Strategic Foresight and Trend Intelligence

Cupertino, California, United States Corporate Functions

Imagine what you could do here! The people here at Apple don’t just create products — they build the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. At Apple, inclusion is a shared responsibility, and we work together to foster a culture where everyone belongs and is inspired to do their best work.

Here on the Apple Store Online team, we are responsible for Apple’s largest store. Our main goal is to deliver a magical, personal digital experience where customers can shop, buy and learn everything Apple, wherever they are. Each customer should feel like they are our only customer and our job is to set the bar for the experience they receive. To run such an extraordinary store, it takes extraordinary people, and we are looking for someone to help us do extraordinary things.

Help shape how Apple thinks about the future. As the Program Manager, Strategic Foresight and Trend Intelligence, for Apple Store Online, you will translate emerging signals across technology, consumer behavior, and commerce into strategies that influence the most consequential decisions in Apple's largest store. You won't just observe change; you will help Apple anticipate it. If you thrive in ambiguity and have a gift for making the future feel actionable, this role was built for you.

In this role, you will lead strategic foresight and trend intelligence across e-commerce, digital commerce, and customer care, translating early signals into long-range strategies that shape executive decision-making. You will synthesize internal and external data to surface actionable insights from structured and varied customer scenarios, and interpret contact data to identify emerging trends, needs, and opportunities across Apple customer care. Working cross-functionally with Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers, and Product Managers, you will translate those insights into scalable solutions that empower specialists to focus on high-value, human-centered interactions.

This role demands fluidity, moving seamlessly between deep data analysis, stakeholder communication, and solution design as priorities evolve.

• Lead strategic foresight and trend intelligence across e-commerce, digital commerce, and customer care, translating early signals into long-range business strategies that influence executive decision-making.
• Synthesize internal and external data across structured and varied customer scenarios to uncover actionable insights.
• Interpret customer contact data to identify trends, needs, and opportunities within Apple customer care.
• Partner cross-functionally with Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers, and Product Managers to translate insights into solutions.
• Contribute to the design of scalable solutions that enable specialists to focus on high-value, human-centered customer interactions.
• Shift fluidly across data analysis, stakeholder communication, and solution design, adapting as priorities evolve.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in strategic planning, market intelligence, digital commerce, customer experience, or a related field.
• Background in detecting signals and emerging patterns across technology, consumer behavior, and market shifts to distinguish fleeting noise from durable strategic forces before they reach mainstream adoption.
• Engagement with the evolving e-commerce landscape, including next generation shopping experiences, payment ecosystems,…