About the position
The App Store is the world's safest and most vibrant app marketplace, serving more than 700 million people each week. Since the App Store launched in 2008, it has helped creators, dreamers, and learners of all ages and backgrounds connect with the tools and information they need to build a brighter future and a better world. It has enabled countless new companies, spawned new industries, and created millions of jobs. A significant driver of the global economy, the App Store facilitates over a $1 trillion in developer billings and sales annually, rewarding developers and entrepreneurs for their hard work and creativity. And we believe we're just getting started! We are seeking a dedicated Business Development Manager who will be working closely with our social networking, creators and photo & video developers to help them identify growth opportunities and enhance business success on the App Store. We are seeking a hardworking, data driven and results-oriented individual to join the Apps Business Development Team for the App Store. In this role, you will use your industry experience, critical-thinking skills and deep interest in technology to help app developers grow their businesses on the App Store.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain close relationships with top app partners.
- Help existing partners grow their business on the App Store by providing data driven actionable business guidance.
- Identify new business opportunities and adoption of new technologies.
- Advocate for developer-centric platform improvements based on developer feedback, market research and internal analysis.
- Work with internal teams (product, marketing, legal, analytics) to gain support for business initiatives.
Requirements
- At least 6 years of proven experience across business development, partnership management or product management, ideally within the mobile app space.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience and deep curiosity about the mobile apps ecosystem, app stores, app store features, business models, competitive landscape and policies.
- Experience with app monetization including subscription models, hybrid business models, payer funnels, and creator monetization.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement category-wide strategies that align with customer and developer demand.
- Use of data, analytics, and financial models to tell the story internally and externally.
- Deep curiosity to identify new opportunities and trends in social networking, creator, and photo & video ecosystem.
- Demonstrated ability and interest to program or project manage.
- Demonstrated ability to develop great presentations and deliver them to different audiences including c-level executives.
- Integrity, a sense of humor, and excellent interpersonal skills.
- Deep interest in collaborating with cross-functional teams across product, editorial, marketing, commerce engineering, and legal.
- BS degree or equivalent experience, JD or MS/MBA a plus.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- Retirement benefits
- A range of discounted products and free services
- Reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition
- Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
- Relocation assistance
- Opportunity to participate in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs
- Eligibility for discretionary restricted stock unit awards
- Ability to purchase Apple stock at a discount through Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
