Partnership Development Lead - Health

Apple • Austin, TX

5h

About The Position

The Health team is seeking a senior leader to take end-to-end accountability for the partner-dependent tracks of our most critical health initiatives. In this role, you will own the partner strategy and operational execution from initial concept through commercial structuring, integration, launch, and long-term governance. This is a senior individual contributor role requiring significant organizational influence, sharp commercial and operational judgment, and the ability to align executive stakeholders across Apple and partner organizations. You will serve as the single point of accountability for the success of external partnerships that enable Apple’s health products and services. The ideal candidate for this role navigates ambiguity and evolving project requirements with ease and confidence. They enjoy working in sophisticated problem areas, diving deep into details and collaboration, and coming out the other side with novel partnership and business models.

You will define, negotiate, and execute complex partnerships across the healthcare ecosystem, including payors, health systems, diagnostic providers, and technology vendors. You will bridge product vision, clinical needs, technical architecture, and commercial reality, ensuring external partners deliver on commitments critical to program success. You must be comfortable operating with high autonomy, setting direction amid ambiguity, and making sound calls on deal structure, trade-offs, and operational risk. You will work directly with leadership across Engineering, Product, Clinical, Design, Legal, Regulatory, Operations, and Business Development. You have deep expertise in developing strategy and novel business models in health.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 10+ years of experience leading strategic partnerships, corporate development, or partner product initiatives within healthcare, digital health, or life sciences.
• Proven track record of owning major health partnerships from initial concept and contract negotiation through technical integration, commercial launch, and live operations.
• Direct experience structuring and negotiating complex healthcare commercial contracts, including familiarity with regulatory, privacy (HIPAA), compliance, and IP considerations.
• Deep knowledge of healthcare market mechanics, including reimbursement models, provider operations, clinical workflows, and health tech infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence senior cross-functional teams without formal authority.
• Extensive experience presenting to executive leadership.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or MBA
• Demonstrated ability to manage conflicting priorities between external partners and internal engineering/product teams while maintaining delivery timelines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to synthesize information, simplify sophisticated concepts, and build consensus with large cross-functional teams and individuals at all levels.
• Ability to think strategically, see around corners, plan several steps ahead, make connections and clear roadblocks.
• Independent self-starter who thrives in complex and ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end accountability for partner-dependent tracks of critical health initiatives.
• Own partner strategy and operational execution from concept through commercial structuring, integration, launch, and long-term governance.
• Serve as the single point of accountability for the success of external partnerships.
• Define, negotiate, and execute complex partnerships across the healthcare ecosystem.
• Bridge product vision, clinical needs, technical architecture, and commercial reality.
• Ensure external partners deliver on commitments critical to program success.
• Operate with high autonomy, setting direction amid ambiguity, and making sound calls on deal structure, trade-offs, and operational risk.
• Work directly with leadership across Engineering, Product, Clinical, Design, Legal, Regulatory, Operations, and Business Development.
• Develop strategy and novel business models in health.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior