Business Planning Project Management Lead

Worldwide Business Planning Project Management Lead

Apple

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Apple is looking for a dynamic, highly-motivated Worldwide (WW) Business Planning Project Management Lead to join the WW Business Planning team. Our organization develops and implements the globally scalable programs that drive the success of Apple’s Sales organization. You will serve as the primary project manager of our creative studio operations, driving the execution and tactical management of our global pipeline.

This includes executing workflows, managing a strategic intake process, and tracking daily project health needed to support a global pipeline. If you are a practical problem-solver with experience managing technical operations in a programs-driven environment, this is a great opportunity for you. Success in the role requires balancing technical tool ownership with strategic stakeholder management. You will work across global teams to ensure our studio workflows remain uninterrupted while delivering on business goals.

The successful candidate may not have a creative background, but must have a proven track record of building systems and processes that support the success of a large‑scale organization.

• Manage daily project intake, resource allocation, and daily task assignments within Airtable to ensure projects stay on track.
• Track project health and velocity, proactively identifying workflow bottlenecks and maintaining legacy tracking systems as needed.
• Define implications of incoming demand and recommend strategic action plans to balance the creative pipeline against global priorities.
• Handle cross‑functional communication workflows, manual stakeholder status updates, and ad‑hoc metrics gathering.
• Partner with creative and business leadership to define long‑term and quarterly project priorities and roadmap commitments.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional organizations to streamline the intake process and ensure all creative initiatives meet mandatory ROI and strategic criteria.
• Facilitate weekly pipeline review meetings and apply effort estimation frameworks to newly routed Center of Excellence requests.

• 8+ years of experience in project management within a global organization.
• Proven experience managing daily task assignments, tracking granular project health, and facilitating day‑to‑day tactical execution within a high‑volume pipeline.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, critical thinking, and analysis.
• Excellent planning, organization, execution, and follow‑up skills.
• Skilled in using digital content management platforms.
• Skilled in managing project expectations, upper‑level management reporting and escalation management.
• Able to work quickly and effectively with limited supervision within a fast‑paced environment, tight deadlines, changing priorities, and multiple business partners.
• Passion for effective processes and methodologies that will improve the productivity of the organization.
• Track record of partnering with stakeholders and understanding of creative needs.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

• Experience working with creative teams.
• Experience using Airtable.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced environment, adapt quickly, and solve problems creatively.
• Proven ability to balance multiple high‑stakes projects simultaneously and prioritize when stakeholders have conflicting needs.

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $137,900 and $207,300, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

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