Apple Pay Strategy and Planning Lead

Help Apple Pay u0026 Wallet deliver amazing new commerce experiences for Apple customers around the world. Apple Pay is a leading digital wallet for iOS customers in over 80 markets and growing rapidly including e-commerce transit loyalty and other product areas.

We are looking for an experienced payments strategy professional to help shape the future of our platform this role you will move beyond analysis to drive strategic recommendations that directly influence our product roadmap and long-term growth. You will be responsible for identifying new opportunities developing robust business cases and leading key initiatives from concept to execution. As an influential member of our multi-functional teams you will help guide strategic discussions and serve as a thought leader for specific product domains. This role requires a strategic thinker who can blend analytical rigor with a strong business sense formulate clear and compelling recommendations and drive projects forward in a fast-paced collaborative environment. This is a high-impact role offering an outstanding opportunity to shape the strategic direction of the business drive and influence decisions impacting its long-term trajectory and advise leadership across Apple Pay teams globally.

Synthesize competitive intelligence market research and data analysis into clear actionable insights and strategic recommendations for senior complex financial modeling and analysis to support and guide leadership on critical investment and product strategic projects and initiatives from initial opportunity sizing and business case development to defining go-to-market strategy and measuring as a strategic thought partner to cross-functional teams providing thought leadership and analytical support to drive alignment and successful execution of and present findings and recommendations to senior leaders and key stakeholders across the organization to influence the product and business with Product Business Development and Data Science teams to assess the strategic value of new product constructs commercial models and potential partnerships.

Minimum of 6 years of experience in Consulting Investment Banking Corporate Strategy Strategic Finance or a similar strategy and planning function in a global fast-paced in financial and business case modeling particularly in the payments industry with the ability to build and defend sophisticated models that support strategic planning and at navigating ambiguity and structuring open-ended questions into clear actionable frameworks for analysis and communication and presentation skills with the ability to craft compelling narratives and articulate complex strategic concepts clearly to diverse audiences including senior proactive mindset with a high degree of ownership and the ability to drive projects Degree in Finance Economics or a quantitative field from a top-tier institution or equivalent experience

Understanding of the payments ecosystem and fintech landscape is strongly or equivalent graduate degree