Worldwide Marketing Lead for Strategic Accounts, Apple Ads

At Apple, we focus deeply on our customers' experience. Apple Ads brings this same approach to advertising, helping people find exactly what they're looking for and helping advertisers grow their businesses.

Our technology powers ads and sponsorships across Apple Services, including the App Store, Apple News, and MLS Season Pass. Everything we do is designed for trust, connection, and impact: We respect user privacy, integrate advertising thoughtfully into the experience, and deliver value for advertisers of all sizes-from small app developers to big, global brands. Because when advertising is done right, it benefits everyone.

Description

Do you have extensive experience partnering with sales leaders across regions, guiding strategic joint planning, and cultivating high-performing geographically distributed content marketing teams known for driving business outcomes?

We're looking for a senior-level marketing leader with proven success building scalable programs tailored for local impact.

As part of the Worldwide Commercial Marketing leadership team and a trusted expert on Apple's advertising solutions, the Strategic Accounts Marketing Lead will bring focus, segment strategy, and executional excellence to deliver impactful marketing programs and content that engage and inspire large advertisers to take action. This person will set the tone for Strategic Accounts segment marketing globally - aligning team goals and objectives with business priorities, while providing motivation, leadership, and expert guidance to empower marketers across AMR, EMEA, APAC, and GCR to do their best work. To succeed, this person will need to thrive in dynamic environments and build productive relationships across extended go-to-market and sales teams. They will play a pivotal role in championing local strategies, driving momentum around global programs, and bring innovative thinking to engage customers and fuel cross-regional demand.","responsibilities":"Effective stakeholder and people management support across time zones

Understanding market nuances and prioritizing unique and shared business opportunities across regions

Helping to shape and refine locally informed Strategic Accounts marketing plans for each region

Consulting on the tuning of global deliverables for regional priority audiences and opportunities

Representing segment marketing plans in working groups, commercial councils, and leadership forums

Providing clear and actionable feedback and guidance on project briefs, plans, and final deliverables

Ensuring quality and timely delivery of priority sales enablement materials and tailored messaging (e.g. presentations, email templates, customer leave-behinds, joint business plans, etc.)

Collaborating on strategy and activation plans for cross-segment initiatives, including events

Highlighting localization needs and facilitating validation

Evaluating and reporting on marketing impact

Communicating clearly to geographically distributed internal teams, and more.

Strong partnership mindset and business instincts, a motivating leadership style, and a focus on continuous improvement will be necessary for success in this role. Travel will be required.

If this sounds like you and you want to be part of a marketing team focused on growing Apple's advertising business, we'd like to hear from you!

Preferred Qualifications

Self-starter who consistently delivers excellent work - balancing strategic oversight with individual contribution

Skilled at contextualizing insights into compelling narratives

Familiarity with various marketing channels, strategies, and tactics

Manages multiple projects, priorities, and overlapping deadlines effectively and with ease

Possess unquestionable personal code of ethics and integrity

Minimum Qualifications

15+ years of experience working with senior sales executives and teams to develop and activate revenue-driving marketing initiatives

Proven success managing teams of B2B marketers to deliver high-quality output

Strong grasp of market dynamics, as well as cultural and business nuances across AMR, EMEA, APAC, and GCR

Deep understanding of the adtech landscape, performance marketing, and standard business metrics

Extraordinary written and verbal communication

Adept at navigating through ambiguity to move marketing initiatives forward - from business insight to strategy to deliverable to measurement and optimization

Skilled at discussing and debating ideas in a collaborative way, leading through influence and driving focus, and maintaining positive cross-functional relationships as challenges arise

Strong attention to detail

Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as needed

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