Schusser’s new broader role follows the departure of Peter Stern, a VP Services whose fiefdom included Apple’s subscription business across its media products and other units. Stern told Apple colleagues this week he would be departing at the end of the month.
Apple is understood to be dividing Stern’s role among three executives: Oliver Schusser; Robert Kondrk, VP services product and design; and a third executive, which one source speculated would be Adrian Perica, who is VP corporate development.
Schusser, who hails from Germany, was recruited by Eddy Cue, SVP Services, in 2004 when he joined as VP, iTunes International.