Data Governance Intern

Location(s):

United States of America

City/Cities:

Atlanta

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

No

Job Posting End Date:

January 31, 2025

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

Job Summary:

The Data Governance Intern role will provide a unique opportunity to learn key components of the data governance lifecycle at The Coca-Cola Company, while delivering value through support of critical project work. The role will complete an end-to-end data governance experience, using existing analytical and problem-solving skills to deliver value while picking up new experiences and skills that reinforce the concept of data as a strategic asset and gaining intimate knowledge of the The Coca-Cola Company’s iconic brands.  In addition, the role will be responsible for supporting critical project work, driving new enterprise capabilities and enhanced data quality—all in a team environment that promotes company success, personal growth and fun!

Function Related Activities/Key Responsibilities

• Define new data standards that will enable new capabilities within a domain or function or help to enhance the quality of an existing process
• Deliver enhancements to data governance tools by participating in all scrum ceremonies (backlog grooming, planning meetings, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, demos).
• Author new global reference data as a critical BAU (business as usual) activity that drives enterprise operations
• Build new data quality rules to drive focus on continuous improvement to the quality of data used in critical enterprise processes
• Directly support cross-domain strategic business initiatives
• Identify opportunities to implement machine learning and/or artificial intelligence solutions as a part of data governance processes and tools to deliver increased efficiency and/or quality
• Identify, remove and/or escalate risks, roadblocks, and cross-team dependencies that are unresolvable by the team and interfere with the team’s ability to deliver commitments.
• Partner with other Data Governance & Data Operations (DG&DO) colleagues that will provide direct support on business initiatives that require evolving master data processes, architecture, and metrics.
• Partner with master and reference data leads across all domains to ensure DG&DO team business stakeholder needs are considered when designing future solutions and enhancements

• Partner with Data Stewards to resolve any data quality concerns impacting DG&DO team business stakeholder systems and/or processes
• Develop subject master expertise regarding how core master/reference data is structured and stored in book of record systems and then consumed downstream into core processes and systems
• Collaborate with business and IT leads on project execution, including testing of new solutions
• Build and maintain strong relationships with the overall DG&DO team and its various business stakeholders

Education Requirements: 

• Student working towards Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in an accredited undergraduate or graduate program
• Currently pursuing a degree in a related major with a final graduation date no earlier than December 2025.

Related Qualifications & Work Experience:

• Strong interest in pursuing data management/analysis/engineering as a career
• Experience with data analysis on large data sets, identifying patterns and ensuring quality
• Experience in process improvement, design, development, and deployment
• Experience with data/metadata management and related technologies a plus
• Experience with the following technology:
  • Project Management Tools (JIRA, Azure Dev Ops, SF Bello, MS Project)
  • ERP (e.g. SAP, Workday)
  • MS Office365 (e.g. Excel, PowerPoint)

Skills:

• Ability to manage projects scope and timeline
• Strategic thinking skills, capable of managing complex and fast-moving projects
• Strong analytical skills, utilizing SQL; Python or R a plus
• Advanced organization and prioritization skills
• Sufficient understanding of technology systems and the enterprise ecosystem to help overcome roadblocks
• Balance of technical knowledge and business acumen
• Understanding of Agile Principles and how they’re applied in workplace culture
• A fundamental understanding of data governance best practices, business and technology issues related to management of enterprise information assets and approaches related to data management.
• Balancing immediate and short-term needs and delivering results
• Abili