Data Services Product Owner Intern

Department: VSIT Data Services

Reports To: Manager, Applications

Overview:

The Data Services Team is responsible for technical and functional ownership of data warehouses, data marts, data integrations, and data reporting for enterprise VS&Co subjects areas including sales, inventory, merchandise planning, store operations, digital order management, warehouse management, and supply chain.  The role of Product Owner Intern will focus on IT project management including gathering requirements, working with technical data, integration, and reporting teams, project execution, managing incoming work requests, and business communication. 

Responsibilities:

• Participate in data product ownership across varied Data Services project, enhancement, and maintenance requests

• Manage processes and documentation related to evaluating new Data Services work requests

• Lead efforts to understand data requirements, estimate time and resource requirements, facilitate technical development and testing, document data processes and deliverables

• Participate in discussions translating functional requirements into technical designs

• Support day to day inquiries from business partners regarding data and reporting

• Communicate regular status on progress/risks/development blocks/issues and ask questions to ensure successful quality delivery of the assigned work

• Be curious, flexible and adaptable to new technologies, new technical skills and innovative solutions

Ideal Candidate:

The individual filling this role may have little experience in corporate data, integration, and reporting applications, but displays the functional, technical, and personal aptitude to learn, understand and apply these key skills.  An individual who is accountable, curious, self-motivated and open-minded with strong problem-solving skills would be an ideal fit for this internship.  Listening, seeking clear understanding, and desire to learn about business processes and new technologies are also important.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Self-motivated, flexible, adaptable and a quick learner

• Passionate about data, technology, and business processes

• Understands basic database principles, basic project delivery principles

• Well versed in SQL language

• Good written and oral communications skills

• Self-motivated and creative problem solver

• Collaborative and works well in a team

• Experience with Microsoft Office programs is beneficial (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

• Undergraduate student entering Junior or Senior Year

What you will learn:

• Firsthand experience as a data product owner

• Teamwork, project delivery, and retail business processes

• Effective communication with technology peers and business leaders

• Experience with enterprise reporting applications such as MicroStrategy, Google Looker, Microsoft Power BI

Our Internships offer you the opportunity to:

• Ability to network and meet a variety of people with VS&Co and the technology organization

• Ability to explore career opportunities by getting an inside look into your potential career path

• Interns who successfully complete the intern program may be considered for full time employment after graduation

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest records, conviction records, or other criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of any applicable state and local laws. Please see links: California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Philadelphia Fair Chance Law, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance  

An equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected category recognized by state, federal or local laws. We only hire individuals authorized for employment in the United States.