Apple

Network Business Development & Partnership Manager - Wallet, Payments, and Commerce

Apple$135K — $160K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7+ years of professional experience in financial technology, specifically in mobile payments
  • Strong analytical and financial modeling skills
  • Demonstrated success in scaling new business programs internationally
  • Direct experience in structuring and negotiating partnerships with global payment networks
  • Exceptional communication skills, capable of influencing without authority
  • Self-starter who effectively manages ambiguity

Responsibilities

  • Identify and evaluate strategic partners to grow partnerships
  • Structure, negotiate, and close complex commercial agreements
  • Lead cross-functional execution across various departments
  • Engage with senior executives to shape partnership vision
  • Build compelling business cases incorporating market and competitive analysis
  • Influence product roadmap based on partner insights
  • Provide executive-level updates on partnership strategy and performance

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with extraordinary team members
  • Opportunities for substantial professional growth and development
  • Exposure to cutting-edge technology and innovation in payments
  • Potential for travel to engage with global payment networks
  • Strong emphasis on team achievement and goal setting
Full Job Description
Apple Pay is seeking a Business Development & Partnership Manager to join the Wallet, Payments & Commerce (WPC) team to grow and strengthen strategic Payment Network partnerships. This role is ideal for a dynamic, results-oriented individual who thrives in high-growth, fast-paced environments and excels at building and scaling impactful partnerships across the global payment ecosystem.

As a Business Development & Partnership Manager you will be responsible for the end-to-end partnership lifecycle from identifying and evaluating strategic partners to structuring, negotiating, and closing complex commercial agreements, leading cross-functional execution, and driving sustained long-term growth.

You will engage senior levels internally and externally, shape partnership vision, influence product strategy, and ensure seamless go-to-market execution. Success in this role requires strong commercial judgement, analytical rigor, and the ability to navigate complexity with professionalism, integrity and an urgency to "make things happen". You are energized by solving challenging problems, mapping process flows, and asking "what if?" to proactively identify and resolve issues before they impact customers. You balance strategic thinking with disciplined execution and bring empathy to every stakeholder relationship.

Description

Engage at senior levels with global payment networks and guide executives internally and externally through partnership vision and tactical execution. Build compelling business cases including market segmentation, competitive analysis, financial modeling, and long-term growth strategy. Partner cross-functionally across Product, Engineering, Marketing, Finance, Operations, and Legal to drive integration, testing, launch, and ongoing optimization. Influence product roadmap through insights gathered from partners and the broader payments landscape. Provide regular executive-level updates on partnership strategy, performance, and growth opportunities. Some travel may be required.

Minimum Qualifications

5-7+ years of professional experience in financial technology at either a payment network, issuer or PSP.

Strong analytical and financial modeling skills; ability to evaluate opportunities from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives.

Demonstrated success scaling new business programs internationally.

B.A. / B.S. required, MBA preferred

Preferred Qualifications

Direct experience structuring and negotiating partnerships with global payment networks, issuers or FinTechs is desirable.

Ability to develop and leverage collaborative relationships to drive broad adoption of Apple Pay services and functionality.

Deep experience negotiating business and technical terms.

Experience building and presenting executive-level business cases.

Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence without authority.

Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and manages ambiguity while delivering projects to completion with minimal guidance.

Deep understanding and passion for payments, emerging technology and web products.

Strong problem solving, conflict resolution, time management, and organizational capabilities.

Energetic and collaborative team player who feeds off of goal setting and achievement.

Proficiency with Apple products and applications preferred.

5-7+ years experience in the mobile payment industry.

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.

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154,000 employees
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Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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