Engineering Program Manager, App Store, Apple Services Engineering
Role Overview
The App Store supports a large ecosystem across Apple platforms, serving more than 500 million visitors weekly and hosting over 1.5 million apps.
Program Managers partner with engineers to deliver high-performance systems supported by robust testing.
The Engineering Program Manager will lead delivery of business-critical features for the App Store ecosystem.
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Role overview
The App Store supports a large ecosystem across Apple platforms, serving more than 500 million visitors weekly and hosting over 1.5 million apps.
Program Managers partner with engineers to deliver high-performance systems supported by robust testing.
The Engineering Program Manager will lead delivery of business-critical features for the App Store ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Engineering, Product, Design, QA, Legal, Privacy, Trust & Safety, Operations, and other organizations.
- Manage pipelines supporting new App Store features.
- Drive cross-functional projects and features for Apple Developer and customer experiences.
- Manage multiple concurrent projects, including scope, requirements, timelines, resource allocation, stakeholders, communications, and risks.
- 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 involving complex server/client interactions.
- Track record of cross-functional product delivery with product, design, engineering, QA, operations, and other stakeholders.
- Technical background in software application architecture and development is helpful.
- BS/MS 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 ambiguous or conflicting inputs into action plans.
- Strong communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
- Ability to own multiple tasks and complete them with minimal oversight.
- iOS app development experience is a major plus; game-development experience is an added plus.
- Experience using AI tools to improve recurring tasks and 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 reimbursement.
- Discretionary stock programs, bonuses or commissions, and relocation may be available subject to eligibility and applicable terms.
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