Business Development Manager - Apple Wallet, Payment and Commerce (apple)
apple London, England, United Kingdom
2024-10-27
Job posting number: #153838 (Ref:apl-200570874)
Job Description
Summary
The Apple Wallet and Payments Services team is seeking a Business Development Manager to lead strategic partnerships with UK & Ireland Card Issuers. In this role you will be responsible for managing relationships with existing partners as well as helping to drive the adoption of new features and services in collaboration with them. You will work cross functionally with Technical, Product, Operations and Marketing teams, both within Apple and the ecosystem of partners including Issuers, their Processors and the partner ecosystem including Payment Schemes.
You will be considered as a market specialist, able to inform and influence strategic and product decisions by providing detailed insights on the UK and Ireland landscape, covering consumer trends, regulatory changes and product needs. You will also be responsible for representing the needs of our partners and ensuring that Apple has a deep understanding of these.
A successful candidate will be someone who has a passion for payments, digital services and the innovation disrupting the Financial Services sector. You will be a naturally curious person who challenges the standard ways of working and is comfortable being able to balance the needs of various internal teams with a strong sense of empathy for partners. You will be a self-motivated, driven individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment, with a high level of integrity and sense of urgency to “make things happen”.
You will be considered as a market specialist, able to inform and influence strategic and product decisions by providing detailed insights on the UK and Ireland landscape, covering consumer trends, regulatory changes and product needs. You will also be responsible for representing the needs of our partners and ensuring that Apple has a deep understanding of these.
A successful candidate will be someone who has a passion for payments, digital services and the innovation disrupting the Financial Services sector. You will be a naturally curious person who challenges the standard ways of working and is comfortable being able to balance the needs of various internal teams with a strong sense of empathy for partners. You will be a self-motivated, driven individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment, with a high level of integrity and sense of urgency to “make things happen”.
Description
- Establish, develop and grow strong business relationships with Apple Pay Card Issuers
- Lead all aspects of partner relationships ranging from day to day management through to the introduction of new projects
- For new projects this includes early engagement, business case development, project management involving multiple parties, contractual negotiations and execution
- Provide high quality communications to business leaders both within Apple and partners
- Drive the implementation of solutions, ensuring all product requirements are completed to the highest standards
- Find opportunities and put in place processes to scale existing and new services through partners
- Monitor performance of services to ensure customers and partners have the best possible experiences and find opportunities for improvements
- Work with Apple Product and Engineering teams to influence product roadmap by leveraging knowledge gained from the market, partners and customers
- Lead all aspects of partner relationships ranging from day to day management through to the introduction of new projects
- For new projects this includes early engagement, business case development, project management involving multiple parties, contractual negotiations and execution
- Provide high quality communications to business leaders both within Apple and partners
- Drive the implementation of solutions, ensuring all product requirements are completed to the highest standards
- Find opportunities and put in place processes to scale existing and new services through partners
- Monitor performance of services to ensure customers and partners have the best possible experiences and find opportunities for improvements
- Work with Apple Product and Engineering teams to influence product roadmap by leveraging knowledge gained from the market, partners and customers
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Minimum Qualifications
- Experience of forming and developing sophisticated partner relationships, structuring and negotiating business and technical terms to close deals
- Proven track record in assessing business and partner needs, prioritising accordingly - identifying and delivering new business, product and market opportunities with clients
- Deep background and understanding of financial services and payments
- Passion for creating exceptional customer experiences
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge and experience of the mobile contactless payment and wallet services landscape
- Strong analytical skills
- Degree education in a relevant field desirable but candidates from all education backgrounds are encouraged to apply
- Additional European languages highly desirable
