Summary

Posted: Jan 26, 2021

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number:200215271

The Apple Media Products Engineering team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple's long-held passion for...Summary

Summary

Posted: Jan 26, 2021

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number:200215271

The Apple Media Products Engineering team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple's long-held passion for combining art and technology. These are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books. And they do it on a massive scale, meeting Apple's high expectations with high performance to deliver a huge variety of entertainment in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries.

Apple Media Products Program Managers partner with engineers who build secure, end-to-end solutions. Thanks to Apple's 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 Apple's privacy policy, one of Apple's core values. Although services are a bigger part of Apple's business than ever before, these teams remain small, nimble, and cross-functional, offering greater exposure to the array of opportunities here.

Key Qualifications

• 5+ years of program or project management in software, preferably in media ecosystems
• Solid understanding of consumer product or application software development phases
• Superior scheduling capability with overlapping deliverables
• Excellent writing, interpersonal, and presentation skills
• A clear track record of making a difference in the programs you drive
• Self-starting, self-motivated, and self-directed - ability to execute on high-level strategy with minimal guidance
• Strong facilitation skills (driving key partnerships, providing meaningful program trajectory updates, progress and status meetings, etc.)
• Ability to anticipate critical program needs and provide solutions quickly

We are looking for a seasoned Program Manager with a consistent record in project management. You will need to have hands-on experience managing key aspects of software releases. Be ready to make something great when you come here. Dynamic, inspiring people and innovative, industry-defining technologies are the norm at Apple. The people who work here have reinvented and defined entire industries with our products and services. The same passion for innovation also applies to our business practices - strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.
- Drive and ship software projects, end to end
- Oversee management of software programs:
-- Work with a variety of stakeholders: Engineering, PM, QA, Design, Marketing, Product, Legal, Privacy, Support, et al.
-- Organize server, client, and application dependency schedules
-- Drive critical bug review sessions to ensure the health of your projects
-- Provide arbitration over critical decisions impacting timeliness of releases
-- Create effective beta testing strategies for your software
- Define, gather, and own KPIs for the success of your projects
- Take a role in improving how software projects are run and executed on the team

This is a full time position, located at our Cupertino, California headquarters.

Education & Experience

Prefer a BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, similar technical field, or equivalent experience

Additional Requirements