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 www.Smurfit Westrock.com.
IT Solutions - 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 Solutions lleaders. As an IT Technology Leadership Analyst, you will be a part of a full-time intensive program with an opportunity to start your career in one of the, but not limited to, following tracks: Project 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 Solutions functions, engagement with senior leadership, technical and professional development, mentorship, and other events (team building, leadership, and volunteering). After successful program completion, we will support you in looking for your permanent functional role based on performance, career interest, and business needs.
What you need to succeed:
Bachelor\u2019s or Master\u2019s 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
Strong 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 Solutions organization:
The Technology Leadership Development Program consists of several tracks but not limited to: Project Management Business Process & Relationship Management, Data & Analytics, Information Security, Software Engineering, and Digital Acceleration. Depending on your track, responsibilities may include:
Project Management
Project Planning & Execution: How to define scope, set milestones, and manage timelines using structured methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, or hybrid).
Risk & Issue Management: How to anticipate, document, and mitigate risks \u2014 and escalate issues effectively to leadership.
Resource & Budget Management: Basics of tracking project costs, managing vendor deliverables, and balancing competing priorities.
Change Control: Understanding how to manage project changes through formal governance and communication processes.
Stakeholder Management: How to engage sponsors, business users, and technical teams \u2014 tailoring communication for each audience.
Meeting Facilitation: Leading effective standups, steering committees, and retrospectives that drive accountability and clarity.
Team Collaboration: Coordinating cross-functional efforts across IT, business, and regional teams in a matrixed environment.
Presentation Skills: Building and presenting status updates, dashboards, and executive summaries with confidence.
Exposure to project management platforms (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow).
Use of data visualization and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Excel dashboards).
Understanding IT delivery frameworks \u2014 Agile, Scrum, and ITIL basics.
Familiarity with governance tools for tracking scope, change requests, and approvals.
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 Solutions 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
Set up 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
Support the completion of user access review documentation to contribute to SOX compliance efforts
Assist the Information Security team\u2019s Third-Party Security Management function to execute security assessments of third parties
Support the Information Security team\u2019s 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
Learn about agile development ceremonies and tools related to scrum to support product development teams.
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.
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 safety, loyalty, integrity, and respect, we use leading science and technology to move fiber-based packaging forward.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.
