Co-op Internship 2027 - Asia Regional Marketing Strategy & Business Planning (6 months)

At Manulife, we believe in investing in the future, starting with you. Our Co-op Internship Program is your launchpad to success, providing the support, structure, and meaningful opportunities you need to learn, grow, and make an impact. More than just a work experience, you'll become part of a vibrant intern community, participate in engaging events, and benefit from clear goals, regular feedback, and structured support to help you succeed from day one.

Manulife Asia’s ambition to become the Leading Pan-Asian Insurer is enabled by achieving global digital and customer leadership in our peer group. For the last 5 years, we have focused on building out new capabilities to digitize and simplify our customer experience and we’ve invested heavily in growing advocacy from our customers. The Regional Marketing team is the bridge between Global Marketing and individual countries, in which we operate, to build strategies and programs to achieve our digital and customer ambitions through commercial and execution focused marketing excellence. At Strategy & Business Planning, the intern will gain management exposure through interacting with senior stakeholders such as Chief Marketing Officers and regional team leaders at the Marketing function on a daily basis.

• →Data Analytics and Validation: Analyze regional marketing data to identify trends, validate accuracy, and provide insights for strategic decision-making.
• →Drive transformation projects for business efficiency: Act as project coordinator, support business to set project plan, and tracking cadence; Support Marketing team to ensure all transformation projects are delivered as per committed timeline.
• →Governance & Oversight: Craft communications frameworks and templates to share progress and monitor performance of marketing programs. Manage the requests for reporting, analysis and updates to Executives and Global teams.
• →Presentation & Communication: Develop compelling presentations that effectively communicate marketing strategies and results to stakeholders.
• →Team Engagement: Foster a collaborative environment by participating in team meetings, contributing to discussions, and supporting team initiatives.

• Detail-oriented, demonstrates ability to apply structure in complex projects, support project team to drive day-to-day progress on delivery.
• Data-driven, interested in learning and applying data-driven approach to facilitate business decision making.
• Comfortable with numbers. Interest in data analysis and generating insights from large data sets.
• Ability to work effectively within a dynamic working environment.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills. Fluency in English.
• Comfortable to collaborate and partner with colleagues.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

• Values-first culture: We lead with our Values every day and bring them to life together.
• Boundless opportunity: We create opportunities to learn and grow at every stage of your career.
• Continuous innovation: We invite you to help redefine the future of financial services.
• Delivering the promise of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: We foster an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives.
• Championing Corporate Citizenship: We build a business that benefits all partners and has a positive social and environmental impact.

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html.

At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact hr@manulife.com.