Manager, Engineering Program Manager - Storage Infrastructure - Apple Services Engineering

Apple•Seattle, WA

About The Position

The Apple Services Engineering team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple’s long-held passion for combining art and technology. These are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books. And they do it on a massive scale, meeting Apple’s high expectations with high performance to deliver a huge variety of entertainment in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries. Our Program Managers partner with engineers who build secure, end-to-end solutions. Thanks to Apple’s unique integration of hardware, software, and services, engineers and Program Managers partner to get behind a single unified vision. That vision always includes a deep commitment to strengthening Apple’s privacy policy, one of Apple’s core values. Although services are a bigger part of Apple’s business than ever before, these teams remain small, nimble, and cross-functional, offering greater exposure to the array of opportunities here. Cloud Infrastructure team, as part of the Apple Services Engineering team, is seeking a manager to manage Engineering program managers (EPMs) that drive our Storage team deliver innovative product solutions that will shape the future of large scale infrastructure at Apple. We are building and supporting critical infrastructural systems and frameworks which provide and support services like structured and unstructured storage for Apple Cloud Infrastructure, which is the platform upon which many iCloud and other backend systems at Apple are built; they have huge scale and store exabytes of data. You'll partner with a diverse set of teams across Apple to provide them with groundbreaking infrastructure for Storage that operate at substantial scale and use open source technologies along with proprietary systems and will partner with Storage senior managers and directors to deliver on programs. We're a fast paced organization with ambitious goals, a large user base, and the autonomy to build the future of Compute and Storage infrastructure for all of Apple. Teams across Apple rely on us for Compute and Storage infrastructure that help them build services that scale globally, are highly available, and "just work". We listen to different perspectives, help surface innovative ideas, and drive decisions that move us forward. You'll need a strong background in program and project management complemented by your technical abilities. You will be expected to drive individual programs for a few of the storage products while managing your team.

Requirements

3+ years people management experience
8+ years experience in software development project management for Storage - Structured or unstructured / Infrastructure domains
Agile project experience with evidence and able to demonstrate knowledge
Experience managing Cloud and Infrastructure projects.
Experience at prioritizing features and technical road maps
Proficiency and experience in delivering large scale infrastructure projects
BA/BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical degree or relevant industry experience

Nice To Haves

Exceptional organizational, project management, and technical acumen
Prior engineering, infrastructure experience a plus
Knowledge of distributed Storage, Distributed Databases, or similar mass-scale Distributed Systems is a huge plus
SCRUM background and/or played the role of a Scrum Master is plus
Self-motivated and proactive with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
Past experience with containers/storage would be a plus
Strong verbal and written communication skills to represent at all levels of the organization
Ability to manage multiple simultaneous end to end infrastructure, technical projects and stakeholder community comprising of various engineering teams and their partners
Experience at end to end project delivery; building roadmaps through to operational sustainability
Strong facilitation skills (requirements sessions, design meetings, progress and status meetings)
People friendly, team player and ability to mentor and grow individuals