Senior Engineering Program Manager - Data, Ad Platforms

Job Description

Summary

Posted: Oct 27, 2022 Weekly Hours: 40 Role Number: 200432213 At Apple, we work every day to create products that enrich people’s lives. Our Advertising Platforms group makes it possible for people around the world to easily access enlightening and imaginative content on their devices while helping publishers and developers promote and monetize their work. Our platforms are highly performant, deployed at scale, and set new standards for enabling effective advertising while protecting user privacy. The Ad Platforms Engineering Program Management group is looking for a highly-functioning, dedicated, and versatile EPM who can drive sophisticated projects that are key to our products’ performance and business growth. As part of the EPM team, you will own delivery responsibilities on projects that seek to build out scalable platforms and reliable systems that services core applications, while at the same time adhering to the highest levels of privacy and security that Apple holds. You will be responsible for working through project dependencies, risks, and deliver measurable outcomes against timelines in a fast-paced environment. You will have the opportunity to collaborate closely with engineers and architects to define, refine, and/or refactor approaches, designs, and architectures, and apply relevant prior experiences to address new and exciting challenges that face the organization in the future. You will also partner multi-functionally with other EPMs, engineering teams, product managers, and business operations to drive projects to successful completion.

Key Qualifications

Key Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical program management experience working on building and scaling services, and handling high volume low latency architectures
• 5+ years’ experience running sophisticated, multi-functional projects with multiple dependencies and collaborators. Roles can include Technical Project Manager, Technical Product Owner, Engineering Manager, and/or Solution Architect in a relevant field
• 3+ years’ experience in Agile software development as a core member of a Scrum team; experience acting as Scrum Master or Product Owner on multi-functional scrum preferred
• Chip in to continuous improvements to our internal processes such as our Agile journey and Scrum methodology
• Provide leadership and recommendations in shaping the team’s organization, execution, and operational strategy
• Apply your knowledge and experience to the overall excellence of the Ad Platforms organization and our PMO team

Description

Description Drive project planning, delivery, work breakdowns, resource planning, and day-to-day project management using suitable methodologies Apply knowledge of our architectures to plan, drive, and deliver key initiatives including, but not limited to, data platforms and architectures Partner with EPM, engineering, and Product teams to identify product and technical requirements, and lead the team through dependencies and delivery landmarks Work closely with the engineering management team to form quarterly plans and set execution milestones Negotiate the sequencing and timing of delivery with technology leadership, Product, and engineering teams. Assess delivery risks, propose and take action on mitigations, and advance to the technology leadership team if needed Develop and implement communication strategies for advising the Ads organization of critical updates, their timing, impacts, and success and failure Understand and articulate delivery impact to partners such as end consumers, the business, and other Apple teams Apply knowledge from prior experiences with Agile projects and programs to the execution of your projects

Education & Experience

Education & Experience BS/MS EE/CS/CE or equivalent.

Additional Requirements

Additional Requirements

• Apple’s most important resource, our soul, is our people. Apple benefits help further the well-being of our employees and their families in meaningful ways. No matter where you work at Apple, you can take advantage of our health and wellness resources and time-away programs. We’re proud to provide stock grants to employees at all levels of the company, and we also give employees the option to buy Apple stock at a discount — both offer everyone at Apple the chance to share in the company’s success. You’ll discover many more benefits of working at Apple, such as programs that match your charitable contributions, reimburse you for continuing your education and give you special employee pricing on Apple products.
• Apple benefits programs vary by country and are subject to eligibility requirements.
• Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure 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. Apple is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.