Apple

US Consumer Business Development Manager

Apple$150K — $180K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in business planning, strategy, and management consulting or corporate development
  • Demonstrated experience in leadership, coaching, and developing high-performing teams
  • Experience in creating sustainable growth strategies for partnerships or channel sales
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to derive insights from data
  • Proven ability to present effectively to senior leadership and influence business decisions
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Creative thinker with a knack for translating strategy into actionable plans

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team focused on business development and strategic initiatives
  • Set strategic direction for growth with key US Consumer Channel partners
  • Transform market insights into actionable business strategies
  • Balance long-term planning with immediate execution for business results
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to guide project execution and partner engagements
  • Navigate complex negotiations with a focus on relationship management
  • Foster a high-performance team environment, promoting talent retention and development

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional growth and development
  • Collaborative and inclusive team culture
  • Access to a wide network of top-tier retail partners
  • Impactful role driving strategies in the US Consumer Channel market
  • Support for innovative problem-solving and creativity in strategy application
Full Job Description
As the US Consumer Business Development Manager, you will lead a team of business development and strategy professionals responsible for shaping the strategic agenda and executing new initiatives across our top US retailer partners, in close partnership with our account and cross-functional teams.

Description

This role sits at the intersection of strategy, sales, and partnership management. You'll set the direction for how Apple grows with its most important Consumer Channel partners, guiding a team that turns market insight into action, while balancing long-term vision with the near-term execution needed to deliver results.

Minimum Qualifications

10+ years of experience in business planning, strategy, and strategic management; experience in management consulting, business development, or corporate development preferred

Demonstrated people leadership experience, including managing, coaching, and developing high-performing teams (formal management experience preferred; experience leading teams or work streams considered)

Experience creating sustainable growth strategies for customers and partners and/or experience in a channel sales organization

Strong analytical skills, problem-solving ability, and business modeling skills, with the ability to transform data into actionable insights, business plans, and a long-term vision

Proven presentation skills and experience presenting to senior leaders to guide business decisions

Outstanding verbal and written communication skills

Creativity to develop robust analytic approaches and translate strategy into practical and measurable actions

Preferred Qualifications

Excellent collaboration and relationship-building skills, including the ability to influence cross-functionally, navigate partner organizational structures, and lead complex negotiations

Track record of building, developing, and retaining talent, and of creating an inclusive, high-trust team environment

Ability to operate with ambiguity, set direction for a team, and balance long-term strategic thinking with near-term execution

Passion for impacting the US Consumer Channel market, partners, and end customers

A love for solving problems, the ability to anticipate challenges, and a willingness to provide recommendations that challenge the status quo

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

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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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