Engineering Program Manager, CoreOS

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Apple's CoreOS group is committed to building fully integrated operating systems that combine hardware, software, and apps into a polished Apple experience! The EPM organization is looking for an experienced Engineering Program Manager to lead highly cross-functional efforts delivering exceptional user experience across all Apple platforms. This role will require driving key initiatives for various software and hardware focused features and engaging with engineering teams to evangelize best practices and pursue improvements.

This role requires an energetic and motivated individual with strong communication and organization skills, as well as an ability to influence a large cross-functional audience. Our environment cultivates process innovation, rapid product iteration, and a liberating amount of autonomy.

Description

We are looking for someone to drive, own, and ship all aspects of large, multi-functional efforts and feature areas. Partner with engineering teams throughout feature development from architecture, design, implementation, and validation. Proactively identify, prioritize, and drive resolution to program issues. Present and communicate new feature initiatives, top issues, risks, critical achievements to executive leadership. Own the roadmap, priorities, prioritization, timelines, for technologies. Help the team with ongoing improvements to the program management processes. Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Operations, and Marketing team.

Preferred Qualifications

Outstanding communication and presentation skills to engineers, managers, and execs

Identifying risks, developing mitigation strategies, and facilitating resolutions

Sound technical foundation and a highly motivated self-starter

Strong leadership skills and ability to inspire team members

Minimum Qualifications

At least 5 years of program or product management in software development

Knowledge of software engineering standard methodologies and related dependencies