Product Manager, Mac

Cupertino, California, United States
Marketing

Summary

Posted:
Role Number:200573681
Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. When you bring passion, dedication, teamwork, and a sense of ownership to your job, there's no telling what you can accomplish! We're looking for a highly motivated Product Manager to join the Mac Team as part of the Worldwide Product Marketing broader team and community. 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. At Apple, we combine product management/development 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, sales and support for maximum impact across the organization. We are a diverse team of Product Managers with various backgrounds and experiences, who are deeply passionate about inclusivity in developing the product, user experience and storytelling!

Description

The Product Manager is responsible for product management and marketing of a product within the Mac hardware team. You will work with key cross-functional partners from Engineering to Operations and Design to represent our customers’ needs and influence and impact new product definition. You will also lead all marketing deliverables for new products in collaboration with the Marketing and PR Teams. Responsibilities: - Defining product features, positioning and key messaging - Working in a global cross-functional team with engineering, industrial and product design, marketing communications, public relations and many others throughout the product lifecycle - Understanding and communicating user needs and perspectives to inspire the broader organization, and help conceptualize new products and features. Distill insights by using data to inform product decisions from competitive analysis, financial data and voice of the customer insights - Marketing the product through evaluating the needs and requirements of Apple’s customers - Working with marketing communications and PR on the development of product launch activities, product demonstrations, press releases, and marketing materials - Demoing use cases through a variety of software applications - Traveling the world as the ambassador for your product leading press briefings and customer visits - Negotiate product trade-offs impacting customers needs and schedule

Minimum Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience in product management, product strategy and/or product marketing roles, including experience in managing consumer electronics products

Key Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

  • Successful track record of working closely with design and engineering teams during the full product lifecycle, including research, planning, implementation, and launch
  • Exceptional organizational, communication, and leadership skills with experience in building consensus cross-functionally, driving collaboration by building positive relationships and bringing to bear data and handling high stakes decisions with ease with the ability to cut through ambiguity
  • Proven oral and written communication skills including product storytelling; ability to explain technical concepts thoughtfully to non-technical partners and deliver compelling presentations for a broad audience including customers, media, analysts, and industry experts. Apple Keynote presentation-building skills preferred
  • Proficient analytical abilities and an uncompromising attention to detail
  • Experience as a product spokesperson or speaking with the media
  • BS/BA degree, MS/MA/MBA preferred
  • Willingness to travel

Education & Experience

Additional Requirements

Pay & Benefits

  • Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.