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Apple
Sunnyvale, California
Source: Apple careers · View original posting
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Business Operations, Employee Engagement, and Strategy is part of IS&T and shapes the strategy, operations, and culture of IS&T. The team oversees business planning, IS&T's partnership strategy across Apple, and the technology tools that support the organization's day-to-day operations. This team also leads IS&T's enterprise generative AI strategy and manages compliance across systems.
Through its communications and employee programs, it champions the growth, inclusion, and development of everyone in IS&T and drives the standard for IS&T brand and product communications across Apple.
Apple's IS&T Software Asset Management team, within the Office of the CIO, governs a $450M+ software portfolio spanning 1300+ products and 250+ vendors. Our mandate is to enable and create value for Apple's business — ensuring every software investment delivers measurable impact through total cost of ownership (TCO) optimization, strategic lifecycle management, and cross-functional partnership.
We are hiring a Software Portfolio Strategist who thinks like a strategist, moves like an operator, and influences like a consultant — someone who sees a renewal as an inflection point, not a transaction, and who treats data as a language for driving enterprise decisions.
This role is for someone who is restlessly curious about where software spend is headed, why it is growing, and what levers actually exist to shape it.
Description
You will not inherit a playbook — you will write one. This role sits at the intersection of technology strategy, financial planning, and cross-functional influence within the Office of the CIO. You will own a portfolio of enterprise software investments end-to-end: setting lifecycle direction, building the analytical case for action, and driving decisions through rooms where you do not have positional authority but earn credibility through rigor and clarity.
The OCIO exists to enable Apple's business and create value — and this role is a direct expression of that mission. You will quantify and optimize total cost of ownership across your portfolio, ensuring Apple gets maximum strategic and operational value from every software dollar spent. That means going beyond sticker price to evaluate implementation costs, operational overhead, integration complexity, and long-term vendor trajectory.
Our operating model is shifting from manual processing to automation-enabled strategic work. That means less time chasing renewals and more time answering harder questions: Should we build or buy? Where is AI-driven cost growth outpacing value? Which vendors are strategic partners vs. commodity suppliers? What does a 5-year TCO view of this portfolio actually look like?
You will work directly with IS&T leadership, product teams, Finance, and Procurement — not as a support function, but as a decision-shaping partner who connects software investment strategy to business value.
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $178,800 and $268,400, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.
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