Sr. Manager, Engineering Program Management, Publishing Platforms - Retail & Marcom Engineering

Apple • Sunnyvale, CA

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About The Position

Apple’s Retail and Marcom Engineering team builds and operates the systems and experiences that connect Apple’s products with customers, including the technology behind its online and physical stores and interactive marketing experiences. The Publishing Platforms team provides the content infrastructure behind retail and marketing experiences through Product Information Management, Content Management, and Digital Asset Management systems.

The Sr. Manager, Engineering Program Management owns the engineering program function for Apple’s publishing platform. This senior-most engineering program leader on Publishing Systems shapes platform strategy with senior engineering and business leadership and leads a team of program managers and individual contributors through execution. The role spans multiple capability areas and requires building a team that can operate with meaningful ownership while delivering platform commitments across engineering teams.

Requirements

• 10 or more years of experience in engineering program management, including managing a team of program managers.
• Prior experience operating at senior manager level or above in a large-scale technology organization.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale enterprise technology programs with measurable business or operational impact.
• Experience building, motivating, and leading teams of program managers across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent work experience.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver large cross-functional programs and roadmaps, identify risks, and drive results.
• Strong technical acumen and ability to engage credibly with engineering teams on architecture, system design, and technical trade-offs.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, build alignment across competing priorities, and lead teams to successful delivery.
• Effective decision-making that balances risks and benefits for the overall good of the organization.
• Results-oriented and able to operate with minimal supervision in a cross-functional environment while managing program details and broader dependencies.
• Experience influencing and building trust with partners and senior executive leadership to move programs forward.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in retail, commerce, or content/publishing systems.
• Experience with multi-tenant or shared-service platforms serving multiple internal business units.
• Experience delivering programs spanning infrastructure, data systems, retail or sales technology, or AI/ML platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering program team delivering Apple’s publishing platform across Product Information Management, Content Management, and Digital Asset Management systems.
• Partner with senior engineering and business leadership to shape platform strategy and direction.
• Own program execution, including sequencing, dependencies, risk, and delivery commitments across multiple engineering teams.
• Manage program managers and individual contributors, each responsible for a distinct platform capability.
• Develop managers who can run their areas independently, delegating ownership rather than directing every decision.
• Attract and retain strong engineering program talent as the team scales.
• Represent Publishing Systems in cross-functional forums with partner organizations and in executive-level reviews.

What This Job Offers

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