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Apple's AIML Evaluation team is looking for a seasoned, technical leader to lead a team within our Data Science and Insights organization. The organization leads Evaluation for Apple Intelligence, Siri AI and a large portfolio of other billion+ user facing features in SWE.

Successful candidates will have strong experience in traditional human evaluation methodology, in addition to hands-on experience building and deploying LLM-based autograders and rubrics, and using these tools to proactively drive improvements in models and agentic features.

Description

As a Senior Manager on the Data Science and Insights team, you'll lead a team of data scientists focused on a core pillar of evaluation, in close collaboration with teams across the company. Your experience will enable you to thoughtfully balance the various tradeoffs involved in creating successful features that meet Apple's high customer expectations for both quality and privacy.","responsibilities":"Owning the evaluation roadmap for your area, translating the org's broader evaluation strategy into concrete methods and deliverables.

Leading a team of data scientists - recruiting, developing, and retaining strong technical talent across both disciplines.

Driving hands-on execution across human evaluation, and LLM-based autograders and rubrics, and ensuring those methods translate into measurable model and agentic feature improvements.

Partnering with Apple Intelligence, Siri AI, and other SWE product and engineering teams to embed evaluation into product development cycles and turn evaluation results into shipped quality gains.

Representing the team's work to senior leadership across AIML and SWE.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience evaluating large consumer AI products such as conversational assistants, search systems, or agentic features

Experience with logging infrastructure and instrumentation for AI product quality measurement

Track record of growing senior individual contributors and leads from within your team and, where needed, recruiting data science and machine learning talent in competitive hiring markets

Familiarity with evaluation frameworks for agentic systems and tool-use

Minimum Qualifications

6+ years of experience in data science and machine learning evaluation, including 3+ years leading technical teams

Advanced degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, or similar

Demonstrated track record of running teams of 7+ data scientists and/or machine learning engineers

Strong experience in human evaluation methodology for consumer-facing products at scale

Hands-on experience building and deploying LLM-based autograders and rubrics, and using them to drive proactive improvements in models and agentic features

Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to communicate effectively with engineers and senior leaders

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 $225,600 and $381,600, 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

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

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