Manager, AirPods Product Management

As a manager within our Worldwide Product Marketing group youll represent the customer throughout a products journey from concept through development and launch. Youll develop and apply insights to help infuse innovative audio features and advanced technology into our product-development process. Together with your team youll work to craft groundbreaking ideas into products that impact customers around the world.

At Apple we combine product management product development and product marketing responsibilities into a single cross-functional Product Marketing role that collaborates with design engineering operations finance legal marketing communications public relations market research sales and support for maximum impact across the are currently seeking a dynamic successful product marketing leader to manage the AirPods Product Management group. You will lead the team helping define and market new products and features across the AirPods portfolio as well as helping Apple continue to lead in the audio and consumer electronics categories. This includes working both inbound and outbound to drive the development introduction and lifecycle of features and technologies. We are looking for a passionate person to lead this amazing team and if you feel this is you wed love to hear from you.

Lead mentor and develop a team of product marketing professionals through the complete product development in a global cross-functional team with hardware and software engineering industrial and human interface design finance operations sales marketing communications and public new technologies and make recommendations for future products. Collect global customer developer and partner requirements for new products. Manage trade-offs involving features schedule line positioning and lifecycle new product development opportunities while contributing to the development of the overall AirPods product line strategy and expert understanding of audio technologies competitive products and industry trends. Communicate and position the product in context of the competitive product positioning and key product messages. Work with marketing communications and PR on the development of product launch activities product messaging briefs press releases and marketing the world as the ambassador and spokesperson for AirPods attending trade shows customer visits public events and press follow emerging technology consumer and societal trends and recommend how products will fit into those emerging trends.

10 years experience in product marketing and/or product management roles including at least one entire product development cycle from concept to launch and 3 years directly managing or mentoring people. nHands-on experience formulating product messaging and creating outbound marketing for both technical and consumer audiences and partnering with engineering during early research and development to define product strategy and roadmap and with marketing and public relations to craft positioning and define marketing experience within the last 5 years in one or more of the following product segments: consumer electronics smart watch/wearables/fitness/health industries and/or adjacent consumer hardware software or operating systems experience. nAbility to drive communication with key stakeholders the media and public as demonstrated by exceptional presentation skills: developing keynote addresses in an area of deep subject matter expertise synthesizing information applying critical thinking crafting a compelling product story and maintaining composure under pressure.

Skilled with press media and self-starter who is dedicated comfortable with complex and ambiguous problems and demonstrates creative and critical thinking can balance multiple projects guide a team and thrive in a fast paced and dynamic -versed formulating product messaging including creating and delivering outbound oral and written communication skills as well as shown success as a product spokesperson on a national or global to travel domestically and degree preferred MS/MBA preferred.