Apple

WW RFO NPI Readiness Program Manager

Apple$120K — $150K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
  • 5+ years of program management, operations, or supply chain experience
  • Proven ability to lead complex global programs without direct authority
  • Strong relationship-building and influencing skills at all organizational levels
  • Excellent problem-solving skills with a focus on actionable plans
  • High attention to detail and commitment to excellence
  • Sound judgment and discretion in handling confidential information

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end launch readiness for new product introductions
  • Shape launch fulfillment and conversion strategies through data analysis
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to define launch strategies and execution plans
  • Build and maintain communication infrastructure for global partner alignment
  • Establish and improve processes supporting fulfillment readiness from order to delivery
  • Drive post-operations analysis to identify improvement opportunities
  • Identify and implement tools that enhance team capabilities and processes

Benefits

  • Opportunity to influence product launch strategies at a global scale
  • Engagement with cross-functional teams across various departments
  • Access to confidential decision-making processes
  • Focus on continuous improvement and process optimization
  • Dynamic work environment with high-stakes project management
Full Job Description
The WW Retail Fulfillment Operations (RFO) team operates at the critical intersection of Retail and Operations, ensuring every Apple customer and channel can get what they need, when they need it, anywhere in the world. The NPI Readiness team within WWRFO owns the launch readiness strategies and execution plans that ensure new products launch flawlessly across Retail and Online channels globally. They drive cross-functional readiness and alignment, and ensure every system and process is ready to support an exceptional customer experience from day one.

The NPI Readiness Program Manager is a critical DRI in making that happen. You will shape strategies that influence how Apple brings new products to market, own fulfillment readiness across launch programs, and serve as a trusted cross-functional partner from the early stages of planning through post ops review. This is a role for someone who thrives in complexity, operates with a genuine commitment to excellence, and takes real pride in delivering when the stakes are highest.

Description

- Own end-to-end launch readiness for new product introductions across Retail and Online channels, coordinating WW and regional teams to ensure every operational dependency is identified, tracked, and resolved ahead of launch.

- Shape launch quote, fulfillment, and conversion strategies, influencing launch decisions through data analysis, collaboration, and a customer-focused approach. Provide timely updates and escalate critical risks to cross-functional and executive teams.

- Partner with SDM, BPR, Retail, Online, Logistics, Ops Readiness and RCC to define launch strategies, build execution plans, and ensure cross-functional teams are prepared and aligned ahead of every launch.

- Build and maintain the communications infrastructure that keeps partners globally aligned on launch status, changing plans, and critical decisions.

- Establish and continuously improve the management systems and processes that support fulfillment readiness execution and accuracy from order placement through delivery.

- Drive post ops analysis for each launch to identify root causes and opportunities for continuous process and system improvement. Implement new processes effectively through change management and cross-functional collaboration.

- Identify opportunities to develop and implement tools and automation that improve the team's capabilities and scale business processes over time.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors degree and 5+ years of experience in program management, operations, or supply chain, with demonstrated success leading complex global programs in New Product Introductions, Order Management, or Logistics.

Proven ability to drive complex, cross-functional programs in a global matrixed organization without direct authority, with a track record of building relationships, influencing stakeholders at all levels, and presenting effectively to executive teams.

Ability to structure ambiguous problems into actionable plans, track critical milestones across concurrent work streams, and maintain clarity and momentum under dynamic timelines.

Strong attention to detail and a commitment to excellence. In an environment where launch precision directly impacts the customer experience, getting it right matters deeply.

High levels of discretion and sound judgment. This role operates with access to confidential information and requires a consistent track record of integrity.

Preferred Qualifications

Ability to manage multiple concurrent launch programs across different timelines and geographies, maintaining clarity on priorities and keeping partners aligned through rapidly changing conditions.

Highly effective under pressure, remaining calm, organized, and decisive during high-stakes launch windows with tight timelines and limited information.

Forward-thinking with the ability to make sound decisions with incomplete or fragmented information, comfortable moving fluidly between the macro strategic view and the micro operational detail.

Experience with system and tool launches, process design and implementation, or fulfillment systems setup.

A genuine passion for the customer experience, with the drive to ensure every decision made in the launch process connects back to delivering the best possible outcome for Apple's customers.

Experience spanning both worldwide strategy and regional execution, with the ability to operate fluidly between the two.

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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