Technical Program Manager, Retail Engineering, IS&T Early Career

Apple • Sunnyvale, CA

2h

About The Position

At Apple, we deliver products, technologies and services to inspire creativity
and enrich lives. Apple has become one of the most recognized and trusted brands
in the world. As such, we hold ourselves to the highest standards to deliver the
best Retail experience second to no one. The IS&T Retail Engineering
organization has the goal of providing an intuitive, seamless and inspiring
customer experience interacting with our people, products and services. Our
Project Management Office (PMO) supports our engineering organization through
process standardization, portfolio governance, and by empowering our teams with
the resources, tools, and training to enable successful and efficient project
delivery.

DESCRIPTION

This Tools & Processes TPM role will act as the bridge between technology and
strategy within our PMO, and support our Portfolio governance efforts by working
to implement and support tools and streamline processes across both PMO and
engineering teams. Our PMO aims to provide a specialized system of governance
tools to streamline and harmonize project prioritization, planning,
mobilization, and execution. The Tools & Processes TPM will be responsible for
the cross-functional management, implementation, and support of those tools. Our
organization has recently centralized PMO operations and seen exponential growth
that provides significant, exciting opportunities to innovate, optimize, and
refine existing tools and processes. The goal of this role is to drive
standardization of tool use for innovative, efficient project management and
reporting that provides visibility of critical work to leadership and business
partners.

Requirements

• Experience with Project Management Software such as Wrike, Miro, Jira or similar Software.
• Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle.

Nice To Haves

• Effective in fostering change.
• Ability to problem solve, take action and provide options in the face of ambiguity.
• Confidence to speak up, ask questions, and influence change.
• Experience managing cross-functional initiatives.
• Ability to multi-task own activities across diverse business units and geographical boundaries.
• Strong communication and organization skills.
• Appetite for and creativity around process improvement.

What This Job Offers

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