Manager, Engineering Program Manager, Architecture, Apple Services Engineering

The Apple Services Engineering team is one of the most exciting examples of Apples long-held passion for combining art and technology. These are the people who power media services like App Store Apple TV Apple Music Apple Podcasts as well as iCloud and other services. Our Program Managers partner with engineers who build secure end-to-end solutions. Thanks to Apples unique integration of hardware software and services engineers and Program Managers partner to get behind a single unified vision. That vision always includes a deep commitment to strengthening Apples privacy policy one of Apples core values. Although services are a bigger part of Apples business than ever before these teams remain small flexible and cross-functional offering greater exposure to the array of opportunities here.

Apple Services Engineering is searching for an experienced manager to lead a team of program managers driving programs in the Apple Services Engineering architecture space. You will play a central role in driving the strategy and execution of programs that shape how Apple operates at scale. This is a hands-on leadership position where youll own scope timelines and cross-functional execution while building the next generation of program management leaders at Apple.

Team Leadership: nHire develop and coach high-performing engineering program managers nBuild a culture of excellence where team members grow and do their best work nFoster mentorship that develops both early-career and experienced professionals nnProgram Execution: nOwn end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent programs across complex software stacks nManage scope requirements timelines and prioritization with competing stakeholder demands nEstablish checkpoints track progress and communicate status with transparency and clarity nnCross-Functional Leadership:nDrive collaboration across engineering design operations and other disciplines to develop roadmaps nInfluence without direct authoritybuilding consensus and trust across organizational boundaries nIdentify risks proactively develop mitigations and re-plan with agility as conditions change nChampion process improvements that scale how we build products across Apple Services Engineering organization

8 years of program management product management systems engineering or equivalent experiencen2 years managing a team of technical program/project managersnExcellent project management skills to drive schedules dependencies critical path and risksnSolid technical understanding of and experience in large scale distributed software systems cloud architecture development and deployment and bonus points for past development experiencenExperience working with globally distributed teamsnExperience with release planning and SDLC methodologiesnFamiliarity with system reliability engineering (SRE) process and deliverablesnBS/MS in Computer Science Engineering or similar technical field or at least 5 years of comparable experience

Strong relationship management and facilitation skills both within diverse engineering teams and cross functional organizationsnExcellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills including the ability to convey information in a clear concise and credible mannernAbility to partner with product and engineering teams to translate user needs into actionable facilitation skills (requirements sessions design meetings progress and status meetings)nExperience in talent development succession planning and organizational designnExperience building feature and technical roadmapsnStrong problem-solving skills with the ability to balance short-term urgency with long-term organizational strategynAbility to identify gaps in solutions debate approaches and weigh in on tradeoffsnFamiliarity with open-source software development processes