Product Marketing Manager, Mac & iPad (fmd)

As a member of our Product Marketing group youll represent the customer throughout a products journey from concept through development and launch. Youll develop and apply insights to help infuse innovative features into our product-development process. Together with our team youll work to craft groundbreaking ideas into tangible products that excite the world. nnAt Apple we combine product management/development and product marketing responsibilities into a single cross functional Product Management role that collaborates with design engineering finance legal marketing communications public relations market research sales and support for maximum impact across the organization.

The Product Marketing Manager Mac u0026 iPad will own and drive the product centric marketing strategy for their respective product lines of business. A critical function of this role is to be the spokesperson for their products in Product Marketing Manager in Germany is part of a team of product experts who champion products within their respective markets and seek innovative ways to keep our products at the heart of the customer conversation. nnYou will play a critical role in driving Apple iPad and Mac adoption go-to-market success and alignment across functional partners. You will be responsible to deliver successful product launches sustain momentum effectively position our products and drive business growth. nnAs the Geo expert for Germany you will leverage your product and market insights to capture local requirements and communicate them to Worldwide Product Marketing and other stakeholders to inform their decisions. To be successful you should demonstrate a strong passion for Apple products a proven experience in marketing innovative technologies and the analytical skills to distill business and customer insights into actionable recommendations.

Articulate the product opportunity in market and provide product insight and leadership from introduction through end-of-life to both the Marketing and Sales organisationsnExecute product launches with excellence every time nContribute to the annual Marketing plan outlining opportunity and actions that lead growth and category leadershipnBe the liaison between market and worldwide for all local business needs and feature requirements. Influence the product feature roadmap making clear recommendations that improve customer experiencenBecome a visible and vocal member of the Product Marketing teamnBe the guardian of product messaging u0026 positioning across every customer touch point advancing the cause of excellencenPossess expert knowledge of competitive and 3rd party products and strategies. Make pricing and forecasting recommendations to management and cross-functional teamsnBuild a sphere of influence across multiple internal functions / divisions

Experience in product marketing product management or related roles in GermanynFamiliarity across Apple hardware software and services ideally with an interest or experience in the PC industry or consumer electronicsnTechnical fluency with the ability to translate complex technical features into clear relevant consumer benefitsnExcellent presentation skills written and spoken in both English and German. Ability to craft compelling product storiesnStrong analytical skills with the ability to use data and market insights to guide actions and recommendationsnFlexibility to travel (up to 25% of the time)

Curiosity a passion for excellence the ability to ask the right questions and a resilient problem-solving mindset. Flexible and willing to learnnExperience working collaboratively with international teams in a multi-national companynA resilient problem solver who gets things done works effectively under pressure flexible and willing to learn confident but without egonHave deep project management skills a teammate with strong influencing and collaboration skills and cross-functional leadership abilitiesnMS/MA/MBA degree