Apple

Product Manager, Music Publishing - Apple TV & Video

Apple$120K — $160K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years experience in product management with a focus on technical and financial requirements
  • Proficient in defining technical product requirements and business requirement documents (BRDs)
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to illustrate concepts using design tools like Sketch and Figma
  • Familiar with using AI tools for data analysis and business process automation
  • Solid grasp of UI/UX principles for enhancing user experience
  • Experience in music rights management and familiarity with streaming services
  • Understanding of accounting principles and experience with payment processing.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Legal, and Finance to drive product development
  • Translate complex operational needs into scalable product systems
  • Lead initiatives focused on business expansion, compliance, and process automation
  • Ensure timely and accurate reporting for royalty payments to stakeholders
  • Communicate design concepts through effective documentation and prototypes
  • Adapt to a fast-paced environment while maintaining attention to detail
  • Implement cost efficiency improvements across operations.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on high-impact projects in the music and entertainment industry
  • Collaboration with diverse teams across an innovative company
  • Access to cutting-edge tools and technologies
  • Chance to influence product direction and contribute to global initiatives
  • Professional development in a fast-paced, learning-oriented environment.
Full Job Description
The Music Publishing Business and Royalty Operations team is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely reporting, accruals, and royalty payments, supporting the songwriters, publishers, screenwriters, directors and many other roles in media who help make film, TV and music possible. These are foundational systems at the core of Apple's royalty payments landscape. The team leads global enterprise initiatives that simplify complex technical details for legal, business, and commercial teams while translating pivotal strategic new product initiatives into clear, actionable requirements for engineering partners.\n\nWe focus on getting the big ideas right, but our love is in the details. We have a keen eye for finding the right path forward despite ambiguity. We love to learn and solve complex problems, and we're always asking why and why not in the pursuit of excellence. \n

We are looking for an experienced Product Manager, someone with a strong blend of technical expertise, business intelligence, and user-centered design thinking. This role requires deep product intuition, sharp analytical thinking, and the ability to translate complex operational needs into scalable, elegant systems. As an Individual Contributor Product Manager supporting Apple TV royalty processes, you will collaborate closely with Engineering, Publishing Operations, Legal, Finance, Commercial Development and other video teams. There will be involvement in multiple high impact initiatives including business expansion, process automation, compliance, and cost efficiency improvements. Success in this role demands critical thinking and working in a fast-paced environment where proactive communication and attention to detail are essential.

5+ years of experience driving technical and financial product requirements and leading implementations across large organizations. Proficient in defining technical product requirements, process flows, and business requirement documents (BRDs). Outstanding ability to clearly communicate concepts and designs through sketches, wireframes, and prototypes leveraging design tools e.g. Sketch, Figma, Claude Code. Proven ability of using different AI tools for data analysis, dashboard creation and automation of business processes. Solid understanding of UI/UX principles to deliver intuitive, efficient user experiences. Ability to interpret and review system architecture and data models.

Experience in music rights management with streaming and transactional video services. Familiarity with agile and waterfall software development methodologies. Competency with parsing JSON, writing SQL, defining and testing RESTful APIs. Ability to handle large data files using UNIX commands, shell scripts. Understanding of GAAP and other accounting principles and/or finance experience with payment processing. Bachelor's or master's degree in business, accounting, finance, or engineering, or equivalent industry experience.

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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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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