Intern, Data Science

Applications due by June 15, 2026

Goodwill of Colorado

    Job Description

 

Pay: $23.00 - $27.00 / hour

This position is eligible for Daily Pay!  Work today, get paid today! We’ve partnered with DailyPay, a voluntary benefit to offer employees access to their pay on their own schedule.

Work Schedule: Full-Time; 30-40 hours per week; 6-8 hours per day; Monday - Friday 

This position is eligible for Paid Sick and Safe Time (PSST) under the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.

All employees may also make pre-tax or post-tax (Roth) contributions to our retirement plan – must be 18 years of age to participate.

 JOB SUMMARY:

Goodwill of Colorado, a $220 Million social enterprise and Human Services organization, is seeking an Internship (Intern), Data Science to support a high-impact analytics initiative focused on understanding and modeling Retail margin drivers across our donated goods business.

This role will work at the intersection of data, operations, and mission, helping to translate complex Retail dynamics into actionable insights that directly support Goodwill’s mission.

The Intern will contribute to the design and development of a data-driven model that explains and predicts margin performance across stores, categories, and operational levers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:


* Conduct exploratory data analysis to identify candidate margin drivers across pricing, inventory mix, sell through, labor, donation flow, and store operations, using historical data.


* Build predictive analytical models to assess: 
+ Which drivers materially impact margin – X variables that truly move the Y variable.
+ The direction of impact (positive/negative).
+ Non linear effects, inflection points, and diminishing returns.


* Refine the models based on testing and comparison, considering alternative approaches, and input from key stakeholders.

Document assumptions and limitations for the models.


* Partner with Retail, Finance, Information Technology (IT), and Operations stakeholders to translate business questions into analytical approaches.


* Clearly communicate findings suitable for business discussion without over-focusing on the underlying mathematical basis.


* The Intern may occasionally be assigned other duties to support the company.

Example Scope of Work


* Deconstruct store level margin for a single store, then expand to multiple stores.  Alternatively, start at company-level and drill down to individual store.


* Analyze impact of specific variables such as price/markdown, donation supply, etc.


* Model margin optimization at a product category level.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the e...