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Sr Engineering Program Manager, Privacy

Cupertino, CAOnsiteFull TimeSeniorPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • software development life cycle
  • project plans
  • cross-functional projects
  • customer-facing software features
  • privacy

Nice to have

  • technical concepts
  • executive summaries
  • ambiguity
  • parallel activities
  • influence
  • repeatable processes

Role summary

Apple's Software Engineering Program Office is seeking an Engineering Project Manager (EPM) to support the User Privacy Team. This role is crucial for delivering high-quality, privacy-focused user experiences to billions of customers. The EPM will be responsible for developing processes, managing project definitions, engineering achievements, schedules, and status updates. Key responsibilities include creating plans, driving execution, setting expectations, and removing roadblocks. The EPM will collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering, legal, marketing, and design to ensure all projects are privacy-centric and delivered on time.

Privacy is a fundamental human right and one of Apple’s core values. We are committed to delivering great features and great privacy to our customers. The Software Engineering Program Office is looking for an Engineering Project Manager to support the User Privacy Team. As an EPM, you will play a key role in shipping high-quality user experiences to billions of customers, all designed with privacy in mind.

Description


EPMs are responsible for developing processes, managing and communicating project definitions, engineering achievements and schedules, and project status for new and ongoing projects. EPMs are catalysts for the teams they support, bringing clarity by creating plans, driving the team to execute on those plans, setting goals and expectations, and removing roadblocks. As an EPM, you will have the opportunity to influence and build relationships with team members in all functional areas and levels of the organization— engineering, legal, marketing, design, and leadership. You will ensure that all products, services, and projects are designed with privacy by ensuring the privacy team’s work is tracked, accounted for, and delivered on time.

Minimum Qualifications


At least 8+ years of Project / Program Management experience in software development life cycle Experience developing project plans and managing complex, cross functional projects Experience delivering customer-facing software features or projects from concept through delivery BS/MS or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications


Excellent written and verbal presentation skills A track record of quickly understanding technical concepts in a wide range of fields Demonstrated ability to provide succinct, accurate executive summaries of project status and complicated engineering situations. Ability to navigate through, find clarity in, and lead teams through ambiguity Ability to track and manage numerous, unrelated parallel activities Ability to mobilize, encourage, influence, advocate for, and lead teams without direct authority Superior collaboration, communication, and organizational skills Ability to create, drive, and document repeatable processes and resources Flexible, self-motivated, curious Passion for privacy

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