Program Manager, Finance Transformation

Apple • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

The Finance Transformation team is modernizing Finance systems, implementing AI solutions, and up-skilling the workforce. The Program Manager is an individual contributor who anchors PMO and Planning programs and supports a broader portfolio of strategic initiatives. This role brings structure to a complex portfolio, surfaces risks early, and gives executives a clear view of progress and decisions needed. The Program Manager works across Finance Transformation with program leads, engineering, and business teams to keep work aligned to priorities.

The role supports PMO and Planning programs throughout the software planning and prioritization cycle, including intake, prioritization, funding, and tracking against plan. It also supports cross-functional programs and emerging special projects, while establishing and improving program processes, templates, and operating cadences. The successful candidate is proactive, communicates clearly, and thrives in ambiguity.

Requirements

• 5+ years of program or project management experience, including experience in a software planning and prioritization cycle.
• Hands-on experience with project and portfolio management systems such as Wrike and Clarity.
• Comfort working in Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, and lookups.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Familiarity with multiple project management methodologies, such as Agile.
• Demonstrated experience building executive-level presentations and status reports.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence without formal authority and engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Self-starter who takes initiative and works independently in ambiguous environments.
• Proven ability to identify, quantify, and manage program risk.
• Strong data analysis skills, advanced proficiency in Excel and data visualization, and comfort working across systems such as Wrike and Clarity.
• Working knowledge of the software planning and prioritization cycle.
• Working knowledge of project management methodologies, such as Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid approaches, and judgment to apply the right methodology.
• Experience managing multiple programs at once.

Nice To Haves

• PMP or equivalent program management certification.

Responsibilities

• Support PMO and Planning programs across the full software planning and prioritization cycle, including intake, prioritization, funding, and tracking against plan.
• Partner with program leads to keep scope, timelines, and dependencies on track.
• Identify, assess, and escalate risks and issues, and drive mitigation to closure.
• Build concise, accurate, decision-oriented executive presentations and status reports.
• Analyze program and portfolio data in Excel and enterprise planning tools to identify trends, gaps, and discrepancies and develop clear recommendations.
• Support cross-functional programs, including stakeholder communications, readiness tracking, and adoption.
• Lead or support special projects as priorities emerge, from scoping through delivery.
• Establish and improve program processes, templates, and operating cadences, applying suitable methodologies such as Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid.

What This Job Offers

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