Business Development & Partnership Manager (Merchant)

At Apple extraordinary people come together to do their lifes best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldnt have imagined and now cant imagine living without. Apple Pay is seeking a Business Development u0026 Partnership Manager to join the Wallet Payments u0026 Commerce (WPC) team to grow and strengthen strategic Merchant partnerships. This role is ideal for a dynamic results-oriented individual who thrives in high-growth fast-paced environments and excels at building and scaling impactful partnerships across the global payment ecosystem.n

Engage at senior levels with merchant partners and guide executives internally and externally through partnership vision and tactical execution. Build compelling business cases including market segmentation competitive analysis financial modeling and long-term growth strategy. Partner cross-functionally across Product Engineering Marketing Finance Operations and Legal to drive integration testing launch and ongoing optimization. Influence product roadmap through insights gathered from partners and the broader payments landscape. Provide regular executive-level updates on partnership strategy performance and growth opportunities. Some travel may be required.

As a Business Development u0026 Partnership Manager you will be responsible for the end-to-end partnership lifecycle from identifying and evaluating strategic partners to leading cross-functional execution to ultimately drive Apple Pay feature acceptance. nYou will engage senior levels internally and externally shape partnership vision influence product strategy and ensure seamless go-to-market execution. nSuccess in this role requires strong commercial judgement analytical rigor and the ability to navigate complexity with professionalism integrity and an urgency to make things happen. nYou are energized by solving challenging problems mapping process flows and asking what if to proactively identify and resolve issues before they impact customers. nYou balance strategic thinking with disciplined execution and bring empathy to every stakeholder relationship.

5-7 years of professional experience in financial technology at a merchant or digital payment analytical skills; ability to evaluate opportunities from both quantitative and qualitative success scaling new business programs .A. / B.S.

Ability to develop and leverage collaborative relationships to drive broad adoption of Apple Pay services and working with e-Commerce Product building and presenting executive-level business communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence without -starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and manages ambiguity while delivering projects to completion with minimal understanding and passion for payments emerging technology and problem solving conflict resolution time management and organizational and collaborative team player who feeds off of goal setting and with Apple products and applications preferred.n5-7 years experience in the mobile payment