Summary

Posted: Feb 10, 2021

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number:200217494

Be inspired every day. We're perfectionists. Idealists. Inventors. Forever tinkering with products and processe...Summary

Summary

Posted: Feb 10, 2021

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number:200217494

Be inspired every day. We're perfectionists. Idealists. Inventors. Forever tinkering with products and processes, always on the lookout for a better way. A job at Apple is one that requires a lot of you, but it's also one that rewards forward-thinking and hard work. None of us here at Apple would have it any other way.

In AppleCare BPR (Business Process Re-engineering) we view inclusion and diversity as critical for innovation. That's because our Project Managers lead the most ambitious cross-functional projects in AppleCare, the ones that involve multiple systems and drive complex changes across the AppleCare organization (and beyond). We convert ambiguity and uncertainty into order, and we know how to execute big projects successfully!

As a BPR Project Manager you will plan, mobilize, and execute medium to large projects, ensuring changes are well tested and organizations are ready for process changes. You will be the prime mover of your projects: scoping, resource planning, communications and project governance, risk management, organizational change, and readiness. You'll connect the dots, build trust and understanding between groups, and orchestrate the multitude of activities needed to make your projects successful! The ideal candidate should have experience managing medium-to-large, global projects that interweave multiple functional teams and/or multiple systems.

Key Qualifications

• Experience planning, managing, and successfully delivering medium (6-8 month) to large (8-12+ month) systems projects.
• Understands systems implementation and development life cycles.
• Experience with global projects, incorporating regional and country-specific details.
• Steady leader who maintains the project team's awareness of big picture objectives, while also helping them navigate the details.
• Clear, well-curated written and verbal communication across diverse project teams, including polished executive presentations.
• Quick learner, able to mobilize quickly and transition into in-flight projects without impacting the business.
• Curious, eager to learn and understand the business processes and systems that are relevant to a project.
• Creative, able to brainstorm solutions and contribute new strategies and options.
• Organized, knows how to document project activity and structure information in easily findable ways.
• Analytical, able to investigate business or systems problems to expose root causes and identify solution options.
• Able to diagram business process flows and elicit business requirements, user stories, and use cases.
• Able to manage multiple projects or project tracks simultaneously.
• Able to develop options and broker decisions across diverse teams.
• Able to cut through uncertainty and navigate ambiguity to clarify objectives and execution plans.
• Able to assess and mitigate project risks and respond to emerging issues.
• Unafraid to forge a new path or work towards an objective that's never been done before.
• Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese language skills (both verbal and written) a plus

Organize, plan, and manage projects using AppleCare BPR's standard methodologies for consistently high-quality results. Host core team, leadership, and steering committee meetings, keeping core and management teams well informed about project developments in a dynamic environment. Lead geographically dispersed, cross-functional teams, including collaborations with third party partners. Balance project scope, schedule, and budget constraints with business needs and expectations. Identify and engage all resources needed to mobilize projects. Establish project road maps and schedules, keeping activities on track to major landmarks. Work with core team to prioritize and assign project tasks to team members. Manage project risk throughout the life of the project. Identify, document, and drive resolution of project issues. Identify key decision points/options/recommendations for the project, and broker agreements on direction with steering committee and other affected partners, including third parties. Elicit requirements/user stories/use cases from business specialists. Run workshops for business-owned results, and partner with technical teams to plan effective workshops for technical deliverables. Ensure system changes are fully tested and signed off by users before moving into production. Ensure business teams and partners are prepared for system and process changes, including training plans to transfer knowledge from project team to sustaining teams. Lead project approvals and supporting documentation. Facilitate capital planning for new projects and project scope changes, including business justifications and strategic road maps.

Education & Experience

Bachelor degree required

Project management certification a plus
Advanced degree (MBA, Ph.D.) a plus

Additional Requirements

• Service support, warranty contract, and/or reverse logistics experience preferred.