Technology Leadership Development Program (TLDP)

Smurfit Westrock•Atlanta, GA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Technology Leadership Development Program (TLDP) is a two-year rotational leadership program designed to develop high-potential early-career talent into future technology leaders. The Technology Leadership Analyst builds broad business and technology experience through multiple rotational assignments and works on initiatives addressing real business problems. The program emphasizes leadership potential, learning agility, curiosity, sound judgment, and connecting technology to business outcomes. Participants gain exposure to technology functions and senior leaders, technical and professional development, mentorship and peer relationships, and leadership, team-building, and community activities. Rotations may span project and program management, business process and relationship management, customer relationship management, data and analytics, information security, innovation and automation, North America Core Systems strategy and operations, and software engineering. Specific assignments depend on business needs, development goals, and available opportunities. After successful completion, the company supports participants in seeking a permanent functional role based on performance, career interests, and business needs. The position is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and requires willingness to work in or travel to manufacturing and production environments as business needs require. Candidates must undergo drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer and before starting employment.

Requirements

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, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
Relevant experience through internships, co-op assignments, academic projects, research, employment, entrepreneurship, student organizations, athletics, community involvement, or other leadership experiences.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated initiative, ownership, collaboration, and ability to manage competing priorities.
Interest in technology, innovation, and working in a fast-paced, global organization.
Ability to learn new technologies, processes, and business domains quickly.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
Willingness to work in Atlanta, Georgia, and to work in or travel to manufacturing or production environments as business needs require.

Nice To Haves

Minimum 3.25 GPA.
Familiarity with IT systems, data, software, cybersecurity, digital products, infrastructure, or technology delivery methods.

Responsibilities

Learn and take ownership across multiple technology rotations, collaborating across functions and connecting work to measurable business outcomes.
Help define project scope, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and timelines using Waterfall, Agile, or hybrid approaches.
Identify and track project risks and issues, support mitigation plans, manage changes through governance, and escalate appropriately.
Track project costs, vendor deliverables, resource needs, and competing priorities.
Engage project sponsors, business users, and technical teams; facilitate meetings and communicate with different audiences.
Develop status updates, dashboards, executive summaries, and decision materials using tools such as Power BI, Excel, Smartsheet, Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, or similar platforms.
Partner with stakeholders to understand needs, document requirements, translate business priorities into technology opportunities, and support roadmaps and prioritization.
Help improve business processes, data quality, reporting, and adoption of modern solutions; support or lead defined workstreams and projects.
Support Salesforce capabilities and enhancements; collaborate with sales, manufacturing, and operations teams to understand processes and requirements.
Partner with product managers to evaluate business needs, prioritize CRM enhancements, and participate in the design, testing, deployment, and adoption of CRM solutions.
Analyze data using quantitative methods to generate insights that improve decisions, efficiency, cost, or business performance.
Collect, transform, integrate, and analyze data from multiple sources; develop dashboards, business cases, technical reports, and executive-ready presentations.
Support the development, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement of analytics solutions.
Support cybersecurity awareness, risk management, metrics, reporting, access reviews, documentation, third-party security assessments, security reviews, monitoring, and identity and access management activities.
Create work plans, trackers, and communications to advance security initiatives.
Work with business teams to identify and define problems and outcomes, refine requirements, and develop prioritized solution roadmaps aligned with business value and technical feasibility.
Work with technical teams to prototype, test, validate, and improve solutions; support change management and adoption.
Deliver reporting, automations, and strategic insights for the North America Core Systems portfolio; help enable roadmap delivery and the technology business management community of practice.
Partner with Application Management Services teams to refine and automate reporting for governance and continuous improvement insights.
Participate in Agile development ceremonies and collaborate with Product Owners, UI/UX, DevOps, QA, and other delivery partners.
Translate product or business needs into technical requirements, contribute to solution design, and develop, integrate, test, and improve software solutions.
Build and share knowledge of emerging tools, processes, and techniques as an active member of engineering teams.
Seek and apply feedback, demonstrate increasing ownership and leadership growth, build credibility with business and technology partners, and communicate clearly while adapting to change.