Product Manager, AirPods Software

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple great ideas have a way of becoming outstanding products services and customer experiences very quickly. We believe that if you bring passion and dedication to your job theres no telling what you could accomplish!nnAs a member of our Worldwide Product Marketing group youll represent customers throughout product and feature journeys from concept through development and launch. Youll develop and apply insights to help infuse innovative features into our product development process. Together with our team youll work to craft groundbreaking ideas into tangible products and features that excite the world. At Apple we combine product management 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 believe in the power of combining product management and product marketing together - that the best person to communicate why a product is meaningful to consumers and developers is the same person that helped drive its creation. nnWe are looking for a hardworking Product Manager to join the Worldwide PM team to lead AirPods this role on the Worldwide Product Marketing team we are seeking a skilled product manager for the team responsible for the product management and marketing of AirPods Software. You will be deeply involved in the definition of the AirPods product roadmap and development and launch of future AirPods features. You will play an instrumental role on the team that includes writing product and marketing requirements documents collaborating with engineering to investigate new technologies and being the voice of the market to Apple during the development phase. Leading up to launch you will craft product messaging briefs guide marketing communications on the creation of product launch materials and act as a product spokesperson in press briefings and public events. The features and changes you enable will positively impact hundreds of millions of people around the world and play a crucial role in the lives of our customers.

Research and synthesize technology trends competitive trends and user feedback to identify new product and technology opportunities. nCollaborate with software engineering AI/ML clinical and design teams to define roadmap and and influence product trade-offs impacting schedule and usability to improve user experience and consumer a growth strategy to delight users and drive habitual usage of audio technologies and industry trends in the competitive landscape. nCraft compelling messaging to encourage developer and customer adoption. nLaunch new technologies and features worldwide in conjunction with marketing communications corporate communications events and developer relations teams demonstrating extraordinary marketing expertise attention to detail objectivity and as the product spokesperson in press briefings and public events.

4 years experience in Product Marketing and/or Product Management roles including at least one entire product development cycle from concept to -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 3 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 and maintaining composure under pressure.

Proven record working collaboratively with engineering design and marketing peersnTechnical track record working closely with engineering/technical teamsnStrong ability to lead through influence debate and storytellingnExperience and ability to synthesize technologies into product communication for broad audience including customers media analysts and leading industry specialistsnBest-in-class oral and written communication skillsnPress and media experience with success as a product spokesperson on a national or global levelnStrong attention to detailnWillingness to travelnA self-starter who is dedicated and demonstrates creative and critical thinking abilitiesnBachelors and/ or masters degree or MBA preferred