Smurfit Westrock (NYSE: SW) is a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions. We are materials scientists, packaging designers, mechanical engineers, and manufacturing experts with a shared purpose: Innovate Boldly. Package Sustainably. Guided by our values of integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence, we use leading science and technology to move fiber-based packaging forward. Learn more at [1] www.Smurfit Westrock.com. IT & Digital Analyst, Technology Leadership Development Program - Atlanta, GA Career Opportunity: The Technology Leadership Development Program (TLDP) is a two-year leadership rotational program comprised of 12-month and 6-month assignments. The TLDP is designed to develop future 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, Data & Analytics, Information Security, Software Engineering, and Digital Acceleration. 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 volunteering). After successful program completion, you will be placed in a permanent functional role based on performance, career interest, and business needs. What you need to succeed: * Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Data Science, Business Information Systems, Computer Information Systems, Business Analysis / Analytics, Human-Computer Interaction * Minimum 3.25 GPA preferred * Relevant experience including internships, co-op assignments and leadership roles a plus * Strong interest in technology, innovation and working in a fast paced, global organization * Knowledge of IT systems, specifications, networks, and computer systems * Strong analytic/problem-solving skills, attention to detail, passion for improvement, and desire to work in a team/collaborative environment * Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization * Excellent leadership, prioritization, and organizational skills * Ability to quickly adapt to change, multi-task and prioritize multiple projects * Strong capabilities with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint * Project planning and management skills preferred * Willingness to work in Atlanta, GA, and work in or travel to manufacturing / production environments How you will impact Smurfit Westrock across the IT & Digital organization: The Technology Leadership Development Program consists of several tracks: Digital Product Management, Business Process & Relationship Management, Data & Analytics, Information Security, Software Engineering, and Digital Acceleration. Depending on your track, responsibilities may include: Digital Product Management * Support the development of digital products, methodology and capability alignments * Create and define the features and customer experience through high quality business requirements, and user stories while managing the scope of each release * 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 functionality * Develop front and backend software solutions tailored to WestRock business needs * Have a strong sense of code ownership through development and deploy cycles with autonomy to continuously improve systems using C#, net Core and modern Microsoft stack, web-based systems architectures, HTML5, CSS3, ES6 JavaScript, REST and JSON, React, Vue.JS, ASP.NET MVC or similar frameworks and/or libraries * Collaborate with other Developers, Product Management, UI/UX, DevOps, SecOps and QA team memberson subjectsfrom design to deployment * Participate in evolving development standards, guidelines, and services for common use by other internal software development teams Program, Business Process & Relationship Management * Assist with business relationship management to include partnering with stakeholders to collect and document requirements * Partner with business stakeholders and IT/Digital teams on aggregating, prioritizing and building future roadmaps * Work with master data to ensure proper maintenance, data preparation and accuracy for metrics and reporting * Assist with the migration of reports to modern solutions and build report/data catalogs for data lake enablement * Assist with project management activities on major initiatives for the business * Lead projects and support key initiatives as assigned Data & 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 processes * Analyze large data sets and use programming languages such as Python, R, IBM SPSS Modeler to develop statistical and optimization models to drive business solutions * Build large data sets from multiple sources to build algorithms for predicting future data characteristics * Setups and deploys models/solutions in a live/production environment * Identify data needs and requirements for data collection, transformation and integration to support modeling needs * Develop executive dashboards on program/project status, prepare business cases, technical reports, presentations, and status briefings; present as required to key stakeholders * Support 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 practices * Participate in risk management activities, including supporting the continued build-out of the Information Security Risk Register * Support the design and development of security metrics and security metrics dashboarding to assist with the visualization of security key performance and risk indicators * Assist in compliance tracking and documentation activities for Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance * Support the completion of user access review documentation to contribute to SOX compliance efforts * Assist the Information Security team's Third-Party Security Management function to execute security assessments of third parties * Support the Information Security team's Enterprise Security Architecture function to conduct security and architectural reviews of upcoming technology deployments * Assist the Security Operations Center with security monitoring activities and analysis * Participate in Identity and Access management activities, supporting the provisioning and deprovisioning of system access to applications * Create project planning documentation, including work plans and action item trackers to coordinate key initiatives across the Information Security team Software Engineering * Engage with Product Owners, UI/UX, DevOps, and QA teams on topics ranging from design to deployment. * Work together on creating technical specification documents based on product owner specifications. * Offer technical guidance and mentorship to colleagues in your areas of expertise. * Constantly refine and disseminate your knowledge of the latest tools, processes, and techniques to the team. * Design and oversee the integration, analysis, and evaluation of plans and strategies across various projects. * Oversee system integration, verification, and testing for bespoke applications and infrastructure for enterprise clients. * Most importantly, you will code. You will code like a champion. Digital Acceleration * Digital Acceleration is focused on finding technical solutions to problems that business leaders bring to our team. An analyst on our team would be staffed on an existing 'acceleration' or have an opportunity to lead their own. * Gain a deep understanding of the problems and areas of opportunity in the business units that bring ideas to Digital Acceleration. * Work with business leaders to refine their ideas and develop a roadmap for solving those problems with technical solutions. * Work with technical teams and partners to test, validate and deliver solutions to solve business problems. * Assist the Digital Acceleration team with ongoing projects, including assisting with change management, requirements gathering, prototyping and solution design. References Visible links 1. http://www.westrock.com/ Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions. We are materials scientists, packaging designers, mechanical engineers and manufacturing experts with a shared purpose: Innovate Boldly. Package Sustainably. Guided by our values of integrity, respect, accountability and excellence, we use leading science and technology to move fiber-based packaging forward. Smurfit 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.