Product Manager, iPhone and iPhone Accessories
Apple
Product
Cupertino, CA, USA
Posted on Oct 16, 2024
Summary
Posted:
Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number:200573189
Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. 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. 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 looking for a highly motivated Product Manager to join the Worldwide Product Marketing team to support iPhone and iPhone accessories. Are you passionate about creating compelling products and ready to join an amazing team? Then we want to hear from you!
Description
In this role, you will: - Collaborate with hardware engineering, software engineering, softgoods engineering and design teams to define roadmap and strategy - Negotiate and influence product trade-offs impacting schedule and usability to improve user experience and consumer differentiation - Understand your product technologies several layers deep and be able to clearly communicate them with knowledgable insight - Launch and drive momentum for new technologies and features in conjunction with marketing communications, corporate communications, events, and developer relations teams - Serve as an ambassador for iPhone and Accessories technologies through press briefings and customer visits - Position iPhone in the competitive landscape and craft compelling messaging to encourage customer adoption to drive business growth - Research and synthesize technology trends, competitive trends, and user feedback to identify new product and technology opportunities
Minimum Qualifications
- 4+ years experience in product marketing and/or product management roles, including at least one entire product development cycle from concept to launch
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- Proven record working collaboratively with cross-functional teams; with engineering/technical teams including during early research and development to define product strategy and roadmap, and with marketing and public relations to craft positioning, and define marketing activities
- A track record in formulating product messaging and creating outbound marketing; Experience synthesizing technologies into product communication for broad audiences including customers, media, analysts, and leading industry specialists
- Strong understanding of the smartphones and smartphone accessory technology domains and a sense of curiosity to dive several layers deep
- Best-in-class oral and written communication skills; ability to become fluent in technical concepts and explain to non-technical partners
- Strong ability to lead through influence, debate and storytelling
- Press and media experience with success as a product spokesperson on a national or global level
- Exceptional interpersonal skills; thrives in highly collaborative projects, effective at building consensus, handles high stakes decisions with ease with the ability to cut through ambiguity
- Strong analytical abilities and an uncompromising attention to detail with the ability to operate seamlessly between highly detailed and technical situations and strategic business situations
- A self-starter who is dedicated and demonstrates creative and critical thinking abilities
- BS/BA and/or MBA
Education & Experience
Additional Requirements
Pay & Benefits
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