Engineering Program Manager, App Store, Apple Services Engineering

Summary

Role description

• Influence and lead delivery of business-critical features for the App Store ecosystem.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, Design, QA, Legal, Privacy, Trust and Safety, Operations, and other organizations to manage feature pipelines.
• Drive and ship large cross-functional projects and features supporting Apple Developer and customer experiences.
• Lead multiple concurrent projects, managing scope, requirements, timelines, resource allocation tracking, 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 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.
• 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 incomplete, conflicting, or ambiguous inputs into action plans.
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to own multiple tasks and complete them with minimal oversight, showing motivation and accountability.
• iOS app development experience is a major plus; game development or games-industry experience is an added plus.
• Experience using AI tools to optimize recurring tasks and improve operational efficiency; programming experience is a bonus.

Compensation

• The base pay range is $130,200 to $195,600; pay depends on skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
• Eligible employees may participate in discretionary stock programs, and the role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses, commission payments, or relocation.

Benefits

• Benefits include medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, discounted products and free services, and possible reimbursement for certain career-related education expenses.