Intern the Otsuka Way 2025 - IT Business Analyst / Project Management Intern

Otsuka’s internship program, Intern the Otsuka Way (InTOW), offers students a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience and develop critical skills while contributing to meaningful projects. Interns will work alongside experienced professionals, learn about the complexities of the pharmaceutical industry, and gain insights into potential career paths. By combining practical experience with professional development, our program prepares interns for future success. Our internship program also includes instructor led trainings, a leadership engagement series, as well as insightful lunch and learns.

Otsuka is a dynamic organization where motivated individuals come together to create new products for better health. We're driven by our purpose: defying limitations to improve lives.

Deadline to apply: January 31, 2025.

Interviews and offers: February through March 2025.

Duration of internship: May 19, 2025, through August 11, 2025.

Job Description 

• The intern will support Commercial IT department with projects across systems like Veeva CRM, MicroStrategy Reporting, Snowflake Data Warehouse and Informatica MDM.

• Serve as project manager for IT project. This includes creating a project plan, setting up weekly recurring status meetings, running status meetings, sending out meeting minutes and driving various stakeholders to complete tasks in a timely manner.

• Serve as business analyst for IT project. This includes gathering requirements from business owners, documenting business requirements, conveying requirements to IT delivery team for build. Also, coordinating system integration testing with testing team and user acceptance testing with end users.

• As IT PM, intern will also be expected to create a deck summarizing project status. Intern will also have to setup and run SteerCo meetings with steering committee members to share status update, highlight issues and risks and highlight specific action items for the Steering Committee.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• By Fall 2025 candidate must be considered an undergraduate junior or above

• Computer Science or Information Technology major.

• Actively enrolled in an accredited college or university following the potential internship.

• Can commit to full duration of internship program.

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Familiar with waterfall and agile project management methodologies.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Excellent project management skills i.e. ability to provide structure and order to a project.

• Demonstrates behaviors aligned with the Otsuka Corporate Brand including Perseverance, Unconventional Thinking, and Humility.

• Demonstrate ability to work in a team environment.

• Demonstrate ability to think creatively to solve complex problems.

• Exhibits eagerness to learn and ability to learn quickly.

Competencies
Accountability for Results - Stay focused on key strategic objectives, be accountable for high standards of performance, and take an active role in leading change.
Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving - Make decisions considering the long-term impact to customers, patients, employees, and the business.
Patient & Customer Centricity - Maintain an ongoing focus on the needs of our customers and/or key stakeholders.
Impactful Communication - Communicate with logic, clarity, and respect. Influence at all levels to achieve the best results for Otsuka.
Respectful Collaboration - Seek and value others’ perspectives and strive for diverse partnerships to enhance work toward common goals.
Empowered Development - Play an active role in professional development as a business imperative.

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the people assigned to this position. It is not intended to include every job duty and responsibility specific to the position. Otsuka reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary. 

Otsuka is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will be given consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability,