Position Summary:

Mercury Ignite. Your launchpad to a brighter career. Our summer internship program is a 12-week paid internship designed to allow students to gain practical work experience in the Insurance field. The program will be highly collaborative and immersive, with interns working on real business problems that can span multiple business units within the complex insurance landscape. But it won’t be all work! Mercury executives will host virtual lunch-and-learns with a small group of interns to discuss career aspirations, interns will get to meet Mercury people leaders and team members throughout the organization, and there will be a multitude of virtual social events.

Essential Job Functions:

• Pull, cleanse data, develop analytics views to answer key business questions, provide actionable insights to Sales leadership and the field (e.g., business/sales planning, initiative monitoring, territory management, performance analytics, multi-rater, compensation analytics)
• Analyze sales performance and compensation data to support modeling, forecasting, A/B tests, and post‑program monitoring.
• Conduct data quality checks and reconcile data across sources to ensure high accuracy and trust in reporting.
• Support ad‑hoc analyses on topics such as territory planning, new business growth, and channel/agent effectiveness.
• Translate analytical findings into clear narratives, visuals, and recommendations for business stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Sales, Product, and Data Science partners to align analytics with business priorities.
• Prepare a capstone presentation that summarizes methods, insights, and recommendations.

Education Requirements:

• Be legally eligible to work in the U.S
• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Statistics, Data Science, Analytics, or related field.
• Able to provide current GPA, as reported by your school. Minimum 3.0 GPA required, 3.5 or higher preferred.
• Ability to work 40 hours a week, 12-week internship, beginning June 2026.
• Enrolled student attending a university program with an expected graduation date on or after August 2026
• Planning to seek full-time employment between December 2026 and September 2027

Preferred Experience:

• Junior or Senior standing; coursework in data analysis, statistics, or business analytics.
• Prior internship, co op, or project experience in analytics, sales operations, or business intelligence.
• Solid track record of academic excellence.
• Strong commitment to teamwork, learning and collaboration.
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Preferred Skills & Abilities:

• Proficiency with Excel/Sheets; familiarity with SQL; comfort with data visualization (Power BI, Retool or Tableau); strong communication and storytelling with data; high attention to detail; desire to learn and take initiative.
• Experience with A/B testing methods; basic understanding of sales compensation concepts; experience building dashboards; familiarity with sales data.

Physical Actions: 

Required job duties are essentially sedentary in nature, consisting of occasional walking, standing, lifting and/or carrying ten pounds maximum.

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Why a Mercury Ignite internship

• Obtain practical work experience in your field of interest
• Network with other interns and industry professionals
• Receive personalized coaching and mentorship
• Work on real projects and initiatives
• Earn a competitive wage

If you’re interested in launching your career with Mercury Insurance - Apply today!

Mercury is an equal opportunity employer, committed to the strength of a diverse workforce.