Early Careers: Pharmacy Benefits Consulting Internship - Chicago - Summer 2027

Location: Chicago, IL, United States Department: Health and Benefits

Employment-based non-immigrant visa sponsorship and/or assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity. We will only consider candidates who are currently authorized to work in the United States and who will not require sponsorship now or in the future. Please note: student visas, CPT, OPT, H-1B, TN, and other temporary work authorizations are considered restricted forms of employment eligibility. Once these expire, the candidate must be able to present another valid form of work authorization.

Contract Dates: June 2027 through August 2027

We are in the business of transforming tomorrows. Join us and transform yours.

The Business

Create your future. In Health & Benefits (H&B), our purpose is that through our colleagues we help our clients make a difference in the lives of their employees. We help large and mid-size clients control soaring health and welfare plan costs, improve health outcomes and promote employee engagement through broad-based, state-ofthe-art interventions. We provide solutions encompassing creative plan design, vendor evaluation and management, pricing and funding strategies, data analytics, valuation support, and legal compliance and governance strategies. We also provide specialty consulting services including clinical/health management program design, pharmacy solutions, disability/absence management strategies and claims audit services. Product-based solutions such as our pharmacy purchasing coalition round out our broad-based suite of offerings.

Explore an opportunity. Pharmacy consulting is a unique specialty unit within Health & Benefits, whose main goal is to transform the business model and management processes for pharmacy benefit programs and re-establish employer control over cost, quality and delivery effectiveness. It leverages our pharmacy expertise to help employers manage their pharmacy benefits.

Love your work. As a Pharmacy Intern, you will work beside some of the industry’s top consultants in the largest pharmacy benefit consulting practice in the US, while you progress toward becoming a thought leader of the future.

You will have immediate exposure to real client assignments which will draw on your imagination and creativity as well as your ability to analyze data, draw conclusions and present results. These experiences will help build your technical knowledge and overall industry expertise.

While the internship is mainly in the summer, there may be an opportunity to continue supporting some projects during the year on a part time basis.

Your main responsibilities will be as follows

Partner with consultants and team members to evaluate pharmacy solutions that could improve patient care, manage costs and provide access.

Answer clinical questions, research disease conditions and treatments, and write up recommendations.

Analyze and compare vendor products, services and contracts

Role Requirements.

Progress towards a Doctor of Pharmacy degree with a minimum overall GPA of 3.0

Work experience that demonstrates strong technical and/or client service skills (prior experience in a pharmacy)

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly in PowerPoint

This is a hybrid position that requires you to be local and able to commute to the market you are applying for

Able to work legally in the United States indefinitely and without Visa sponsorship

Accepting applications from candidates that have completed 2 or more years of pharmacy school by the time the internship starts

Recruiting tips: WTW specializes in preparing for the unknown.  Here’s how to get ready for the big day: https://careers.wtwco.com/early-careers-application-process-faqs.

Compensation and Benefits: Base salary range and benefits information for this position are being included in accordance with requirements of various state/local pay transparency legislation. Please note that salaries may vary for different individuals in the same role based on several factors, including but not limited to location of the role, individual competencies, education/professional certifications, qualifications/experience, performance in the role and potential for revenue generation (Producer roles only).

Compensation: The hourly rate being offered for this role is $27-$30/hr USD. This role is also eligible for over-time.

Company Benefits: WTW provides a competitive benefit package which includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):

Retirement Benefits: Contributory Pension Plan and Savings Plan (401k).

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

EOE, including disability/vets

This position will remain posted for a minimum of three business days from the date posted or until sufficient/appropriate candidate slate has been identified.