Engineering Program Manager, App Store, Apple Services Engineering

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Influence and lead delivery of business-critical App Store features.
• Manage feature pipelines with Engineering, Product, Design, QA, Legal, Privacy, Trust and Safety, Operations, and other groups.
• Drive large cross-functional projects and features for Apple Developer and customer experiences.
• Manage scope, requirements, timelines, resource allocation tracking, stakeholders, communications, and risk assessments across concurrent projects.
• Define business, functional, and reporting requirements, often writing them directly.
• Improve how App Store features are built and executed.

Minimum qualifications

• At least 5 years of technical program and/or project management experience involving complex server/client interactions.
• Track record of building products through collaboration across product, design, engineering, QA, operations, and other stakeholders.
• A technical background in software application architecture and development is helpful.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a similar technical field, or at least 5 years of comparable experience.

Preferred qualifications

• Strategic thinking, problem-solving, and ability to turn incomplete, conflicting, or ambiguous inputs into action plans.
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to own and complete multiple tasks with minimal oversight.
• iOS app development experience is a major plus; game development or games-industry experience is an additional plus.
• Experience using AI tools to optimize recurring tasks and improve operational efficiency.
• Programming experience is a bonus.

Compensation

• Base pay range is $130,200 to $195,600; pay depends on skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
• Benefits include medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, discounted products and services, and eligible education expense reimbursement.
• The role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments and relocation.

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