Product Manager, iPadOS

Apple•Cupertino, CA

15h

About The Position

As a member of Apple's Worldwide Product Marketing group, you’ll represent the customer throughout a product’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. At Apple, we combine product management and product marketing responsibilities into a single, cross functional Product Management role that collaborates with design, engineering, finance, legal, marketing communications, public relations, market research, and sales for maximum impact across the organization. We are looking for a highly motivated Product Manager to join the Worldwide Product Marketing team. The Product Manager will be responsible for leading the messaging, launch deliverables, and release strategy for iPadOS along with helping to define new features that will shape the future of iPad. Dynamic, creative people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. Are you passionate about creating compelling products and ready to join an amazing team? Then we want to hear from you!

Requirements

4+ years experience in product marketing and/or product management roles
At least one entire product development cycle from concept to launch with consumer software products and technologies for software platforms
Hands-on experience formulating product messaging and creating outbound marketing for both technical and consumer audiences
Hands-on experience partnering with engineering and design during early research and development to define product strategy and roadmap
Hands-on experience working 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 software segments: operating systems, software integration, computer or mobile hardware, 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 subject matter expertise
Synthesizing information
Applying critical thinking
Maintaining composure under pressure

Nice To Haves

Deep understanding of computer operating systems
Experience and ability to synthesize technologies into product communication for broad audience including customers, media, analysts, and industry specialists
Best-in-class oral and written communication skills
Demonstrated success as a product spokesperson on a national or global level
Strong ability to lead through influence, debate and storytelling
Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to define product strategy and roadmap, craft positioning, and define marketing activities
Exceptional interpersonal skills
Thrives in highly collaborative projects
Effective at building consensus
Handles high stakes decisions with ease
Ability to cut through ambiguity
A self-starter who is dedicated and demonstrates creative and critical thinking abilities
Press and media experience with success as a product spokesperson on a national or global level
Able and willing to travel internationally
BS/BA and/or MBA

Responsibilities

Leading the messaging, launch deliverables, and release strategy for iPadOS
Helping to define new features that will shape the future of iPad
Representing the customer throughout a product’s journey from concept through development and launch
Developing and applying insights to help infuse innovative features into our product-development process
Crafting groundbreaking ideas into tangible products
Collaborating with design, engineering, finance, legal, marketing communications, public relations, market research, and sales
Formulating product messaging and creating outbound marketing for both technical and consumer audiences
Partnering with engineering and design during early research and development to define product strategy and roadmap
Working with marketing and public relations to craft positioning, and define marketing activities
Driving communication with key stakeholders, the media, and public
Synthesizing technologies into product communication for broad audience including customers, media, analysts, and industry specialists
Leading through influence, debate and storytelling
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define product strategy and roadmap, craft positioning, and define marketing activities
Building consensus and handling high stakes decisions