Mgr, Engineering Program Management, AI Platforms & Infrastructure

Apple • Santa Clara, CA

19h

About The Position

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Do you love taking on challenges that create a positive impact? Are you passionate about empowering many ground-breaking intelligent experiences to be made? The Apple Services Engineering org is building groundbreaking technology... and we are looking for people like you! Apple offers a collaborative work environment that fosters creativity and innovation. Every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each other's ideas stronger. That happens here because every one of us strives toward a common goal - crafting the best customer experiences.

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Program Manager (EPM) Manager to lead strategy, execution, and delivery across our AI/ML platform and infrastructure programs. In this role, you will drive cross-functional initiatives spanning our Foundation Model inference platforms, Apple's massive-scale GPU/TPU compute infrastructure, and hybrid-cloud AI systems. You will partner closely with engineering and operations leaders to translate complex technical requirements into actionable roadmaps. Crucially, you will be responsible for growing and scaling a high-performing EPM team to meet the rapidly expanding demands of Apple's generative AI and machine learning platforms.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in product or program management
• At least 3+ years in a people management or lead EPM role
• Proven experience building and scaling teams
• Organizational savvy to expand team scope and influence across a highly matrixed environment
• Extensive experience managing strategic relationships with top-tier cloud vendors and external partners, including infrastructure planning, contract alignment, and SLA enforcement
• Strong strategic thinking with the ability to balance long-term platform roadmap priorities against near-term inference and training execution demands
• Track record of delivering massive-scale cost optimization and operational efficiency programs in hybrid-cloud environments
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience in multi-tenant, high-performance compute environments running large-scale Foundation Models or similar ML workloads
• BS/MS in EE/CS/CE or equivalent

Nice To Haves

• Deep technical background in AI/ML infrastructure, cloud operations, or distributed compute platforms
• Direct experience in GPU/TPU capacity management and provisioning

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy, execution, and delivery across AI/ML platform and infrastructure programs.
• Drive cross-functional initiatives spanning Foundation Model inference platforms, massive-scale GPU/TPU compute infrastructure, and hybrid-cloud AI systems.
• Partner closely with engineering and operations leaders to translate complex technical requirements into actionable roadmaps.
• Grow and scale a high-performing EPM team to meet rapidly expanding demands of Apple's generative AI and machine learning platforms.
• Manage strategic relationships with top-tier cloud vendors and external partners, including infrastructure planning, contract alignment, and SLA enforcement.
• Deliver massive-scale cost optimization and operational efficiency programs in hybrid-cloud environments.
• Translate complex technical infrastructure concepts for both deep engineering teams and executive audiences.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees