Apple

AI-Powered Growth Strategist - Build Team

Apple • $150K — $180K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in strategic growth, business development, or corporate strategy.
  • Strong financial fluency with investment theses and return models expertise.
  • Ability to align cross-functional stakeholders on complex plans swiftly.
  • Advanced AI knowledge in building agents and automation.
  • Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of strategic initiatives.
  • High level of autonomy and proactive operational capability.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and capture $5B+ growth opportunities across markets and products.
  • Design comprehensive growth plans covering various strategic elements.
  • Drive global alignment among diverse teams for cohesive execution.
  • Secure financial backing through compelling business case development.
  • Localize global strategies for effective local market execution.
  • Leverage AI for enhanced analytical infrastructure and competitive insights.
  • Deliver actionable growth initiatives to the execution team.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape multi-billion dollar growth strategies.
  • Work in a dynamic environment akin to startup culture.
  • Collaborate with diverse, cross-functional global teams.
  • Autonomous work culture promoting innovation and resourcefulness.
  • Cutting-edge tools and technology to leverage in your role.
Full Job Description
As the AI-Powered Growth Strategist on the Build Team, you are a growth architect responsible for uncovering the next $5B+ in channel opportunities across Worldwide Sales Programs. You will operate at the intersection of strategy, business development, and AI-powered execution, turning whitespace opportunities into fully funded, end-to-end growth initiatives. Thinking like a General Manager and moving like a startup founder, you will leverage AI to amplify your impact, designing comprehensive \"feed to store\" plans that cross-functional teams rally behind and execute. This is not a traditional analytical role; you are a one-person powerhouse who moves from opportunity identification to execution in weeks, ensuring the organization never enters a planning cycle empty-handed.

Description

Identify Growth: Pinpoint where the next $5B+ in channel growth lives across markets, partners, audiences, and product categories, and build the actionable plan to capture it.

Design End-to-End Plans: Architect comprehensive "feed to store" growth plans that include audience strategy, content approach, partner activation, deployment models, funding requests, and measurement frameworks.

Drive Alignment: Lead cross-functional alignment globally. Bring together Product Marketing, Marcom, Finance, Geo teams, and Partner Development to secure buy-in and keep teams moving cohesively.

Secure Funding: Build compelling business cases that earn financial backing. Model the investment, return, phasing, and risk to make funding decisions easy for Finance.

Localize Strategy: Collaborate with geo strategy teams to adapt global growth frameworks for local markets, bridging the gap between global strategy and local execution.

Leverage AI: Build the analytical infrastructure that makes you dangerous. Create custom agents, automate competitive monitoring, model scenarios, and size markets at a speed and depth that typically requires a 10-person team.

Deliver Executable Playbooks: Hand off fully funded, aligned growth initiatives to the Run team, ensuring multiple lines of business are committed to execution.

Minimum Qualifications

Proven track record in strategic growth, business development, or corporate strategy with a strong instinct for identifying whitespace opportunities and deal-making.

Deep financial fluency; ability to build robust investment theses, return models, and measurement frameworks to successfully drive funding conversations.

Exceptional cross-functional credibility with the ability to align diverse stakeholders (e.g., PM, Finance, Marcom, Geo VPs) on complex plans in a single session.

Advanced AI mastery; practical experience building agents, automating data pipelines, and creating repeatable workflows to model scenarios and accelerate output.

Strong end-to-end strategic ownership; capable of driving an initiative from initial opportunity identification through funding approval and execution handoff.

High degree of autonomy and self-direction; ability to operate proactively based on data and market gaps without needing sequential approvals or a large support team.

Preferred Qualifications

Deep understanding of the global retail and channel landscape, particularly within the consumer electronics or technology sectors.

Keen competitive awareness of major industry players (e.g., Samsung, Huawei, Oppo) and how their retail and channel moves impact market dynamics.

Entrepreneurial or startup founder experience, demonstrating extreme resourcefulness, speed, and the ability to build your own tools when none exist.

Experience working within a global matrix organization, successfully translating high-level global frameworks into actionable local market strategies.

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

Apple Careers

Join Apple, a place where extraordinary people gather to do their best work. Our ever-expanding global team is at the forefront of innovation and leadership in the tech industry. At Apple, we're not just building products—we're crafting the kind of wonder that revolutionizes entire industries. It's the diversity of our people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Work You’ll Do Embark on a journey with Apple’s market-leading team to help some of the world’s most influential companies navigate their path to digital mastery with cutting-edge technology and services. Transform industries and touch lives with your unique ideas at Apple. Here, you’ll lead through a unique position at the intersection of technology, creativity, and robust industry expertise. Collaborate with a global team of professionals who are at the top of their game in technology and design. Apple isn’t just a company, it’s a community of innovators and passionate thinkers. Introducing the Apple Innovation and Leadership Initiative We are building a market-leading team to drive our efforts in delivering groundbreaking solutions and services. At Apple, job opportunities are abundant, offering you the chance to explore diverse roles from engineering to marketing, all designed to empower your career growth. Do Innovative Work Join the largest group of creative and technical experts in the world—professionals dedicated to redefining what’s possible through technology and innovation. Deliver targeted solutions through a depth and breadth of expertise that’s unmatched, driving forward our commitment to excellence and leadership in every project we undertake. Be Part of a Great Team Engage in a wide range of projects utilizing Apple’s technology and resources. Harness the unparalleled capabilities, global scale, and joint solution development that only Apple can offer. Future-Proof Your Career Advance your career with limitless opportunities at Apple. Go as far as your ambition takes you with unmatched training, development, and certification support. Explore Discover how Apple is leading the way in tech innovation: [With iOS] Businesses can streamline operations and enhance customer interactions... READ MORE Smart home technology integration that sets the standard for convenience and security... READ MORE The Apple Experience Our combined service capabilities, global scale, and joint solution development help clients overcome challenges and lead transformation in their industries. Clients worldwide look to Apple for new strategies and solutions that drive growth and innovation in the digital era. Stay Connected Join Our Team Search open positions that match your skills and interests. We look for passionate, curious, creative, and solution-driven team players. Whether you’re seeking a professional role, an internship, or a leadership position, Apple offers a variety of employment opportunities. SEARCH APPLE JOBS Keep Up to Date Stay ahead with career tips, insider perspectives, and industry-leading insights you can put to use today—all from the people who work here. READ CAREERS BLOG Job Alert Emails Personalize your subscription to receive job alerts, latest news, and insider tips tailored to your preferences. See what exciting and rewarding opportunities await at Apple, a company committed to diversity, innovation, and leadership. Explore job opportunities, employment benefits, and the culture of growth and innovation at Apple. Prepare your resume, hone your interview skills, and ready yourself for a career at one of the most prestigious companies in the world. Join us in pushing the boundaries of what is possible.
Learn more about Apple
Size
154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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