Manager, New Product Introduction, Retail Online

Company: Apple
Location: Santa Clara
Posted on: November 22, 2022

Job Description:

Summary Apple is a place where extraordinary people gravitate in order to do their best work. Together we craft products and experiences people once couldn't have imagined - and now can't imagine living without. If you're excited by the idea of making a real impact, and joining a team where we pride ourselves in being one of the most diverse and inclusive companies in the world, a career with Apple might be your dream job!We are seeing a seasoned Product Manager to bring our new products to market and surprise and delight customers. You will lead the team towards crafting a seamless, high-quality and unparalleled online shopping experience. In this role, you will collaborate closely with Design, Engineering, Product Marketing and Operations.This role will draw upon your extensive experience as senior Product Manager to combine your technical fluency, strong sense of user experience, and business understanding to chart a vision, align your partners, and deliver flawlessly carrying out product launches.Key Qualifications 6+ years of Product Management experience with progressively increasing responsibilities leading product teams in large scale direct to consumer e-commerce retailing.Passionate about user experience; able to inspire and educate designers and engineers with thought-provoking objectives and customer-centric use cases.Have a proven ability to establish rapport, credibility and influence others to drive results across a large matrix organization.Technical mentality and ability to work closely with engineering partners to solve for system interdependencies, devise implementation strategies and refine scope based on concrete considerations.Exceptional presentations and communication skills, with experience presenting to and influencing senior executives.Possess strong decision making and prioritization skills; have experience overseeing and managing complex production schedules.Ability to mentor, motivate and get the most out of an independent staff.Description Oversee Retail Online product readiness, coordinating/assessing both short and long term NPI needs and reconciling them with product roadmaps.Manage team of Product Managers to implement all new product introductions.Oversee resourcing of PMs on NPIs and lead their activities and requirements gathering.Coordinate requirements prioritization across all NPI tracks with key team members from across Apple, as well as senior executives.Help manage design and development processes between various internal and external teams.Lead all aspects of the production schedule; ensuring each release is timely and solves requirements.Represents business goals and feature solutions during product reviews with cross- functional teams; determines and drives relevant action items for the working team to address.Act as a product surrogate for all non-disclosed product teams, while maintaining secrecy.Optimize user experience through intuition, analysis of quantitative test data and qualitative research/customer interviews.Monitor the health of projects at all times along with the associated risks and implications to timelines; lead the resolution of cross-functional issues.Education & Experience BA/BS required or equivalent work experience. MBA is a plus.

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