Engineering Project Manager (Marcom Interactive), Retail & Marcom Engineering

Apple•Sunnyvale, CA

19h

About The Position

Retail and Marcom Engineering, an IS&T team, builds and operates the systems and experiences that connect Apple’s products with its customers. The team owns technology behind Apple’s online and physical stores and supports interactive marketing experiences and tools. The Marcom Engineering PMO supports teams building and operating Apple’s marketing technology platforms, including content management and publishing infrastructure, AI-powered tools, and interactive experiences. The Engineering Project Manager helps drive delivery of AI-powered tools and interactive experiences across Apple’s marketing platforms. Working closely with engineering and product teams, this role manages execution of cross-functional projects by tracking progress, removing blockers, and supporting on-time, high-quality delivery of platforms and tools that power Apple’s communications with customers.

Requirements

At least 3 years of engineering project management or equivalent technical project management experience in a software development environment.
Experience managing cross-functional projects involving multiple engineering teams.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Strong organizational skills, including the ability to structure ambiguity and keep workstreams moving with minimal direction.
Technical curiosity and comfort reading architecture diagrams, following dependency chains, and participating in technical discussions.
Clear, concise written and verbal communication.
Comfort working in fast-moving environments where requirements evolve and teams are building new capabilities.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to AI/ML tool development lifecycles, including experimentation, prototyping, or production deployment.
Familiarity with web or interactive experiences, content platforms, or marketing technology.
Experience with CMS platforms, publishing pipelines, or front-end delivery systems.
Interest in or exposure to data pipelines, model integration, or AI-powered product features.
Experience with Agile/Scrum tooling such as Jira, Radar, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Own project schedules, milestones, and deliverables across concurrent workstreams, including AI-powered tools, platform capabilities, and interactive experiences.
Track project progress, surface gaps early, and help teams remain accountable to commitments.
Support alignment among engineering, product management, design, QA, data science, and marketing partners.
Help run planning sessions, standups, and retrospectives.
Keep stakeholders informed about work in progress, timelines, and blockers.
Assist with planning and execution of AI tool development from proof of concept through production rollout.
Track dependencies across infrastructure, data, and machine learning teams.
Track dependencies, flag risks proactively, and escalate issues with clear context and proposed paths forward.
Identify process friction and suggest targeted improvements.
Contribute to repeatable project rituals that increase predictability without adding overhead.
Maintain project trackers, dashboards, and status updates.
Translate engineering progress into concise updates for leads and cross-functional stakeholders.
Develop working familiarity with the Marcom technology stack to support informed conversations with engineers and sound scheduling decisions.