Senior International Strategy and Planning Manager Apple Services, Business Development

nWorking at Apple means doing more than you ever thought possible and having more impact than you ever people who work at Apple have reinvented and defined entire industries with the Mac iPhone iPad Apple TV Apple Watch AirPods HomePod and a multitude of groundbreaking Accessories. We have done the same with services including iTunes the App Store Apple Music and Apple Pay. And more recently have launched truly innovative services with Apple News Apple Arcade and Apple TV. We are deeply passionate about apps music movies TV shows sports and books. Its a force that drives and inspires every one of us every single day. The passion for innovation that goes into our products applies to our practices as well strengthening our dedication to leave the world better than we found Strategy u0026 Planning team supports global growth efforts of all of Apples Services including TV Music Sports and iCloud with a focus on developing new business opportunities uncovering ways to optimize existing partnerships as well as helping drive key strategic projects. The team also owns business development fiscal planning across the businesses. nnWe are looking for a strategic leader that is naturally curious and thinks big based in London to join our exciting this role you will be responsible for driving the growth of our business development initiatives in markets outside the US particularly in ex-APAC markets. You will be a strategic thinker influential leader and a hands-on operator capable of translating insights into actionable plans that can drive significant business impact. You will be instrumental in shaping plans through data-driven recommendations performance monitoring and fiscal planning. You will have the opportunity to work on both tactical actions that drive our near-term business performance and strategic initiatives that will define our future. n

This high-impact role is critical to Apples international expansion and subscriber growth for its services playing a key role in shaping the future of media and entertainment consumption globally. We are looking for a highly motivated collaborative and experienced individual with both mastery of financial modeling as well as exceptional soft skills. nnThe role requires a prolific and proactive individual who can take ownership of a high volume of cross-functional workstreams and combine research analysis and brainstorming with multiple teams globally (including leads for 40 international markets lines of businesses finance analytics commerce product and marketing) to produce insights and actionable growth strategies. nnThe candidate should be adept at building relationships leading meetings with confidence influencing stakeholders and driving concrete business outcomes. The candidate should be able to read a room understand different cultural nuances and adapt their communication style accordingly. nnThe candidate must also have excellent presentation and communication skills. This role will be highly visible within the organization since senior leadership depends heavily on this team to drive important business decisions globally.

nnPartner with Services leadership globally in setting strategic priorities and goals for priority markets shaping business plans and providing recommendations on how to grow our portfolio of identify define and deliver commercial growth initiatives and deals backed by detailed financial models and business cases to drive the most impactful and maintain a suite of models for forecasting performance tracking and scenario analysis across global distribution closely with partner managers to track and assess key KPIs and growth drivers including proactively surfacing insights to help drive success with our a deep understanding of industry trends as well as competitive developments relevant for business executives with business reporting and size and prioritize business cases of new initiatives for business growth and pitch confidently to senior executives.

Extensive experience preferably from an in-house strategy and business planning role at a leading media or entertainment company and/or a top-tier management consultancy or investment bank working on telecom media and technology projects. nExperience within the media and entertainment industry and/or content subscription at managing and influencing senior stakeholders able to build strong credible and collaborative relationships and thrive in highly matrixed cross-functional analytical skills; ability to conceive structure perform direct and effectively communicate sophisticated data and adaptable to manage the varying demands of a fast-paced business with a hands-on attitude and attention to the finest of level of enthusiasm innovation and dedication with the ability to adapt easily to change and multitask. nA natural presenter who can quickly distill information and synthesizing information into key insights and recommendations nAbility to communicate effectively both written and verbally with senior executives including via formal degree required.n

Experience working across multiple international markets with an appreciation for working with different in Business Administration or equivalent in English. Additional languages are valued.