AIML - Sr Engineering Program Manager, Siri in the Car and Hearables

Description

Summary Posted: Jan 31, 2023 Weekly Hours: 40 Role Number: 200459865 Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Do you love taking on challenges that create a positive impact? Are you passionate about empowering many ground-breaking intelligent experiences to be made? The Siri Assistant team is building groundbreaking technology... and we are looking for people like you! We’re looking for a strong Engineering Program Manager who will lead how Siri works in the Car and on AirPods. The individual has demonstrated a consistent record of building and maintaining sophisticated software platforms, tools and processes that deliver new end-to-end experiences that delight customers. Key Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in project or program management shipping experiences and features
• Excellent project management skills including project structuring and managing multiple work streams interdependently
• Thorough understanding of testing, build and release processes for sophisticated software
• Ability to define and prioritize long-term feature roadmap, create feature specifications
• Demonstrated skill of negotiating and distilling sophisticated technical requirements from multiple partners into a coherent long term platform roadmap
• Solid knowledge of technical system architecture and systems design tradeoffs
• Demonstrated data-driven decision-making skills, including experience leading data driven projects or programs.
• Outstanding group facilitation, interviewing and influence skills
• Ability to communicate abstract ideas clearly and independently manage complex project objectives
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including negotiation, presentation and influence
• Ability to independently draft and present deliverables, recommendations and communication strategies

Description You will help define the long-term feature roadmaps and drive early engagements on product architecture, feature definition and program execution. This includes collaborating with all partner organizations relevant for a project. You will: Communicate: Provide clear, timely and objective communication, including regular program status updates and critical issues as needed to executive team Coordinate: Coordinate discussions and break down complex issues into discussion topics to drive engineering and design alignment with support from project team, maintaining an orientation toward teamwork and collaboration Plan: Maintain a prioritized feature roadmap based on customer needs and hardware / platform updates. Build product requirement documents as necessary. Create and manage project timeline with clear dependencies, critical path and systematic methodology to communicate status. Manage risks and mitigations, and re- plan as events warrant. Drive alignment across the organization and between teams Execute: Drive on time delivery and deployment, identifying development and feasibility needs, establishing achievements for checkpoints and status updates. Partner with user research and data teams to evaluate the quality of the user experience and find opportunities for improvement Problem solve: Proactively identify issues and solutions, and marshal resources vital to attack and resolve. Coordinate with teams to identify issues, prioritize tasks and track risks to schedule and product quality, including cross-functional dependencies Education & Experience Bachelors or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field Additional Requirements Pay & Benefits

• At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $150,000 and $269,000, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
  
  Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.
  
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