Please provide a brief description of your department's goals and how it fits into the organization: The Data Science team develops and deploys machine learning models to drive data-driven decision making across the health insurance business. We follow the CRISP-DM framework to create predictive models that help optimize member health outcomes, reduce costs, and improve operational efficiency. Our team serves as the analytical backbone of the organization, transforming complex healthcare data into actionable insights that support clinical services, marketing, and member engagement initiatives.

Job Description: The intern will assist in developing and deploying ML models for healthcare analytics. Responsibilities include data preparation, feature engineering, exploratory data analysis, and building MVP classification models. The intern will gain hands-on experience with the full data science lifecycle while working on real health care datasets to solve business problems.

At IBX, everyone can feel valued, supported, and comfortable to be themselves, and all associates have a fair opportunity to achieve their full potential.  We put these principles into action every day by acting with integrity and respect.  Celebrating and embracing diverse thoughts and perspectives that make up our workforce means our company is more vibrant, innovative, and better able to support the people and communities we serve.

Serving nearly 10 million people in 25 states and the District of Columbia, including 2.5 million in southeastern Pennsylvania, Independence Health Group is the leading health insurance company in the Philadelphia region, and we’re expanding across the country. Our mission to build healthier lives for you, your family, and your employees shapes our actions and decisions every day.

At Independence, we see each of our members as an individual, with unique needs and concerns. We’re dedicated to harnessing the very latest ideas and technologies to deliver access to care that meets those needs and surpasses your expectations.  For more information about Independence access our website at www.ibx.com. We’re revolutionizing health care, and our focus is on you!

IBX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or disability.

All resumes submitted directly to an Independence Blue Cross employee from a vendor via email, the Internet or in any other form without a valid written search agreement in place for this position from the Independence Blue Cross Family of Companies Human Resources Department will be deemed the sole property of Independence Blue Cross and the Independence Blue Cross Family of Companies. Please note that no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Independence Blue Cross or the Independence Blue Cross Family of Companies as a result of the referral or through means other than our established process.