Senior Engineering Program Manager, Ecosystem Development and Partnerships

Apple•Cupertino, CA

About The Position

Our team is responsible for engaging with strategic partners to develop an exciting portfolio of hardware and software solutions to support the growing ecosystem of Apple’s world class products. We are seeking a senior engineering program manager to join our team. The EPM role at Apple is a critical one that ensures effective engagement across all engineering, design and development support disciplines. We are looking for someone who is flexible and can respond quickly, energetically, and enthusiastically to dynamic project needs. This role is highly collaborative and is responsible for leading product development efforts in support of several new areas. Our work is fast paced and dynamic, driving engagement across product architecture, feature definition and program execution across multiple partners. In this role you will create exceptional products. Our ideal candidate is highly self-motivated. They have strong critical thinking skills and demonstrate resilience and flexibility when faced with uncertainty or changes in direction. Most importantly they have a strong sense of integrity and a one team mindset.

Requirements

Prior experience leading product development and/or engineering design spanning concept ideation through mass production.
An ability to effectively collaborate with teams spanning mechanical and electrical hardware engineering, software engineering, silicon development, product integrity, and manufacturing.
Excellent communication, organization, and leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to influence across functional teams.
BS degree in a related technical discipline (e.g. Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Materials Science, or related).
Experience managing business relationships with strategic partners and new product development with cross-functional engineering teams.
Experience partnering with off shore manufacturers including travel to international sites and new factory bring up.
Meticulous attention to detail with an ability to connect the dots, simplify complexities, and frame tradeoffs.

Nice To Haves

MS, MBA, or other advanced degree in a technical discipline.

Responsibilities

Establish strategic relationships within Apple and with our partners.
Collaborate with Design, Engineering, Product Integrity, Marketing, Legal, Security, Privacy, Business Operations and other organizations.
Lead architecture discussions and distill complex software/hardware/infrastructure issues into discussion topics to drive engineering and design convergence.
Develop the product development plan and establish critical milestones.
Establish and manage program feature baseline, schedule, budget, and critical path from execution through final delivery of the product.
Understand technical issues to identify and highlight risks.
Partner with impacted teams to develop mitigation strategies and drive them to closure.
Lead cross functional execution in a highly matrixed organization.
Identify dependencies between teams and drive solutions that enable all stakeholders to achieve their goals.
Work with teams to identify issues, prioritize tasks and track risks to schedule and product quality.
Offer multiple levels of status across a spectrum of individual contributors to executive management.
Effectively represent project needs and organizational priorities.