Enterprise/Education System Engineer
Apple· Sales and Business Development
Minato, Tokyo-to, JapanFull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Pre-sales technical consultant and trusted advisor to grow Apple’s Business & Education business in Japan by guiding customers and resellers on technical architecture, enabling sales through technical leadership, presentations, and cross-functional collaboration.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate across Apple, with our customers, reseller channels, and other strategic solution providers to inspire change as a trusted advisor on Apple hardware, software and service solutions
- Deeply understand customers’ and partners’ organizations and technical ambitions, help remove technical barriers and friction points, and enhance customer readiness for Apple’s platform
- Quickly grasp technical concepts, processes, details, and skills, and effectively engage in architectural and technical discussions with a wide variety of audiences
- Work closely with our customers’ and partner’s technical teams to build and implement account plans that empower resellers to grow their Apple business
- Deliver the technical enablement strategy using sales and technical programs, engaging in pre-sales readiness initiatives, conducting joint field activities
- Provide technical leadership to the sales team and gain credibility, deepen relationships, and increase influence with executive leadership in your accounts
- Build and deliver compelling presentations, demonstrations, and seminars to educate and inspire others
- Strategically leverage Apple and third party subject matter expertise to shorten the sales cycle
- Provide pre-sales technical support for new, large business opportunities — sharing status and progressing them through to closure
- Be the voice of our customers and partners to communicate use cases, new standard methodologies, successes, and key takeaways
Qualifications
- Typically requires a minimum of 7 years of related experience
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Background in pre-sales technical, engineering, and/or similar function selling complex technical solutions
- Deep experience in consultative sales, including: qualifying, overcoming objections and obstacles, and closing business
- Hands-on knowledge of multiple operating systems including macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Windows
- Outstanding communication, presentation, and storytelling skills
- Passion for continuous improvement with the curiosity to uncover gaps, resilience to remove barriers to entry, and drive to optimize processes and create solutions
- Excellent collaboration and relationship building skills with the ability to influence cross-functionally, navigate partner organizational structures, and lead complex negotiations
- Fluency in Japanese and English
- 8+ years of related experience
- Background in a customer-facing role in IT overseeing hardware, software, and services is a plus
- Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to bring structure and clarity where none exists
- Ability to build, maintain, and strengthen high-level customer relationships to accelerate business growth
- Forward-thinking approach and tenacity to drive what matters
- High level of integrity, trust, and accountability to do what’s right
- Industry knowledge and understanding of the Business & Education market is highly preferred
Skills
Required:Pre-sales technical consultingTechnical leadershipAccount planningPresentation and storytellingCross-functional collaborationOperating systems proficiency
Benefits
- Apple is committed to inclusion and diversity
- Accommodation for applicants with physical and mental disabilities
- Accessibility in Apple’s workplace and benefits supporting diverse perspectives
Last updated Aug 28, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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