Platform Program Manager, AMP Partner Operations
Apple· Software and Services
Cupertino, California, New York City, New YorkFull-timePosted 4w ago
About the role
Apple’s Partner Operations role focusing on platform capability expansion across services partnerships. Lead end-to-end partner onboarding, cross-functional alignment, and operational readiness for platform features, with emphasis on subscription/billing integrations and multi-country configurations.
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end operational lifecycle for new platform features and major partner launches
- Platform Capability & Feature Onboarding
- Drive Partner Adoption of Platform Capabilities: Lead the operational rollout and partner adoption for emerging features to our billing platform
- Partner with product and engineering teams to establish operational readiness for novel subscription bundling models (e.g., streaming and carrier bundles), tier upgrades/downgrades via update-entitlement APIs, and multi-country configurations
- Define Migration & Sunset Flows (CIP to Direct): own the Partner Ops workstream for transitioning subscribers between partner-billed and Apple-direct models, defining end-to-end operational requirements, PVT validation flows, and subscription cancellation/revocation procedures
- Technical Operations: Lead Production Verification & Testing Strategy, Investigate Discrepancies & Resolve Blockers
- Coordinate partner dependencies, including test SIM sourcing, test accounts, and allowlisting
- Triage operational and technical blockers impacting partner launches (e.g., deep-link localization/offer sheet display issues, tax ID formatting on partner invoicing, missing commerce signals, and account unlinking edge cases)
- Operational Infrastructure & Scalability: Oversee intake trackers from the partner ops team and roadmap requests for platform enhancements; prioritize requests with engineering and product teams
- Standardize Governance & Enablement: Partner with regional teams and integrators to deliver consistent integration best practices, partner capability trackers, and onboarding toolkits
- Drive Process Automation: Identify manual intervention points across the onboarding lifecycle and work cross-functionally to transition them into automated, self-serve, and scalable tools
Qualifications
- 8+ years of technical program or operations management experience driving complex, partner-facing integrations, digital customer journeys, and back-end platform capabilities
- Deep familiarity with subscription lifecycle mechanics, recurring billing, and API-driven partner integrations
- Proven track record in end-to-end partner onboarding & operational readiness, from defining intake processes and writing operational requirements to coordinating production verification testing (PVT/UAT)
- Strong cross-functional orchestration skills, with the demonstrated ability to lead workstreams across Engineering, Product, Business Development, Commerce/Billing, Legal/Privacy, and Regional Operations teams globally
- Strong analytical and problem-solving aptitude, with experience troubleshooting back-end event triggers, signaling mechanisms, and data-flow discrepancies across multi-party ecosystems
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of presenting technical concepts clearly to executive leadership, authoring partner-facing integration guides, and managing multi-stakeholder operational reviews
- BA/BS degree required; technical, engineering, or business operations background preferred
- 8+ years of relevant industry experience in technical program management, partner operations, or systems integration
- Experience in telecommunications carrier billing, digital streaming services (OTT/SVOD), or digital commerce platforms is strongly preferred
Skills
Required:Platform onboardingPartner managementOperational readiness
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- retirement benefits
- range of discounted products and free services
- reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
- discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation eligibility
- employee stock programs including discretionary RSUs and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Last updated Sep 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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