Engineering Program Manager, App Store, Apple Services Engineering (ASE)

When this team introduced the App Store, it launched a cultural and economic phenomenon that changed the way people live, work, and play. These engineers and dedicated Program Managers continue to innovate the platform, now home to over 1.5 million apps - each created using the team's own software development kit and related services. All those apps mean the store takes billions of requests from more than 500 million visitors every week, across iOS, macOS, tvOS, iPadOS, and watchOS. To deliver such a rich experience at this scale, Program Managers partner with the engineers to build high-performance systems backed up by robust testing. In a world where apps have become essential in people's daily lives, the App Store team has become essential to Apple's business.

Description

We are seeking an innovative Program Manager, to join our App Store Internal Tools team. We work on internal tools to enable producers, editors, app reviewers, business analysts, and support teams to deliver the best App Store experience for our customers worldwide. You'll work with systems that impact hundreds of millions of users, while still retaining close contact with our day-to-day tool users. This position is responsible for facilitating the development of new workflows and ongoing improvements to the production tools within the App Store. You will lead all aspects of multiple concurrent projects and features including scope, requirements, timelines, resource allocation tracking, stakeholder management, communications, and risk assessments. You will define business, functional, and reporting requirements, often writing them yourself. Your role will be critical to improving how App Store features are reviewed, built, and executed.","responsibilities":"Influence and lead the delivery of business-critical features built and executed on the App Store, working under tight timelines and activities with few details and specific directions.

Drive and oversee all aspects of multiple concurrent projects & features, including scope, requirements, timelines, resource allocation, and reporting.

Define business and functional requirements for features and the tooling to support these projects.

This role requires not only project management, but also basic data modeling, state machine design, workflow definition, and an understanding of the technical and human interaction aspects of tooling.

Own overall cross-functional schedules, which may impact multiple engineering teams, including client, server, internal tools, reporting, and others.

Collaborate with Ops, Legal, Design, Trust & Safety, Logistics & Support, Marketing, and other organizations inside Apple to deliver features.

Preferred Qualifications

Excellent organization skills, acute attention to detail, ability to balance multiple tasks in a constantly evolving environment.

An extraordinary communicator at all levels of the organization with a knack for encouraging positive relationships.

Demonstrated ability to take ownership and drive multiple tasks to completion with minimal oversight, showing strong self-motivation and accountability.

Strong facilitation skills (requirements gathering, design reviews, cross-functional stakeholder meetings, reporting status, and schedules).

Willingness to adapt to a highly demanding, team-oriented, and fast-paced environment with rapidly changing direction and new challenges.

Experience interacting with or using task management and workflow systems is a major plus.

Minimum Qualifications

5+ years of technical program and/or project management experience involving complex server/client architecture.

A track record of building products by driving collaboration across product, design, engineering, QA, Ops, and other key stakeholders.

Bachelor's degree in Business or Computing Discipline or equivalent industry experience.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant .

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $163,300 and $290,100, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

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