Senior Product Manager, Commerce Data Foundations Platform

Apple • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Imagine what you can do here. At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming great
products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and
dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. We
truly believe that at Apple, you will do your life’s best work. Join the
Commerce Data team and help take our commerce, payments, data, and analytics
platform to new heights. You will be an integrated part of one of the most
innovative companies in the world. Your work will have the opportunity to create
amazing experiences for customers who are purchasing digital goods and services
from content creators, developers, and Apple! Our commerce platform supports
billions of transactions in over 170 countries, so your contributions are sure
to make a big impact. At the end of the day, Apple stands for elevating the
human experience with technology, and for the Commerce team, this translates
into seamless commerce experiences for our customers. We do this through our
commerce platform in many ways. The Commerce Data team is responsible for Apple
Services Engineering’s Commerce data platform. This team comprises of
cross-functional stakeholders who are passionate about their work and especially
about privacy of our customers which we believe is a human right. The impact of
this team is far and wide and responsible to enabling the innovation of many
stakeholders.

The Commerce Data Foundations Platform Product Manager will think from the
ground up about data as a business abstraction layer. This role will require you
to work closely with global and cross-functional teams such as Engineering,
Privacy, Legal, Program Management, and other Product Managers. You will evolve
cross-functional alignment on data contracts that deliver strong business value,
and deliver to those contracts. You’ll love it here if you thrive in
environments where introspective thought is valued just as highly as
collaboration. Where quality matters over quantity. Some responsibilities are:
Data Flow Mapping: Identify users of the data, what their needs are, and what is
the problem they are trying to solve Data Contracts: Define data contracts
that create a layer of abstraction for downstream data teams Data Strategy:
Build strategic roadmaps that allow data teams to deliver on critical goals in a
high-quality manner Build Reusable Capabilities: Bring a capability mindset
appropriate to platform teams to deliver capabilities that lower the cost of
successive use-cases Bridge Technical & Business: Translate downstream
business needs to upstream data contract requirements Cross-Functional
Collaboration: Work closely with multiple engineering and program management
teams to define and implement product requirements

Requirements

• Product management experience in building data platforms
• Technical background and deep comfort in technical architecture
• Exposure to building data products that respect customer privacy
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills with an ability to think on one’s feet while conducting product discovery workshops
• Have experience making disparate enterprise systems work seamlessly together
• Love analytical problems that require a sharp problem-solving mindset and the ability to think outside the box
• Strong ability for narrative creation / storytelling around data platform innovation
• Enjoy writing clear, punchy memos on complex analytical topics
• Have a learn-and-grow mentality and want to be challenged in a nurturing and supportive environment
• Have a long-term outlook toward creating impact with a strong emphasis in cross-functional collaboration
• Master's degree in Computer Science

Nice To Haves

• Experience in e-commerce and subscriptions

Responsibilities

• Data Flow Mapping: Identify users of the data, what their needs are, and what is the problem they are trying to solve
• Data Contracts: Define data contracts that create a layer of abstraction for downstream data teams
• Data Strategy: Build strategic roadmaps that allow data teams to deliver on critical goals in a high-quality manner
• Build Reusable Capabilities: Bring a capability mindset appropriate to platform teams to deliver capabilities that lower the cost of successive use-cases
• Bridge Technical & Business: Translate downstream business needs to upstream data contract requirements
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with multiple engineering and program management teams to define and implement product requirements

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees