Intern, APAC Project Management, Disney+ - Jul to Dec 2024

Responsibilities:

Program/Project Strategic Initiatives

The intern will support a diverse range of strategic, high-impact initiatives across the APAC region when required. Key responsibilities include:

• Team Collaboration: 

  • Communicate with various APAC Regional and local cross-functional teams on new change initiatives including Product, Partnerships,  Marketing, Growth, Content, Legal, and Operations teams to achieve desired results. 

  • Support the APAC PMO in the preparation of presentation materials for program/project cross-functional forums.

  • Ensure Sources of Truth are kept up to date 

  • Record minutes of meeting and help follow up on open actions.

  • Set up Program collateral using Google Sheet, Airtable.

• Change Control: Support in the management of Program scope and change control, escalating issues to the APAC PMO team as necessary.

• Testing: Perform and/or coordinate in-market Singapore user testing, including troubleshooting and analysis of issues to assist project stakeholders and team members.

• Problem Solving: Work cross-functionally with Disney+ stakeholders and team members to identify critical business blockers and collaborate with them to solve. Proactively identify risks and issues on projects, helping teams and stakeholders to develop risk management and issue management plans, responsible for the management and reporting of RAID items across multiple work streams.

• Support access and adoption of tools (e.g., OTT application, Google suite, Slack, Jira, Smartsheet, Airtable) for team members.

• Show commitment to improving the Program/Project management profession within the company via continuous learning and development, helping to grow the Program Management Community of Practice over time.

Process Improvement Initiatives

The intern will be expected to help with process improvement initiatives in order to enable more efficient, and organised ways of working within the APAC direct-to-consumer division. Key responsibilities include:

• Actively participate and support brainstorming sessions, business reviews and post launch reviews

• Apply strategic thinking, and problem solving ability to overcome any issues/ problems that may arise.

• Establish and roll out new templates for the Program launches in APAC.

• Document Program Management processes

• Contribute to new team member onboarding i.e documentation, process roll out, access to new tools etc.

Internship Requirements :

• Currently an undergraduate pursuing a bachelor's degree
• Still an undergraduate and not yet graduated during the internship period
• Must be available for full-time internship commitment (Monday to Friday, 9am-6pm) between July to December 2024
• Indicate your internship availability (start and end date) in your resume
• Indicate your expected graduation date in your resume

*Please apply to this job posting only if you are available for a full-time internship during the stated period. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Requirements:

• Currently an undergraduate pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Technology, Strategy, Communication or business-related field
• Knowledge or interest in the OTT, Media and Content landscape, i.e., SEO, DTC (SVOD/ OTT, IPTV, BVOD, broadcast technologies) is a plus
• Results-oriented
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills
• Possess a curious, analytical mindset with the strong ability to apply data and insights to drive outcomes
• Digitally savvy
• Comfortable with ambiguity, demonstrated tenacity
• Interest or fan mentality for Disney, Pixar, Star Wars and Marvel
• Strong team player; possesses good interpersonal skills with a high level of enthusiasm in collaborating in cross functional teams
• Adopts a challenging and questioning approach, proposing information and solutions in creative ways
• Self-starter that needs minimal supervision in motivating himself/herself, always looking for opportunities to contribute to our campaigns and overall projects
• Ability to prioritise workload to meet competing deadlines and manage stakeholder expectations
• Strategic thinker with good communications skills
• Creative mindset with the ability to leverage on data to develop strategy/decisions.
• Proficient in MS Office, Google Suite applications

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. We are committed to building a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

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