Principle Product Manager, Search Platform

Apple • San Francisco, CA

6h

About The Position

Apple is hiring a Principle Product Manager to lead the strategy and development of its Search Platform, which supports Apple AI services by finding, retrieving, and grounding information for more than a billion users. The role will guide the platform’s evolution from traditional search toward retrieval-augmented generation and large language model grounding, including capabilities that support Siri AI experiences and broader Apple intelligence services.

This high-autonomy leadership role owns the multi-year product strategy and roadmap for search and grounding infrastructure. The product manager will drive zero-to-one launches, make prioritization decisions with business impact, and partner with engineering, machine learning, infrastructure, and product-surface teams to build systems that scale to billions of queries. The role also represents the team across Apple and with external partners, and works with product management leadership to strengthen PM practices across the Siri organization and the team.

Requirements

• 10+ years of product management experience bringing products from concept to launch, with significant experience in machine-learned systems, search infrastructure, or complex backend/frontend platforms.
• 3+ years of people management experience, including recruiting, developing, and leading teams of product managers.
• Deep understanding of scaled search systems, retrieval-augmented generation, grounding services, and evaluation methodologies.
• Deep understanding of software development for artificial intelligence and machine-learned products and services, and how analytics and evaluation data can improve those products.
• Proficiency in analyzing raw and refined product data to identify opportunities and measure impact.
• Proven ability to translate product vision and business goals into technical requirements for large-scale, zero-to-one launches.
• Proven ability to align product roadmaps across large, matrixed organizations while exercising judgment to dive into technical details when needed.
• Outstanding written, verbal communication, and presentation skills at all levels, from engineering teams to executive leadership.
• BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree preferred.
• Experience working on a global-scale search service.
• Experience building developer APIs for first- and third-party technical platforms.
• MBA, M.S., or Ph.D. focused on machine learning, data mining, or statistics.
• Prior product management experience in speech recognition, natural language understanding, search, data pipelines, and/or A/B testing.
• Director-level or above product management experience at a top technology company.

Responsibilities

• Own the multi-year product strategy for Apple’s search and grounding platform, including capabilities for Siri AI experiences and broader Apple intelligence services.
• Drive the product roadmap for search infrastructure, retrieval, ranking, and grounding systems in the context of generative AI, making prioritization decisions with direct business impact.
• Partner with engineering leadership to develop and execute a technical strategy that meets Apple’s product quality bar and scales to billions of queries.
• Define requirements and align goals across engineering, machine learning, and product teams to ensure platform capabilities meet downstream product-surface needs.
• Represent Apple in external partner conversations and internally with marketing, product security, legal, and other corporate functions.
• Partner with product management leadership to strengthen product management practices across the Siri organization and within the team.
• Drive zero-to-one product launches.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director