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About the Role

This high-impact role is critical to Apple’s international expansion and subscriber growth for its services, playing a key role in shaping the future of media and entertainment consumption globally. We are looking for a highly motivated, collaborative, and experienced individual with both mastery of financial modeling, as well as exceptional soft skills. The role requires a prolific and proactive individual who can take ownership of a high volume of cross-functional workstreams and combine research, analysis, and brainstorming with multiple teams globally to produce insights and actionable growth strategies. The candidate should be adept at building relationships, leading meetings with confidence, influencing stakeholders, and driving concrete business outcomes. The candidate should be able to read a room, understand different cultural nuances, and adapt their communication style accordingly. The candidate must also have excellent presentation and communication skills. This role will be highly visible within the organization since senior leadership depends heavily on this team to drive important business decisions globally.

Responsibilities

Driving the growth of business development initiatives in markets outside the US, particularly in ex-APAC markets.
Translating insights into actionable plans that can drive significant business impact.
Shaping plans through data-driven recommendations, performance monitoring, and fiscal planning.
Working on tactical actions that drive near-term business performance.
Developing strategic initiatives that will define the future.
Taking ownership of a high volume of cross-functional workstreams.
Combining research, analysis, and brainstorming with multiple teams globally.
Producing insights and actionable growth strategies.
Building relationships.
Leading meetings with confidence.
Influencing stakeholders.
Driving concrete business outcomes.
Adapting communication style to understand different cultural nuances.

Requirements

Extensive experience preferably from an in-house strategy and business planning role at a leading media or entertainment company, and/or a top-tier management consultancy or investment bank working on telecom, media, and technology projects.
Experience within the media and entertainment industry and/or content subscription businesses.
Skilled at managing and influencing senior stakeholders.
Able to build strong, credible, and collaborative relationships.
Thrive in highly matrixed, cross-functional environments.
Strong analytical skills; ability to conceive, structure, perform, direct, and effectively communicate sophisticated data analysis.
Flexible and adaptable to manage the varying demands of a fast-paced business, with a hands-on attitude and attention to the finest of detail.
High level of enthusiasm, innovation, and dedication with the ability to adapt easily to change and multitask.
A natural presenter who can quickly distill information and synthesizing information into key insights and recommendations.
Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbally, with senior executives, including via formal presentations.
Bachelor’s degree required.

Skills

Financial modeling
Exceptional soft skills
Mastery of financial modeling
Exceptional soft skills
Prolific and proactive
Research
Analysis
Brainstorming
Building relationships
Leading meetings
Influencing stakeholders
Driving business outcomes
Reading a room
Understanding cultural nuances
Adapting communication style
Presentation skills
Communication skills
Data-driven recommendations
Performance monitoring
Fiscal planning
Analytical skills
Sophisticated data analysis
Flexibility
Adaptability
Hands-on attitude
Attention to detail
Enthusiasm
Innovation
Dedication
Ability to adapt to change
Multitasking
Distilling information
Synthesizing information
Written communication
Verbal communication

Location

London

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Extensive experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree
Masters in Business Administration or equivalent preferred

About the Company

Working at Apple means doing more than you ever thought possible and having more impact than you ever imagined.
The people who work at Apple have reinvented and defined entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, AirPods, HomePod and a multitude of groundbreaking Accessories.
We have done the same with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay.
And more recently have launched truly innovative services with Apple News+, Apple Arcade and Apple TV.
We are deeply passionate about apps, music, movies, TV shows, sports and books.
It's a force that drives and inspires every one of us every single day.
The passion for innovation that goes into our products applies to our practices as well, strengthening our dedication to leave the world better than we found it.
The Strategy & Planning team supports global growth efforts of all of Apple’s Services including TV, Music, Sports, and iCloud+, with a focus on developing new business opportunities, uncovering ways to optimize existing partnerships, as well as helping drive key strategic projects.
The team also owns business development fiscal planning across the businesses.