Business Development Manager, Apple Card

Summary

Apple is seeking a Business Development Manager to help us grow Apple Card. As our ideal candidate, you are dynamic and results-driven, and enjoy a fast-paced, results-first environment. You are passionate about improving consumers’ financial health and developing outstanding partnerships to support products that only Apple can build.

Description

This role involves participating in the end-to-end business development, including identification and screening of strategic partners, scenario analyses, and negotiating and closing commercial agreements.
As a successful candidate, you are ambitious and driven, you love process flows, and you are constantly asking “what if?” to innovate and problem solve. You have a high level of integrity, energy, and a sense of urgency, and balance the needs of multiple teams internally and externally alike.

Responsibilities

• Develop, modify, and deliver on partnership vision in tandem with organizational and Apple-wide priorities
• Engage with cross-functional teams through all aspects of partner evaluation and business case development, including consolidation of product requirements, commercial evaluation, internal alignment, negotiation, and contract processes.
• Partner with internal teams across product, engineering, finance, operations, and strategy to assess, influence, and deliver on product roadmap
• Recommend frameworks and commercial models, progress cross-functional workstreams, and evaluate go-to-market scenarios
• Align leadership teams internally and externally on prioritization of new opportunities and Apple and partner considerations

Minimum Qualifications

• 5-7+ years of experience in payments
• 3+ years of experience in consumer lending, credit card, or co-brand financial products
• Proven experience identifying, evaluating, and delivering new products and features
• BA/BS

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep understanding of consumer credit card and co-brand commercial structures
• Strong analytical skills with high interest in evaluating new opportunities
• Expertise building business cases, including strategy development and financial analysis
• Ability to influence without authority, secure alignment internally, and drive decision-making cross-functionally
• Passion for creating exceptional customer experiences
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to develop working relationships inside and outside of Apple
• Collaborative self-starter who works optimally in fast-paced environments and is comfortable managing ambiguity while delivering projects to completion
• MBA