Partnerships Specialist EMEA (Apple Ads)
Summary
At Apple, we believe in the power of technology to enrich people's lives. Everything we build is designed to empower people, including our advertising platform. We deliver ads in a way that benefits both customers and advertisers — helping people discover content, supporting creators, and protecting and respecting everyone’s privacy. Our technology makes advertising possible on the App Store, Apple News, Stocks, and Apple TV. We help developers and marketers of all sizes drive app discovery across the App Store. Our display ads on Apple News and Stocks let advertisers promote their products alongside trusted content in a brand-safe environment, while supporting publishers and journalists. Sponsorship integrations and experiences in live sports on Apple TV help advertisers connect with captivated audiences. Everything we do is with the unwavering dedication to privacy you expect from Apple. Because when advertising is done right, it benefits everyone!
Description
We’re looking for a Partnerships Specialist to take ownership of our existing strategic partnerships and drive their ongoing growth and success. As an individual contributor, you’ll focus on developing, scaling, and optimizing partnerships to deliver the best possible value for both our business and our partners across the EMEA market.
You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for innovation, improve performance, and ensure our partnerships are fully aligned with business priorities. This role is highly collaborative and requires strong relationship management, strategic thinking, and the ability to translate partnership potential into measurable impact.
Responsibilities
- Manage and grow existing partnerships, identifying new ways to scale and create value.
- Guide partners to evolve and innovate in line with business goals.
- Collaborate across teams to showcase partner capabilities and integrate them effectively into business strategies.
- Track and report on partnership performance, driving accountability and measurable results
- Manage the day-to-day interactions with the partner, specifically in the EMEA region
- Help the business development teams with onboarding of new partners into the Apple Partner Program
- Understand the technical and operational requirements of our partners and work closely with the internal teams to support execution and troubleshooting
- Collect partner and overall market feedback to guide Apple Ads strategy across domains
- Prepare and give business reviews to the senior management team regarding progress, successful initiatives and roadblocks
- Initiate and lead exploratory communications to drive new business opportunities and product growth initiatives with these partners, working with product, partner management, legal, integrations, and other cross-functional stakeholders as required
- Develop an understanding of products to inform and influence partner roadmaps in collaborations of our technical teams and help with identifying mutually beneficial opportunities that can help with product development
- Analyze data and provide data-driven insights to improve our partnership opportunity
- Manage partnerships to deliver results, and build long-term partner relationships
- Work with finance and analytics team to reconcile incentives
- Represent the Channel Partnerships team in external and internal meetings , some travel in the region maybe required
Minimum Qualifications
- Must have Advertising partner manager/ account management experience
- Prior experience in partnerships orgs will be a plus
- Strong relationship building and diplomatic communication skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Must be detail oriented and have exceptional organisational skills
- Proactive self-starter with a professional, positive demeanour
- Must have strong analytical and problem solving skills, and a solutions-oriented focus
- Ability to work independently and with a team in a fast paced, rapidly-changing environment
- High level of technology experience, with an understanding of the latest advertising technology
Preferred Qualifications
- Ideally, the preferred candidate will have key industry experience across any or all of the following; advertising sales, digital media planning, account management, business development, publisher services and/or ad network services
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