About the Role
Lead engagement strategy for the top 50 global Financial Services companies, building partnerships to expand scale and reach. Serve as a conduit between the industry and Apple's Product, Engineering, and platform teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead engagement strategy for the top 50 global Financial Services companies alongside Account Executives.
- Build partnerships across the industry to expand scale and reach.
- Work with Apple's channel organization to extend wins into repeatable, partner-led motions across the broader market.
- Serve as the two-way conduit between the industry and Apple's Product, Engineering, and platform teams.
Requirements
- 15+ years in enterprise strategy, business development, digital transformation, or sales leadership with significant Financial Services experience.
- Deep understanding of the Financial Services industry including digital banking, branch operations, trading environments, treasury and payments, regulatory compliance, fraud and risk management, and developer platforms.
- Established network within the Financial Services executive community, gained through direct industry experience with large banks and their executives, sufficient to open relationships and shape industry dialogue on Apple's behalf.
- Demonstrated success with go-to-market strategies involving direct enterprise engagement and indirect channel or partner ecosystems.
- Strong understanding of Apple platforms (iPhone, iPad, Mac) in enterprise environments.
- Fluency in enterprise technology trends, with the ability to translate platform capabilities into business value for regulated institutions.
- Experience engaging and influencing C-suite executives (CIO, CISO, COO, CTO, CFO, Treasurer).
- Strong financial acumen including TAM analysis and business case development.
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives without direct reporting authority.
- Bachelor's degree.
- Experience leading digital transformation or enterprise technology modernization within large-scale banking, insurance, wealth management, or capital markets organizations.
- Familiarity with enterprise AI deployment models and implications for data residency and regulatory exposure.
- Familiarity with emerging fintech shifts (digital assets, agentic AI, embedded finance).
- Strong understanding of partner ecosystems including systems integrators, resellers, and ISVs.
- Experience building vertical-specific playbooks or reference architectures.
- Familiarity with Financial Services regulatory frameworks (SEC, FINRA, FFIEC, GDPR, PCI-DSS, GLBA).
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally.
Skills
- Enterprise strategy
- Business development
- Digital transformation
- Sales leadership
- Financial Services industry knowledge
- Go-to-market strategies
- Enterprise technology trends
- C-suite engagement
- Financial acumen
- Cross-functional leadership
- AI deployment models
- Fintech trends
- Partner ecosystems
- Regulatory frameworks
Experience Level
- Senior leader
- 15+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree
About the Company
- At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly.
- Apple’s Worldwide Industries and Partnerships team drives Apple’s strategy for the industries that matter most.
