Job Description

Locations

• Los Angeles Metro Area, California, United States
• San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States

Salary

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience with deep knowledge of the games ecosystem and understanding of game monetization models, game development, and game publishing. (experience, 7 years)
• BA/BS degree in Business, Marketing, or related field, or equivalent experience. (experience)

Preferred Qualifications

• Outstanding relationship management and interpersonal skills, with the ability to cultivate strong internal and external relationships. (experience)
• Excellent presentation skills, demonstrating the ability to synthesize data and information and package those insights into persuasive, impactful reports and presentations. (experience)
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple tasks, prioritize workloads, and adhere to tight deadlines while maintaining exceptional attention to detail. (experience)
• Passion for playing games and an understanding of the mobile games' market. (experience)
• A strong desire to learn and succeed. (experience)

Responsibilities

• As the Games Business Development Manager, you will be working closely with game developers to drive the growth and success of the Apple Games App by identifying, onboarding, and supporting game developers, advocating for their needs within Apple, and contributing to the strategic development of Apple's gaming ecosystem.
• Manage a portfolio of game developers where Apple can have an outsized impact and where Games App integrations materially impact game performances.
• Proactively identify and recruit new game developers to the Apple Games App, focusing on key segments (e.g., low adoption markets, indie developers, specific genres, feature related).
• Build and maintain strong relationships with BD teams and their Strategic Developers, understanding their business goals, technical challenges, and feature requests.
• Provide comprehensive onboarding and ongoing support to developers, ensuring a smooth integration process and addressing their needs.
• Actively promote the Games App's features, developer benefits, and success stories to the broader game developer community through events, conferences, online channels, and targeted outreach.
• Collaborate with internal teams to develop compelling case studies, best practices guides, and marketing materials showcasing the Games App's value proposition.
• Inform the prioritization of the product roadmap based on real-world use cases, developer feedback, and market trends.
• Support editorial teams to devise new curation and discovery programs, tailored towards the growth of diverse business models and content types in the Games App and App Store.
• Contribute to the development of Apple's gaming vision at large, partnering with Engineering, Product Marketing, PR, Marketing, and other relevant teams.

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