Senior Producer, Apps Team

Apple•Cupertino, CA

About The Position

The Applications team is looking for an experienced Producer to coordinate, drive, and own the development of design deliverables for software initiatives. We are looking for a highly organized, results-oriented individual with extensive experience managing design deliverables in a software product team and/or with a creative agency. In this role you will be responsible for supporting a team of designers who craft the UI for Apple software experiences and ensure the timely delivery of design deliverables. As the producer, you will strategically drive design development by being highly collaborative, detail-oriented, and perceptive. You will manage and track the day-to-day progress of the design team, and work to ensure that roadblocks are removed and all open issues are resolved. You will collaborate and negotiate with cross-functional partners across the organization to define priorities, align schedules, navigate the approval process, and drive decision-making. You will demonstrate a thorough understanding of the feature and product development lifecycle — from early concepts and requirements definition through execution, review, and delivery — and use that understanding to anticipate dependencies, surface risks early, and keep the team aligned at every stage. You will coordinate and drive cross-functional reviews, take detailed notes, and communicate results and next steps back to key stakeholders. A successful Producer communicates with ease at all levels, is adept at facilitating actions and resolving conflicts and leads through relationships and influence. You will stay detailed down to the granular level, while maintaining a high level perspective of the project at hand.

Requirements

6+ years Design Producer or UX Program Manager experience
Track record collaborating with creatives and supporting multi-disciplinary teams to ideate, iterate, and launch new product experiences
Experience supporting software / apps the have deep and complex UX interaction models
Experience managing multiple projects, resources, schedules, and priorities across multiple work streams
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
Comfortable in ambiguous situations and can drive solutions in high pressure situations
Require minimal direction working towards predetermined goals
Able to independently anticipate and problem solve while keeping focused on project milestones

Nice To Haves

Pro at driving partnerships and building relationships across teams
Strong command of the end-to-end product development lifecycle and can fluently navigate each phase — from defining scope and aligning on requirements to managing design execution, shepherding approvals, and driving toward a polished, on-time delivery
Sense of urgency and ownership to drive issues to completion
Able to anticipate and resolve problems while staying the course on overall business and project priorities
Understand technical issues at a sufficiently deep level to identify gaps

Responsibilities

Coordinate, drive, and own the development of design deliverables for software initiatives.
Support a team of designers who craft the UI for Apple software experiences.
Ensure the timely delivery of design deliverables.
Strategically drive design development by being highly collaborative, detail-oriented, and perceptive.
Manage and track the day-to-day progress of the design team.
Ensure that roadblocks are removed and all open issues are resolved.
Collaborate and negotiate with cross-functional partners across the organization to define priorities, align schedules, navigate the approval process, and drive decision-making.
Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the feature and product development lifecycle — from early concepts and requirements definition through execution, review, and delivery.
Anticipate dependencies, surface risks early, and keep the team aligned at every stage.
Coordinate and drive cross-functional reviews, take detailed notes, and communicate results and next steps back to key stakeholders.
Communicate with ease at all levels, facilitate actions, and resolve conflicts.
Lead through relationships and influence.
Stay detailed down to the granular level, while maintaining a high level perspective of the project at hand.