Senior Product Manager, Retail 3D Merchandising

Description

As a Senior Product Manager on our team, you'll lead the vision and roadmap for Apple Retail's groundbreaking 3D digital twin platform—a transformational technology that will reshape how we optimize operations across 500+ stores globally. You’ll invent new platforms for merchandising tooling while coordinating dependencies with related systems and platforms across the Retail Technology portfolio. Acting as a trusted advisor and architect, you'll partner with Merchandising, Design, Store Operations, Engineering, and Retail leadership to balance cutting-edge 3D technology with merchandising science and data-driven insights, delivering solutions that enhance the customer experience and optimize business processes across our global store footprint.

Responsibilities

• Lead the multi-year product roadmap for Apple Retail's 3D digital twin solution, articulating how digital twin capabilities drive merchandising strategy and enable data-driven store operations
• Partner with engineering to establish architectural standards, manage 3D scene asset complexity, and ensure performance optimization across global deployments
• Drive cross-functional alignment on priorities by managing dependencies across Retail, IS&T, Marcom, and Engineering; communicate business impact and drive clarity among ambiguous requirements
• Serve as trusted advisor to Retail leadership on digital twin technology, weighing strategic trade-offs, organizational alignment, and product strategy across the Retail Technology portfolio

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years of software delivery experience, with a minimum of 3 years as a Product Manager in software platforms, demonstrating deep knowledge of the complete development lifecycle and proven ability to scale products globally
• Track record leading complex, cross-functional initiatives with competing priorities; demonstrated ability to navigate organizational complexity and drive alignment across functional areas without direct authority
• Experience shipping consumer-facing or enterprise products at global scale from concept through market adoption, working effectively with engineering teams to build technology that aligns with business and customer experience goals
• Hands-on experience with USD or equivalent framework, including demonstrated expertise in asset composition, layering, and performance optimization; proven ability to influence technical architecture decisions

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep domain expertise spanning merchandising tools, retail operations, and data analytics; ability to identify and operationalize cross-functional solutions at global scale
• Familiarity with Revit, BIM (Building Information Modeling), or architectural design workflows
• Proven expertise in influencing and leading cross-functional teams without direct authority; ability to build credibility with executive sponsors and navigate ambiguity in early-stage strategic work
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently on ambiguous, high-stakes initiatives; comfortable operating with incomplete information and leading teams to clarity through research and stakeholder collaboration