Software Engineering Program Manager, Core OS Performance

Apple • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new insights have a way of
becoming phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences very quickly.
Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could
accomplish. Apple’s Core OS group is committed to building fully integrated
operating systems that combine hardware, software, and apps into a polished
Apple experience. The Performance EPM team is looking for an experienced
Engineering Program Manager to lead highly cross-functional efforts delivering
exceptional user experience across all Apple platforms. This position will
require driving performance initiatives across various software and hardware
focused features and engaging with engineering teams to evangelize best
practices and pursue improvements. This role requires an energetic and motivated
individual with strong communication and organizational skills, as well as an
ability to influence a large cross-functional decisions. Our environment
cultivates process innovation, rapid product iteration, and a liberating amount
of autonomy.

We are looking for someone to drive, own, and ship all aspects of large,
multi-functional efforts and feature areas. Partner with engineering teams
throughout feature development from architecture, design, implementation, and
validation. Proactively identify, prioritize, and drive resolution to program
issues. Present and communicate new feature initiatives, top issues, risks,
critical achievements to executive leadership. Own the roadmap, priorities,
prioritization, timelines, for technologies. Help the team with ongoing
improvements to the program management processes. Collaborate with Engineering,
Quality, Operations, and Marketing team.

Requirements

• 5+ years of program management experience in software and hardware development
• 5+ Experience shipping customer-facing software and hardware features from concept through delivery
• Strong understanding of and experience in managing complex, multi-functional software and hardware projects
• Strong technical understanding of operating systems and how the various layers in the software stack fit together

Nice To Haves

• Outstanding communication and presentation skills to engineers, managers, and execs
• Identifying risks, developing mitigation strategies, and facilitating resolutions
• Excellent spoken and concise written communication
• Ability to build relationships and influence others
• Strong understanding of and experience in managing complex, multi-functional software programs
• Sound technical foundation and a highly motivated self-starter

Responsibilities

• Drive, own, and ship all aspects of large, multi-functional efforts and feature areas
• Partner with engineering teams throughout feature development from architecture, design, implementation, and validation
• Proactively identify, prioritize, and drive resolution to program issues
• Present and communicate new feature initiatives, top issues, risks, critical achievements to executive leadership
• Own the roadmap, priorities, prioritization, timelines, for technologies
• Help the team with ongoing improvements to the program management processes
• Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Operations, and Marketing team

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees