Product Management Senior Manager for Productivity & Design Apps

Apple • Cupertino, CA

29d

About The Position

At Apple, great ideas become extraordinary products - and the people behind them make all the difference. We believe that if you bring passion and dedication to your job, there's no telling what you could accomplish! As a member of our Worldwide Product Marketing group, you’ll represent customers throughout a product line’s journey from concept through development and launch. You’ll develop and apply insights to help infuse innovative features into our product development process. Together with our team, you’ll work to craft groundbreaking ideas into tangible products that excite the world.

Apple's Worldwide Product Marketing (WWPM) team sits at the intersection of product management and marketing. We shape what gets built and how it reaches the world. As Team Lead for Productivity and Design Apps, you will own the product strategy and marketing for some of Apple's most loved apps: Keynote, Notes, Freeform, and more. You will lead a talented team of product managers, partner closely with engineering and design, and help define experiences used by hundreds of millions of people every day. This is a rare role where you will act as the voice of the customer inside Apple and the voice of Apple to the world. As the Product Management Team Lead, you will manage a portfolio of critical applications. You will be responsible for driving engagement across free applications. For the applications in Apple Creator Studio, you will drive user engagement, trials, and subscriptions. If you are curious, passionate, and obsessed with user problems; you love great products and the technology behind them; you bring data to decisions, but you also trust your instincts; you have clear views of industry trends including how AI is impacting user workflows; you build consensus without ego and thrive in a fast-moving, cross-functional environment: We want to hear from you!

Requirements

• 10+ years of Product Management, including at least one full product development cycle from concept to launch.
• 2+ years of experience managing teams and building efficient, scalable processes.
• Hands-on experience formulating product messaging and creating outbound marketing for both technical and consumer audiences.
• Partnering with engineering during early research and development to define product strategy and roadmap.
• Partnering with marketing and public relations to craft positioning, and define marketing activities.
• Recent experience within the last 3 years in one or more of the following segments: productivity and/or design applications, collaboration platforms, and subscription business, or adjacent.
• Ability to drive communication with key stakeholders, the media, and public, as demonstrated by exceptional presentation skills: developing keynote addresses in an area of deep subject matter expertise, synthesizing information, applying critical thinking and maintaining composure under pressure.
• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• A track record of working closely with design and engineering teams during through the full product lifecycle, including research, planning, implementation, and launch.
• Experience positioning, launching and pricing consumer software products.
• Strong storytelling skills — you can make complex technology clear and exciting for any audience (customers, media, analysts, industry experts, etc).
• Sharp business judgment — you know how to make tough calls and trade off priorities to drive optimal outcomes.
• Structured thinker and keen strategist who understands technological and creative trends, including their differences across geographies.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
• Energetic and detail oriented.
• MS/MA/MBA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the product strategy and marketing for Keynote, Notes, Freeform, and more.
• Lead a talented team of product managers.
• Partner closely with engineering and design.
• Define experiences used by hundreds of millions of people every day.
• Act as the voice of the customer inside Apple and the voice of Apple to the world.
• Manage a portfolio of critical applications.
• Drive engagement across free applications.
• Drive user engagement, trials, and subscriptions for applications in Apple Creator Studio.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree