Engineering Program Manager - Software Developer Productivity - CoreOS

Apple

3h

About The Position

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new insights have a way of
becoming phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences very quickly.
Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could
accomplish. The Software Developer Productivity team is looking for an
experienced program manager to join the Core OS Platform Services and Operations
EPM team. This is an opportunity to drive key software initiatives as a partner
specifically with the Operations and Workflow Engineering groups within the
Platform Services organization. We are looking for an experienced Software
Engineering Program Manager to lead highly cross-functional technology efforts
designing, building, optimizing, and shipping software in all phases of
development from pre-silicon simulation, to sample bring-up, to already-shipping
systems. This role requires an energetic and motivated individual with strong
communication, organization, and technical skills who works well in a fast-paced
dynamic environment. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated and also have a
desire to learn, develop, and build on technical expertise during product
development. Our environment cultivates product innovation, rapid product
iteration, and a liberating amount of autonomy.

DESCRIPTION

We are looking for someone to drive, own, and improve the quality and efficiency
of Core OS software operations. In this role you will be the central hub
bringing together different teams from SW Engineering, Quality, Development
Operations, and Build and Test platform organizations, with the goal of
improving the operational effectiveness of the organization. Creating and
maintaining detailed project plans, schedule, and status documentation for our
Ops and Workflow initiatives. Bringing together and collaborating with large
cross-functional stakeholder groups. Serving as a liaison to communicate
information regarding requirements, changes, milestones reached, and other
pertinent information. Present and communicate new feature initiatives, top
issues, risks, and critical achievements to executive leadership. Driving focus
to critical path deliverables and track execution of dependencies. Coordinating
complex and highly dependent groups of changes through our build and integration
systems. Acting as a liason with the Build EPM team around software program
deadlines and milestones Proactively identifying risks to software delivery,
developing mitigation strategies, and facilitating resolutions.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in program or project management in software development
• Knowledge of software engineering standard methodologies and related dependencies
• Familiar with components of Computer Architecture and Operating Systems
• Excellent spoken and written communication with the ability to tailor communication style to multiple audiences
• Organization and multi-tasking skills with great attention to detail

Nice To Haves

• Strong leadership skills including ability to build trusting relationships and influence others
• Build and Release Engineering / Release Management Project Management experience in software development life cycle
• Understanding software build pipelines, merging, test systems and methods, and the delivery of codeContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery DevOps Lifecycle Improvement Initiatives
• Developer Productivity Analytics (splunk/Tableau preferred)
• Knowledge of operating system internals architecture skills and experience

Responsibilities

• Drive, own, and improve the quality and efficiency of Core OS software operations.
• Bringing together different teams from SW Engineering, Quality, Development Operations, and Build and Test platform organizations, with the goal of improving the operational effectiveness of the organization.
• Creating and maintaining detailed project plans, schedule, and status documentation for our Ops and Workflow initiatives.
• Bringing together and collaborating with large cross-functional stakeholder groups.
• Serving as a liaison to communicate information regarding requirements, changes, milestones reached, and other pertinent information.
• Present and communicate new feature initiatives, top issues, risks, and critical achievements to executive leadership.
• Driving focus to critical path deliverables and track execution of dependencies.
• Coordinating complex and highly dependent groups of changes through our build and integration systems.
• Acting as a liason with the Build EPM team around software program deadlines and milestones
• Proactively identifying risks to software delivery, developing mitigation strategies, and facilitating resolutions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed