Retail & Event PD Senior Manager

Imagine a world where you are helping define our customer's first experiences with Apple products at hundreds of thousands of stores across the world! Apple is seeking an enthusiastic leader to direct and grow the capabilities of the Retail and Events Product Design (REPD) and Channel Store Product Design (CSPD) teams. We are a diverse group of engineers who design integrated hardware solutions for retail spaces and special Apple events like new product announcements, developer conferences, and store openings. These solutions are engineered to showcase the product, enrich the customer experience, minimize environmental impact, and champion the Apple design approach

Your team's scope of ownership will span technology development and concept generation to detailed design, analysis, and testing through mass production of simple to complex electromechanical assemblies as well as small to large furniture elements. We operate under much ambiguity, and you should be skilled in bringing clarity to your team and peers. We value leaders who can provide both deep technical insight along with a commitment to developing the skills and capabilities of the team. We are seeking excellent communicators who are able to fluently debate and strategize with cross functional partners, present to executive leadership, and motivate growth within your team.

Description

You and your team will have a uniquely rewarding opportunity to drive product definition of new generations of retail displays and merchandisers while collaborating with teams from Industrial Design and Visual Merchandising, to Manufacturing and Operations. Through it all, you will be given ownership of designs that will surprise and delight customers in what is often their first interactions with a new Apple product.","responsibilities":"lead a 10-15 person PD team, define a vision for the team's growth and success, and guide team towards goals that support the vision

enable team to develop initial product architectures and new technology concept investigations

define processes and workflows for optimizing high quality outputs in 3D CAD, 2D drawings, and tolerance analyses

conduct design reviews and guide technical teams to reach alignment on design paths and next steps

develop and grow first and second level managers; leverage experience in people management to resolve personal, performance, behavioral, project and career-related situations

define the team's roadmap, clarifying product definition and scope with key partners

identify resourcing gaps and potential solutions, infrastructure and capex needs

identify new areas of technology, growth, and value for Apple

Preferred Qualifications

M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Experience working in a collaborative environment and self-motivation to identify and drive resolution on design issues across multiple projects