News+ Growth Features Lead
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At Apple, we don’t just build great products — we create a kind of wonder that revolutionizes entire industries. It’s the diversity of our people and their ideas driving the innovation in everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple and help us leave the world better than we found it.
Apple News and News+ bring world-class journalism, magazines, puzzles, food content, audio, and more to millions of readers every day. We're looking for a strategic, business-minded operator to own the feature perspective across Apple News and News+ — connecting product investment to subscriber growth and revenue outcomes.
In this role, you'll serve as the business lead across a portfolio of user-facing features, working closely with Product, Engineering, Finance, Marketing, and partner teams. You'll bring clarity to complex trade-offs, develop well-framed opportunities for prioritization, and ensure every team working on News+ understands how their work contributes to the business.
Minimum Qualifications
- 8–10 years of experience in growth strategy, business operations, or adjacent roles at a consumer technology or media company
- Strong familiarity with subscription business models, including growth levers, engagement metrics, and content-driven retention
- Experience developing business cases, financial models, and performance narratives for executive audiences
- Proven track record of translating qualitative and quantitative signals into clear, actionable recommendations
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong product sense with the ability to identify and gain support for new feature opportunities
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and influence without authority across Product, Engineering, Finance, and partner teams
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; highly organized, action-oriented, and comfortable navigating ambiguity
- Experience in subscription media, publishing, or consumer services preferred
- Comfort working across time zones and collaborating with geographically distributed teams
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously and adapt quickly to shifting priorities
- MBA preferred