Senior Manager, Business Growth & Planning, Apple Services

The people who work at Apple dont just build products they craft the kind of wonder that has revolutionized entire industries! Its the diversity of those people their backgrounds and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do from amazing technologies to industry-leading services and exceptional customer experiences strengthening our dedication to leaving the world better than we found it. We invite you to join us in this Business Growth u0026 Planning team is seeking an experienced and highly motivated individual to support the growth of our Services business in International markets and more specifically partner with our Commerce Product organization to help maximize value across our Services eco-system. Our team is part of Apples WW Content u0026 Services team which covers a wide range of services including but not limited to iCloud Apple Music Apple TV Apple One Apple Arcade Apple Books Apple News Apple a Senior Manager you will partner closely with country and WW teams to deliver actionable insights develop initiatives and build business and financial plans to help drive decisions that enhance the customer experience enable growth and uncover new opportunities for our Services business while respecting user privacy. 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. nnAn open mind intellectual curiosity analytical mindset and an eagerness to problem-solve are crucial. Your role will be critical as Apple seeks to continue to deliver on its ambitious growth objectives for Services. This role reports to the Head of Business Growth u0026 Planning.

Partner with the services leadership in defining ambition levels setting priorities shaping business plans and providing recommendations on how to grow our portfolio of identify define and deliver commercial growth initiatives in the areas of Offers Pricing Partnerships Marketing and Communications backed by detailed business cases and robust program management to progress only the most impactful initiatives. nHelp assess new business opportunities including but not limited to commerce product market expansion business models local content acquisition payment method adoption among at scale valuations scorecards and variance analyses to inform prioritization decisions with data insights and actionable learnings. nTake a data-led approach to understanding business health and its underlying drivers and forecast services growth. nGather and assess market trends competitive dynamics and customer insights that help understand business performance and inform business develop rigorous dashboards and reporting while also working with relevant teams to diagnose and provide the Geos in front of senior executives in lock-step with international leadership.n

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 working on telecom media and technology projects. nSkilled at managing and influencing senior stakeholders able to build strong credible and collaborative relationships and thrive in highly matrixed cross-functional environments to make things aptitude for translating data into insights and the ability to conceptualize define and influence new strategies based on these to solve complex cross-functional business problems while dealing with challenging deadlines and opposing and adaptable to manage the varying demands of a fast-paced business with a hands-on attitude and attention to the finest of quantitative analysis skills and proficiency in spreadsheet in AI-assisted workflows including the use of LLM tools for research content generation data analysis code assistance process written and verbal communication and storytelling in English. Additional languages are valued.n

MBA languages such as SQL and Python.n