Product Manager, Music Publishing — Apple TV & Video
Product
Culver City, CA, USA
Posted on Jun 21, 2026
Apple has always been about more than technology. We don’t just build products, we create experiences that change the way we live, work, create, and connect! We believe in the power of simplicity, the beauty of creativity, and that great products are born when technology and art intersect. The Music Publishing Business and Royalty Operations team is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely reporting, accruals, and royalty payments, supporting the songwriters, publishers, screenwriters, directors and many other roles in media who help make film, TV and music possible. These are foundational systems at the core of Apple’s royalty payments landscape. The team leads global enterprise initiatives that simplify complex technical details for legal, business, and commercial teams while translating pivotal strategic new product initiatives into clear, actionable requirements for engineering partners. We focus on getting the big ideas right, but our love is in the details. We have a keen eye for finding the right path forward despite ambiguity. We love to learn and solve complex problems, and we're always asking why and why not in the pursuit of excellence.
We are looking for an experienced Product Manager, someone with a strong blend of technical expertise, business intelligence, and user-centered design thinking. This role requires deep product intuition, sharp analytical thinking, and the ability to translate complex operational needs into scalable, elegant systems. As an Individual Contributor Product Manager supporting Apple TV royalty processes, you will collaborate closely with Engineering, Publishing Operations, Legal, Finance, Commercial Development and other video teams. There will be involvement in multiple high impact initiatives including business expansion, process automation, compliance, and cost efficiency improvements. Success in this role demands critical thinking and working in a fast-paced environment where proactive communication and attention to detail are essential.
- Own the Apple TV Music Publishing product roadmap from ideation through execution—identifying current and future business needs, proposing prioritized solutions, and driving alignment across stakeholders.
- Translate business needs into clear product requirements, including documentation, workflows, process diagrams, and user stories, leveraging both traditional product management skills with AI tools and methods.
- Partner with engineering and cross-functional teams to develop user friendly, scalable solutions that solve key business challenges.
- Leverage LLM’s and other GenAI tools to support building usable prototypes and iterate through requirements, design, testing, and product validation.
- Perform royalty data analysis across video and music publishing using Excel, AI tools and other methods to synthesize complex, multi-variable datasets into clear insights that inform product decisions and business strategy.
- Define solutions that can work either regionally or globally; build consensus to help drive adoption.
- Engage deeply with technical and QA processes—defining test strategies, supporting engineering, and conducting user acceptance testing (UAT) to ensure solutions meet business requirements.
- 5+ years of experience driving technical and financial product requirements and leading implementations across large organizations.
- Proficient in defining technical product requirements, process flows, and business requirement documents (BRDs).
- Outstanding ability to clearly communicate concepts and designs through sketches, wireframes, and prototypes leveraging design tools e.g. Sketch, Figma, Claude Code.
- Proven ability of using different AI tools for data analysis, dashboard creation and automation of business processes.
- Solid understanding of UI/UX principles to deliver intuitive, efficient user experiences.
- Ability to interpret and review system architecture and data models.
- Experience in music rights management with streaming and transactional video services.
- Familiarity with agile and waterfall software development methodologies.
- Competency with parsing JSON, writing SQL, defining and testing RESTful APIs.
- Ability to handle large data files using UNIX commands, shell scripts.
- Understanding of GAAP and other accounting principles and/or finance experience with payment processing.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business, accounting, finance, or engineering, or equivalent industry experience.