Senior Product Operations Manager

Job description

The people here at Apple don't just create products, they create the kind of wonder that's revolutionized entire industries. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. This organization drives outcomes that fuel our ongoing development of products and services, enriching the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world. In this role, you will build the strategy for your team, including coverage plans, breakthrough approaches, and innovative solutions to solve challenges and achieve business targets. You build relationships, develop team capabilities, and ensure flawless execution across the business. You collaborate closely with internal and external partners to create plans and programs that scale the business and drive amazing outcomes for the people we serve. Description Develop business plans aligned to broader organizational strategy across teams and stakeholders. Operationalize business plans with cross-functional programs and technical teams. Mobilize resources for growth and delivery. Follow through to ensure all commitments are met and problems addressed. Build and lead great teams. Assemble the right people, motivate them, enable them with the right tools, and support their collaboration. Preferred Qualifications Experience navigating cross-organizational dependencies at a large, matrixed company, with specific examples of how you identified and managed interdependencies to keep initiatives on track. Experience adapting quickly to shifting or unique stakeholder requirements, with specific examples of building influence and alignment across internal and external groups with competing priorities. Experience mediating disputes or negotiations between stakeholders and driving resolution with minimal escalation, including examples where you made a difficult call under pressure. Experience distilling ambiguous, multi-variable problems into clear recommendations for executive audiences, e.g., through structured frameworks or executive summaries. Experience revisiting or reversing a prior decision based on new data or analysis, even after significant time/resources had been invested, and owning the outcome with stakeholders. Experience buildi…