Manager, Apple Pay Partner Operations

Apple Inc.; Cary (NC); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cary, NC is seeking an experienced, hands-on leader for the Wallet, Payments, and Commerce Partner Operations team. You will lead a team to launch Apple Pay and Tap to Pay across the Americas and run operations post-launch.

You will bring deep payments knowledge, grow teams, and leverage AI/automation to scale partner operations, with collaboration across Business Development, Product, Engineering, Legal, and international teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in digital wallets, payments or business operations.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience.
• Deep knowledge of payments, tokenization, provisioning and contactless.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Willing to travel domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team managing launch readiness and partner relationships.
• Own operational launch readiness for new markets, partners and features.
• Build scalable processes, playbooks and documentation for launch readiness.
• Ensure partners meet Apple Pay program requirements and obligations.
• Serve as senior operational point of contact for partners across markets.
• Lead reviews with partners to align priorities and performance goals.
• Track partner metrics and use data to improve feature adoption.
• Analyze customer experience and drive improvements with partners and internal teams.
• Work with Engineering and Product to solve technical problems.
• Turn partner and customer feedback into better workflows and product recommendations.
• Use generative AI and automation to streamline workflows across partners.
• Support cross-functional priorities and ad hoc requests.

Skills

Digital wallets

Payments

Business operations

People leadership

Strategic thinking

Generative AI

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Generative AI tools

Job description

Cary, North Carolina, United States Software and Services

Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their best work. Together we craft products and experiences people once couldn't have imagined, and now can't imagine living without. If you're excited by the idea of making a real impact, and joining a team where we pride ourselves on being one of the most diverse and inclusive companies in the world, a career with Apple might be your dream job!We're looking for an experienced, hands-on leader to join the Wallet, Payments, and Commerce Partner Operations team. You'll lead a team that gets new markets, features, and partners ready to launch Apple Pay and Tap to Pay on iPhone across the Americas, including Latin America, and then runs operations after launch. You'll bring deep knowledge of digital payments and wallets, a record of developing individual contributors, and practical experience using generative AI and automation to scale partner operations.

Description

This role sits where partner management, business operations, and execution meet. You'll own operational relationships with payment networks, card issuers, and payment processors across the Americas, making sure partners operate smoothly at scale and meet high performance standards. You'll work closely with Business Development, Product, Engineering, Legal, and international business operations teams to grow Apple Pay adoption and launch Apple Wallet features that customers can't live without. You'll also bring the operations expertise to strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of individual contributors who manage launch readiness and partner relationships
• Own operational launch readiness for new markets, partners and features, through launch and the operations that follow
• Build scalable processes, playbooks and documentation for launch readiness and partner operations.
• Ensure partners meet Apple Pay program requirements and contractual obligations
• Serve as the senior operational point of contact for partners across your markets
• Lead operational reviews with partners to align on priorities and performance goals
• Track partner metrics, performance and exceptions, and use the data to find ways to increase feature adoption
• Analyze customer experience and support trends, such as card provisioning and payment issues, to find root causes and drive improvements with partners and internal teams
• Work with Engineering and Product to solve technical problems and improve partner integrations
• Turn partner and customer feedback into better workflows and product recommendations that shape the roadmap
• Act as the operations subject matter expert on strategic projects and initiatives, representing operational requirements, risks and scalability from planning through execution
• Use generative AI and automation to streamline operational workflows across a growing partner portfolio
• Support cross-functional priorities and ad hoc internal and partner requests

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in digital wallets, payments or business operations (for example, with networks, issuers, processors, payment service providers or fintechs)
• 3+ years of people leadership experience, with a record of developing and scaling high-performing operations teams
• Deep knowledge of the payments ecosystem, regulations, and industry standards, including tokenization, card provisioning, and contactless acceptance
• Sound judgment and the ability to make decisions under pressure in fast-moving, sensitive situations
• Strategic thinking combined with tactical execution, strong attention to detail, and comfort with ambiguity
• Some domestic and international travel required
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Apple Pay, Tap to Pay on iPhone, or comparable wallet and SoftPOS products, and with Latin American payments markets
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships and influence without direct authority across organizations
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams at once and change direction quickly as business needs shift
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to turn data into actionable insights
• Ability to clearly explain technical issues to technical and business audiences, including senior leaders and large groups
• Hands-on experience with AI and automation, such as LLM-powered agentic workflows or conversational AI, applied to partner onboarding and business operations initiatives
• Professional proficiency in Spanish and/or Portuguese

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