Data Science Associate: Drive Data-Driven Decisions

Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield in Des Moines, IA, is seeking a data analytics professional to extract, integrate, analyze, and interpret data from internal and external sources. You will develop intelligence packaging to support business goals and collaborate with stakeholders to meet objectives throughout the analytics lifecycle.

The role involves building models, creating dashboards, and delivering actionable insights through reports and presentations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline such as statistics, mathematics, finance, accounting, computer science, engineering, or economics.
• Experience with data or statistical analysis, including data collection, joins, analysis, statistics and/or data presentation.
• Strong formulas and data visualizations knowledge.
• Exposure to business intelligence or analysis platforms.
• Naturally curious and ability to drive business decisions and solutions.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to present complex information.
• Proactive, self‑starter and can manage priorities through effective time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Participate in or conduct discovery sessions and stakeholder interactions to gain business understanding and identify business problem.
• Research and gather appropriate data from various sources. Source, extract, assemble, collate, and consolidate data needs for the business.
• Profile and prepare data for analysis.
• Build and execute models to analyze business outcomes, using tables, graphs, and charts, as well as algorithms, forecasts, and trends.
• Interpret results, identify key findings to quantify business value. Develop a narrative to summarize and convey findings to stakeholders. Make recommendations based on findings.
• Create, update, and maintain a production schedule for reporting and ensure reports and presentations are completed on schedule.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously and support corporate process improvement initiatives, meeting aggressive timeframes.
• Collaborate with peers to identify reporting objectives and develop reports and analyses that meet their need and drive Wellmark’s value proposition for stakeholders.
• Wrangle data from a wide variety of data sets and assemble into normalized and enriched data assets that enable new insights, solutions, and visualizations.
• Create, update, and maintain documentation and procedures for sourcing, analyzing, and preparing internal reporting and presentations. Ensure the highest quality and integrity of data sources.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

SQL

Data visualization

BI platforms

Communication

Time management

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in quantitative discipline

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

SQL

Statistical programming languages

Tableau / Power BI

Job description

Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield in Des Moines, IA, is seeking a data analytics professional to extract, integrate, analyze, and interpret data from internal and external sources. You will develop intelligence packaging to support business goals and collaborate with stakeholders to meet objectives throughout the analytics lifecycle.

The role involves building models, creating dashboards, and delivering actionable insights through reports and presentations.