Wellmark, Inc.

Insurance

DataScienceAssociate

$70–95k ~AI est. Des Moines, Iowa, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for mid candidates.

The Brief

“Data Science Associate at Wellmark, Inc.. Skills: Data Science, Data Analysis, Business Intelligence. Extract, integrate, analyze, and interpret data. Develop intelligence packaging”

What You'll Achieve.

Achieve business goals; Meet critical business objectives

Industry & Context.

Insurance
Problems you'll solve

Data analysis; Statistical analysis; Data-enabled decisions

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor’s degree in quantitative discipline, Less than 1-year hands-on experience, Data or statistical analysis experience, Data collection, joins, analysis, statistics, data presentation, Hands-on data analysis of databases and files, SQL dialects and statistical programming languages, Formulas and data visualizations knowledge, Exposure to business intelligence or analysis platforms, Naturally curious, Ability to drive business decisions and solutions, Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, Ability to present complex information, Proactive, self-starter, Manage priorities through effective time management skills

Nice to Have

Master's degree, Experience working with unstructured data sets, Experience developing project roadmaps and timelines

What You'll Do.

Develop intelligence packaging

Draw conclusions and support recommendations

Collaborate with team and key business stakeholders

Ensure critical business objectives are met

Follow the analytics lifecycle

Work cross-functionally with business stakeholders

Identify risk and provide solutions

Drive data-enabled decisions

Participate in discovery sessions

Conduct discovery sessions

Interact with stakeholders

Gain business understanding

Identify business problems

Understand project objectives

Build a preliminary plan

Research and gather appropriate data

Consolidate data needs

Profile data for analysis

Prepare data for analysis

Build models to analyze business outcomes

Execute models to analyze business outcomes

Analyze business outcomes using tables

Analyze business outcomes using algorithms

Identify key findings

Quantify business value

Develop a narrative to summarize findings

Convey findings to stakeholders

Make recommendations based on findings

Create production schedule for reporting

Update production schedule for reporting

Maintain production schedule for reporting

Ensure reports and presentations are completed on schedule

Manage multiple projects simultaneously

Support corporate process improvement initiatives

Meet aggressive timeframes

Collaborate with peers

Identify reporting objectives

Develop reports and analyses

Meet stakeholder needs

Drive Wellmark’s value proposition

Wrangle data from wide variety of data sets

Assemble data into normalized and enriched data assets

Perform data profiling

Document data profiling

Perform data quality assessment

Document data quality assessment

Perform source consolidation

Document source consolidation

Perform data aggregation

Document data aggregation

Perform data manipulation efforts

Document data manipulation efforts

Understand data formats

Understand source systems

Understand file sizes

Create documentation and procedures

Update documentation and procedures

Maintain documentation and procedures

Source internal reporting

Analyze internal reporting

Prepare internal reporting

Analyze presentations

Prepare presentations

Ensure highest quality of data sources

Ensure integrity of data sources

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with team; Collaborate with stakeholders; Work cross-functionally; Collaborate with peers

Communication Scope

Verbal communication; Written communication; Present complex information

Process & Methodology

Project roadmaps, Project timelines

Full Job Description

Why Wellmark? We are a mutual insurance company owned by our policy holders across Iowa and South Dakota, and we’ve built our reputation on over 80 years’ worth of trust. We are not motivated by profits. We are motivated by the well-being of our friends, family, and neighbors–our members. If you’re passionate about joining an organization working hard to put its members first, to provide best-in-class service, and one that is committed to sustainability and innovation, consider applying today! Learn more about our unique benefit offerings [here](https://www.wellmark.com/about/careers/benefits). Want to know more? You can learn about life at Wellmark [here](https://www.wellmark.com/about/careers/working-at-wellmark?gl=1g4u6dngcl_au*Mzc2MzU0ODg1LjE3NDExODg2Njk.). Responsible for extracting, integrating analyzing, and interpreting data from internal and external data sources, to develop intelligence packaging that draws conclusions and supports recommendations that will help to achieve business goals. Collaborate with team and key business stakeholders to ensure critical business objectives are met by following the analytics lifecycle within assigned domains. Work cross-functionally with business stakeholders to identify risk and provide solutions that drive data-enabled decisions. ## Qualifications Required: * For consideration, you must meet one of the following educational/technical requirements: * Bachelor’s degree in quantitative discipline such as statistics, mathematics, finance, accounting, computer science, engineering, or economics. * Less than 1-year hands-on experience with specific experience in data or statistical analysis, including data collection, joins, analysis, statistics and/or data presentation. Specific exposure with hands-on data analysis of databases and files using SQL dialects and statistical programming languages. * Strong formulas and data visualizations knowledge. * Exposure to business intelligence or analysis platforms. * Naturally curio

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