Sanlam: Data & Digital Academy Internships 2024

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Closing Date: 02 June 2024

Sanlam: Data & Digital Academy Internship Programme 2024

An exciting opportunity is available for soon-to-be or recent graduates to join the Sanlam Data & Digital Academy. We are seeking bright minds who are eager to build and develop technical, analytical, and business skills while working on real business cases within the Sanlam Business Intelligence and Group Technology ecosystems. 

The Sanlam Data & Digital Academy is offering exciting development opportunities over a 13-month period, aimed at launching your career in either the Data or Digital track.

Being selected for a Data & Digital Academy Graduate position will entail:

  • Permanent employment from the onset.
  • Market-related benefits and rewards.
  • Access to business mentors, qualified life coaches and subject-matter experts to guide your career advancement.
  • Hands-on experience in one of the largest and most diverse Financial Services organisations in Africa.
  • Access to secondments in a variety of agile-focused delivery teams to solve problems and co-create innovative solutions for the business.
  • Participation in real case studies that have been tailored for Sanlam, thus providing technical training and domain knowledge simultaneously.
  • Exposure to leading-edge technologies and the opportunity to apply your skills in the process of designing and launching new capabilities or experimenting to deliver MVPs.
  • Constant growth, facilitated through tech focus days, experimentation programmes and participation in dedicated innovation competitions.
  • Collaboration with experienced Sanlam employees participating in the programme.
  • Opportunity to build a career at Sanlam, and gain access to opportunities across a diverse set of capabilities, propositions, and geographies.

Required Education:

We will only consider students who already hold a degree, or will obtain a degree by the end of 2024. Previous work experience is not a pre-requisite.


Degrees such as BCom / BSc / BTech / BEng:

  • Information Technology
  • Information Systems
  • Computer Science
  • Data Science
  • Data Analytics
  • Business Intelligence
  • Statistics
  • Mathematics
  • Finance
  • Actuarial 
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

Skills and Competencies:

  • Independent and self-motivated individual with strong analytical skills
  • An innovative mindset and problem-solving ability
  • A passion for data and technology 
  • The ability to juggle deadlines and tasks from various stakeholders
  • Hold a high value of client centricity and collaboration
  • Be open to receive feedback for continuous personal growth

How to Apply

Apply Online for the Sanlam: Data & Digital Academy Internship Programme 2024

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