Director of Product Management - Marketplace, Developer Technologies
About the job
- At least 15 years of experience in a senior role leading product development for developer experiences for mobile-centric business-to-business services, two-sided marketplaces, and/or business data analytics services.
- Experience building business-to-business software-as-a-service products that leverage large language model and generative artificial intelligence technologies to deliver easy-to-use interfaces.
- Experience developing innovative products while fulfilling compliance and product safety requirements.
- Deliver an innovative portfolio of features that drive business impact for developers and support a great customer experience.
- Define the product vision, strategy, and ongoing optimization of third-party developer app distribution, growth and marketing tools, analytics, product safety, and other marketplace platform technologies and services.
- Advance the team’s faithful implementation of the product vision and strategy throughout the product lifecycle, including feature definition and development with engineering, design, and business teams.
- Craft marketing and communications strategy for the portfolio and feature launches to drive developer adoption and public awareness through events, press outreach, marketing, publications, and related activities with developer relations, marketing, public relations, business development, and partnership teams.
- Advocate for prioritization of impactful developer features on the engineering roadmap and secure key resource commitments from cross-functional teams.
- Represent the developer perspective throughout the product development lifecycle and influence internal teams to create strong developer experiences.
- Measure product impact and direct market research priorities to inform strategy in partnership with research, data analytics, and business teams.
- Drive key product decisions for regulatory and compliance initiatives that impact developer and customer experiences in the portfolio.
- Interact with company executives to build product vision for new features and services, support opportunity sizing, and report on business and product outcomes over time with business planning and data science teams; provide domain expertise.
- Apply expert knowledge of the mobile app industry, including iOS developer services covering distribution, marketing, and data analytics, competitive product strategies, mobile advertising, and privacy-focused approaches.
- Develop a corporate development strategy and suggest mergers and acquisitions activity as needed.
- Experience in mobile gaming or subscription services.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and a proven track record of influencing and negotiating with partners and working with many groups to achieve goals in highly collaborative projects and high-stakes decisions.
- Experience engaging effectively with high-level executives, including delivering presentations, gaining support for initiatives, and advocating a point of view.
- Experience managing and professionally developing a team and overseeing a portfolio of multi-year projects toward completion.
- Ability to operate between highly detailed and technical situations and strategic business situations.
- Strong analytical skills, including identifying key opportunities and measuring impact to improve customer experiences.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, ability to become fluent in technical concepts, and ability to explain them to executives and non-technical partners.
- Very strong storytelling and Keynote presentation abilities.
- JD or MS/MBA degree.
About the company
Apple designs and sells consumer electronics, from iPhone smartphones and Mac computers to tablets and wearable devices. Its operating systems manage apps and built-in functions for communication and work, while iCloud stores files and synchronizes data across devices. Customers buy additional digital services through subscriptions such as Apple Music and Apple TV, and developers distribute software through the App Store. Apple earns money from hardware sales, subscriptions and digital transactions, selling directly to customers and through retailers and mobile carriers around the world. It was founded in 1976 and has its headquarters in Cupertino, California.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Cupertino, California
Founded
1976
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Business demand is growing: Apple reported $109.4 billion revenue in the June 2026 quarter, up 16% year over year.
- Eligible US employees get learning support: Apple reimburses career-related tuition and runs Apple University classes.
- Services earn richer margins: Apple reported 75.6% services gross margin in the June 2026 quarter, versus 40.1% for products.
What critics are saying
- Assembly depends on Asian partners: Apple outsources substantially all final hardware assembly, reducing direct control over production.
- iPhone concentrates demand risk: the product generated 49.6% of Apple revenue in the June 2026 quarter.
- Student support shifts take evenings: Apple College Advisors typically work three evening shifts and one weekend shift weekly.
What makes Apple unique
- Its chips link hardware and software: Apple designs M-series processors and developer frameworks tuned to their unified memory.
- Stores double as service hubs: Apple combines device sales, Genius Bar technical help and in-person learning sessions.
- It owns a spatial operating system: Apple Vision Pro runs visionOS, controlled through eyes, hands and voice.
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Relocation Assistance
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