax returns; documents book-to-tax differences; supports financial reporting and regulatory disclosures; researches tax requirements; maintains tax files; prepares spreadsheets and technical memos; and completes process-improvement and special projects.

Build and operate Wellmark’s governed enterprise AI platform, including model routing, prompt management, agent orchestration, retrieval, evaluation, observability, guardrails, and cost controls. Develop reusable SDKs, APIs, templates, infrastructure, and CI/CD practices while improving reliability, security, auditability, and compliance. Partner with product, architecture, security, legal, governance, cloud, and engineering teams to scale responsible AI adoption. Guide, mentor, and troubleshoot with engineers, evaluate emerging technologies, and support solution design, root-cause analysis, optimization, and production operations.