Portfolio Manager

Imagine what you could do here! The people here at Apple dont just create products they build the kind of wonder thats revolutionized entire industries. Its the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. At Apple inclusion is a shared responsibility and we work together to foster a culture where everyone belongs and is inspired to do their best Retail is seeking a Portfolio Manager to own and drive a portion of our capital project portfolio. This role sits at the intersection of strategy analysis and execution requiring someone who can deeply understand individual projects while simultaneously stepping back to assess portfolio-level health risk and opportunity. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker who thrives in ambiguity builds strong cross-functional relationships and knows how to keep complex work moving forward.

The Portfolio Manager will be responsible for the ongoing management and oversight of a defined segment of Apple Retails project portfolio. Youll be the person Product Business Engineering and Design leaders turn to when a new project needs a home a timeline shifts or capacity gets tight someone who can cut through ambiguity ask the hard questions that get to the root of a problem and mediate across teams with genuinely different (and often equally valid) needs all without needing formal authority to do it. Youll pair that influence with rigor: keeping portfolio data accurate across core planning systems spotting the trends that matter and delivering the insights and reporting that shape what leadership decides next. Its a role for someone who leads with relationships first letting the data back them in this role requires genuine curiosity about how and why projects are progressing or stalling and an eagerness for driving process improvements that help us run our projects efficiently. This person will need to adapt to shifting priorities and negotiate competing needs across stakeholders.

Develop a deep working understanding of the project portfolio including scope budget schedule risks and dependenciesnBuild trusted relationships with cross-functional teams as a go-to portfolio advisornGuide teams through evolving planning processes and tools keeping systems and stakeholders aligned as the ecosystem evolvesnWork through ambiguity and help problem-solve complex cases of new project intake and material project scope u0026 timing change requestsnDrive negotiations across Retail u0026 partner teams to mediate challenges around capacity sequencing and prioritizationnMaintain accurate synchronized project data across core planning systems; run audits to catch and resolve data issues before they affect decision-makingnAnalyze portfolio trends and translate findings into actionable insights for leadership; produce and deliver trustworthy leadership-level portfolio insightsnContribute to continuous improvement of our planning and portfolio management processesnSupport ad hoc strategic initiatives and analysis

4 years of experience in project management portfolio management program management or a related analytical/operational rolenExperience building cross-functional relationships and influencing project outcomes without formal authoritynExperience navigating ambiguous high-stakes situations involving competing priorities scope changes and shifting timelinesnExperience synthesizing data into clear actionable insightsnExperience communicating insights trends and forecasts to senior leadershipnProficiency with productivity and reporting tools (e.g. Excel/Numbers Keynote project tracking systems)

Certification such as PMP or Six SigmanBackground in retail or e-commercenBackground in capital planning budgeting and financial analysis practicesnComfortable adapting to shifting priorities and negotiating competing needs across stakeholdersnSkilled at mediating across teams with different and often equally valid perspectives