APAC Project Management Intern

Job Description

About The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is one of the world’s leading entertainment companies, with operations in film, television, theme parks, and consumer products. The company was founded in 1923 by Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney, and is headquartered in Burbank, California. Disney is known for its iconic characters, including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy, as well as its popular film franchises, including Star Wars, Marvel, and Pixar.

About the APAC Project Management Intern role

The APAC Project Management Intern will be an integral part of the Disney+ APAC Program Management Office team, aimed at providing best-in-class program management services to help the APAC Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) team meet one of the company’s top strategic objectives; to deliver sustained DTC subscriber and revenue growth.

Primary responsibilities will be to support the delivery of key strategic initiatives in APAC in partnership with various cross-functional work streams across the APAC region.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Requirements

• Currently an undergraduate pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Technology, Strategy, Communication, or a 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 prioritize workload to meet competing deadlines and manage stakeholder expectations.
• Strategic thinker with good communication skills.
• Creative mindset with the ability to leverage on data to develop strategy/decisions.
• Proficient in MS Office, Google Suite applications.