Product Marketing Lead, iPhone, Apple Watch & Home

Product Marketing Lead for Apple's iPhone, Apple Watch and Home portfolio in Japan, this role manages product marketing managers and connects the local market with Worldwide Product Marketing and Engineering, informing product and feature decisions and aligning teams with channel partners. Work spans annual marketing plans, product launches and adoption, customer messaging, joint carrier launches, go-to-market execution and commercial negotiations. It also applies business analytics and strategic product management across categories, translating technical features into customer benefits. Applicants need 12+ years in product management and marketing, including significant smartphone or mobile-industry experience; people-management experience; hands-on carrier and channel-partner work; deep knowledge of Japan's smartphone market, including channels, customers, pricing, upgrade cycles, regulation and competitors; and extensive analytics and strategic product management in a global organization. Knowledge of Japan's wearables, health and smart-home sector, technical fluency, and ability to influence senior stakeholders are also required.