Portfolio Manager

Apple • Austin, TX

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About The Position

The people here at Apple don’t just create products — they build the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. At Apple, inclusion is a shared responsibility, and we work together to foster a culture where everyone belongs and is inspired to do their best work. Apple Retail is seeking a Portfolio Manager to own and drive a portion of our capital project portfolio. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, analysis, and execution, requiring someone who can deeply understand individual projects while simultaneously stepping back to assess portfolio-level health, risk, and opportunity. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker who thrives in ambiguity, builds strong cross-functional relationships, and knows how to keep complex work moving forward.

The Portfolio Manager will be responsible for the ongoing management and oversight of a defined segment of Apple Retail’s project portfolio. You’ll be the person Product, Business, Engineering and Design leaders turn to when a new project needs a home, a timeline shifts, or capacity gets tight — someone who can cut through ambiguity, ask the hard questions that get to the root of a problem, and mediate across teams with genuinely different (and often equally valid) needs, all without needing formal authority to do it. You'll pair that influence with rigor: keeping portfolio data accurate across core planning systems, spotting the trends that matter, and delivering the insights and reporting that shape what leadership decides next. It's a role for someone who leads with relationships first, letting the data back them up. Success in this role requires genuine curiosity about how and why projects are progressing or stalling and an eagerness for driving process improvements that help us run our projects efficiently. This person will need to adapt to shifting priorities and negotiate competing needs across stakeholders.

Requirements

• 4 years of experience in project management, portfolio management, program management, or a related analytical/operational role.
• Experience building cross-functional relationships and influencing project outcomes without formal authority.
• Experience navigating ambiguous, high-stakes situations involving competing priorities, scope changes, and shifting timelines.
• Experience synthesizing data into clear, actionable insights.
• Experience communicating insights, trends, and forecasts to senior leadership.
• Proficiency with productivity and reporting tools (e.g., Excel/Numbers, Keynote, project tracking systems).

Nice To Haves

• Certification such as PMP or Six Sigma.
• Background in retail or e-commerce.
• Background in capital planning, budgeting, and financial analysis practices.
• Comfortable adapting to shifting priorities and negotiating competing needs across stakeholders.
• Skilled at mediating across teams with different, and often equally valid, perspectives.

Responsibilities

• Ongoing management and oversight of a defined segment of Apple Retail’s project portfolio.
• Serve as the point person for Product, Business, Engineering, and Design leaders regarding project needs, timeline shifts, and capacity constraints.
• Cut through ambiguity, ask critical questions to identify root problems, and mediate across teams with differing needs without formal authority.
• Maintain accurate portfolio data across core planning systems.
• Identify key trends and deliver insights and reporting to inform leadership decisions.
• Drive process improvements for efficient project execution.
• Adapt to shifting priorities and negotiate competing needs across stakeholders.

What This Job Offers

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