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IT & Digital Analyst, Technology Leadership Program 2024 – Atlanta, GA
Career Opportunity:
The Technology Leadership Program (TLP) is a two-year leadership rotational program comprised of a combination of 12-month and 6-month assignments. The TLP is designed to develop future WestRock IT & Digital leaders. As an IT & Digital Analyst, you will be a part of a full-time intensive program with an opportunity to start your career in one of the following tracks: Digital Product Management, Business Process & Relationship Management, Program Management, Data & Analytics, and Information Security. Program benefits include, but are not limited to, exposure to IT & Digital functions, engagement with senior leadership, technical and professional development, mentorship, and other events (team building, leadership and volunteer). Following successful completion of the program, you will be placed in a permanent function based upon performance, career interest, and business needs.
What you need to succeed:
Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Science, Business Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Computer Information Systems, Technology Innovation, Business AnalyticsMinimum 3.0 GPA preferredRelevant experience including internships, co-op assignments and leadership roles a plusStrong interest in technology, innovation and working in a fast paced, global organizationKnowledge of IT systems, specifications, networks, and computer systemsStrong analytic/problem-solving skills, attention to detail, passion for improvement, and desire to work in a team/collaborative environmentStrong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of the organizationExcellent leadership, prioritization, and organizational skillsAbility to quickly adapt to change, multi-task and prioritize multiple projectsStrong capabilities with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPointProject planning and management skills preferredWillingness to work in Atlanta, GA and work in or travel to manufacturing / production environments
How you will impact WestRock across the IT & Digital organization:
The Technology Leadership Program consist of several tracks: Digital Product Management, Business Process & Relationship Management, Program Management, Data & Analytics, and Information Security. Depending on your track, responsibilities may include:
Digital Product Management
Support the development of digital products, methodology and capability alignments.Develop an understanding of product management and how features work, what a full feature looks like, how a feature can be modified, with goal of delivering value to customers & our business.Create and define the features and customer experience through high quality user requirements, and user stories while managing the scope of each release in support of an agile Product delivery team.Conducts basic analysis such as funnel analysis, basic product performance analysis. Managing and updating growth models by using tools such as Excel and data connections & analytics tools.Balance both qualitative and quantitative data analysis to balance constraints and customer needs to ensure execution of the full product lifecycle process from concept to launch.Coordinate pilots and go-to-market plans for the launch of new digital products, features, and functionalityCollaborate with other members of the product team including Developers, Product Management, UI/UX, DevOps, SecOps and QA team members on subjects from research, design, deployment, analytics, & product feature usage & adoption.Program, Business Process & Relationship Management
Assist with business relationship management to include partnering with stakeholders to collect and document requirementsPartner with business stakeholders and IT/Digital teams on aggregating, prioritizing and building future roadmapsWork with master data to ensure proper maintenance, data preparation and accuracy for metrics and reportingAssist with the migration of reports to modern solutions and build report/data catalogs for data lake enablementAssist with project management activities on major initiatives for the businessLead projects and support key initiatives as assignedData & Analytics
Formulate and apply mathematical modeling and other optimizing methods to develop and interpret information that assists the business with decision making,
policy formulation and/or other management functions through solutions that save time, cost, or improve processesAnalyze large data sets and use programming languages such as Python, R, IBM SPSS Modeler to develop statistical and optimization models to drive business solutionsBuild large data sets from multiple sources to build algorithms for predicting future data characteristicsSetups and deploys models/solutions in a live/production environmentIdentify data needs and requirements for data collection, transformation and integration to support modeling needsDevelop executive dashboards on program/project status, prepare business cases, technical reports, presentations, and status briefings; present as required to key stakeholdersSupport self-sever and analytics strategy projects for coordination and execution
Information Security
Partner with Information Security team members to support the development of awareness and training materials to enable company-wide understanding of cybersecurity risks and best practicesParticipate in risk management activities, including supporting the continued build-out of the Information Security Risk RegisterSupport the design and development of security metrics and security metrics dashboarding to assist with the visualization of security key performance and risk indicatorsAssist in compliance tracking and documentation activities for Payment Card Industry (PCI) complianceSupport the completion of user access review documentation to contribute to SOX compliance effortsAssist the Information Security team’s Third-Party Security Management function to execute security assessments of third partiesSupport the Information Security team’s Enterprise Security Architecture function to conduct security and architectural reviews of upcoming technology deploymentsAssist the Security Operations Center with security monitoring activities and analysisParticipate in Identity and Access management activities, supporting the provisioning and deprovisioning of system access to applicationsCreate project planning documentation, including work plans and action item trackers to coordinate key initiatives across the Information Security teamSmurfit Westrock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to create and maintain a diverse workforce where everyone feels valued, respected, and included. Smurfit Westrock does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.