Senior Services Compliance Manager, Apple Services

Apple • Cupertino, CA

2d • Remote

About The Position

Apple Services, including the App Store, iCloud, Apple Music, and Apple TV, are dynamic and widely used globally. As the regulatory landscape evolves, our organization needs proactive, technically rigorous leadership to ensure our platforms navigate emerging obligations while preserving product integrity and user trust. We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager based in the US to lead a team responsible for driving strategic China regulatory and compliance work within Apple’s Services organization. In this role, you will lead the application of regulatory and compliance obligations into products, systems architecture, and data flows, manage key operating partner relationships, and bridge communication across US engineering, local Apple teams in China, and executive leadership. Apple operates services in China at a scope and scale unlike any other multinational company. The challenges we face have no playbook. Our work is exceptionally complex, ambiguous, and vital to Apple’s operations. This role is focused on how expanding data and internet regulations in China impact Apple’s services, specifically driving the practical application of regulations into systems architecture, data governance, and data export rules. In response to these regulatory and compliance obligations, Apple maintains strategic and operating partnerships for several of our services in China. This role serves as a key owner of those relationships, collaborating closely from the US with both local Apple teams and external operating partners to ensure our services operate reliably and securely, while maintaining compliance with evolving rules.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience leading complex technical programs in cloud or internet services.
• 4+ years of formal people management experience, successfully leading and developing senior technical teams.
• 4+ years of dedicated experience translating legal, regulatory, compliance, or data governance requirements into technical specifications and engineering roadmaps.
• Demonstrated technical competence evaluating services architectures, backend data flows, or cloud infrastructure.
• Proven track record managing and negotiating complex technical, operational, or business relationships with external strategic partners.
• Demonstrated excellence communicating with and influencing senior leadership across engineering, legal, business, product, and operations organizations to drive high-stakes decisions.

Nice To Haves

• In-depth experience leading technical compliance or engineering initiatives.
• Experience with China internet or data regulations a strong plus.
• Experience collaborating extensively across time zones with engineering, operations, and partner teams in China; professional working proficiency in Mandarin Chinese is a strong plus.
• Direct experience participating in or preparing engineering organizations for technical audits, regulatory inquiries, or external certification reviews.
• Deep domain experience with consumer internet platforms or cloud infrastructure operating at a global scale.
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical technical leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the application of regulatory and compliance obligations into products, systems architecture, and data flows.
• Manage key operating partner relationships.
• Bridge communication across US engineering, local Apple teams in China, and executive leadership.
• Drive the practical application of regulations into systems architecture, data governance, and data export rules.
• Serve as a key owner of strategic and operating partnerships in China.
• Collaborate closely from the US with both local Apple teams and external operating partners to ensure services operate reliably and securely, while maintaining compliance with evolving rules.

What This Job Offers

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