Apple Product Marketing Manager, India
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Marketing
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Apple is looking for a dynamic and highly motivated Product Marketing Manager for India. The Product Marketing Manager will own and drive the product centric marketing strategy for iPad in India. Continuous improvement of product launches, comprehensive business and market analytics, instinctive insights and the discipline to focus are valued attributes. This individual will have a deep understanding of the product, portfolio and marketing strategy, twinned with the ability to execute for results.
The Product Marketing Manager should have the ability to work collaboratively with other critical functions across Marketing, Finance and Sales, to articulate and shape the opportunity ahead for their product line of business and communicate India-unique requirements for current and future products in a coherent way to multiple stakeholders across the globe as well as the US.
To be truly successful in this role, this individual will need to have an undeniably strong passion for Apple products, desire to win, curiosity to be better, ability to navigate in a world of ambiguity, finesse and craft in product storytelling, creative and innovative problem solving, the motivation to inspire others and to build strong and lasting relationships throughout the organisation.
Inclusion is a shared responsibility and we work together to foster a culture where everyone belongs and is inspired to do their best work. Come and do the best and most exciting work of your career at Apple!
Key Qualifications
- Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions.
- Ability to surprise and delight our customers’ experiences through innovative, thoughtful details.
- Uses knowledge of business drivers, how strategies and tactics play out in the market, to guide actions.
- Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
Description
- Articulate the product opportunity in market and provide product insight and leadership from introduction through end-of-life to both the Marketing and Sales organisations.
- Execute product launches with excellence every time.
- Contribute to the annual Marketing plan, outlining opportunity and actions that lead growth and category leadership.
- Be the liaison between Market and worldwide for all local business needs and feature requirements. Influence the product feature roadmap, making clear recommendations that improve customer experience.
- Become a visible and vocal member of the Product Marketing team.
- Be the guardian of product messaging & positioning across every customer touch point, advancing the cause of excellence.
- Possess expert knowledge of competitive and 3rd party products and strategies. Make pricing and forecasting recommendations to management and cross-functional teams.
- Build a sphere of influence across multiple internal functions / divisions.
Education & Experience
Bachelor’s degree required. MS/MA/MBA preferred but not conditional
Additional Requirements
- - 10+ years experience in product marketing, mobile communications and/or roles that require technical fluency and the instinctive ability to be the voice of the consumer
- - Excellent analytical skills
- - Depth of technical awareness
- - Strategic planning expertise
- - Superior storytelling capabilities
- - Presentation/negotiation skills
- - Spoken and written English proficiency
- - Prior work with international teams in a multi-national company is a plus