ASE Search/Personalization Engineering Program Manager, App Store

at  Apple

SUMMARY

Posted: Feb 28, 2024
Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number:200540455
The Apple Services Engineering (ASE) is an exciting & dynamic organization with customers in 155 countries, producing innovative products in a fast-growing marketplace for music, movies, TV shows, books - and, of course, apps! This is a hands-on position where you will be involved in requirements analysis, functional and technical design discussions, testing, proof-of-concept, working with partners, and more. This is not a task-based job; you will be responsible for successful outcomes and delivery. Strong fundamentals are a requirement but you have to have more. You take responsibility; you feel a personal stake in the products you ship; you communicate responsibilities and scope clearly; you value integrity; you know how things work; you work for the success of the entire team; you thrive in uncertainty and strive to bring order to it; you have deep wisdom & judgement; you keep your eye on the ball; you build strong relationships; you are constantly looking to improve yourself and your team; you’re prescient; and you have shipped products which millions of customers have used.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

Key Qualifications

• Program or technical project management in software development is required
• Strong technical proficiency - Search and Recommendations experience is a huge plus
• 3+ years of program management, including experience taking features through the complete software development life cycle
• Built global products by collaborating across Product, Engineering, Data Sciences, Analytics, Design and other key partners
• Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and logical structuring abilities
• Ability to turn incomplete, conflicting, or ambiguous input into solid action plans
• Consistent track record of shipping complex customer-facing and backend engineering projects under demanding timelines
• Knowledge of A/B testing

• Strong facilitation skills (requirements sessions, design meetings, progress and status meetings)Best-in-class communication and presentation skills (written & verbal) to all levels of an organization

DESCRIPTION

Description
On this team, we drive and ship large, multi-functional programs and feature areas. We lead all aspects of multiple concurrent features including scope, requirements, timelines, and prioritization. Our day-to-day includes program managing, execution, and risk assessments in order to meet the overall program goals: to foster collaboration across a broad team of cross-functional partners to formulate the roadmap and manage intake pipeline. We play an active role in improving how features are built and executed in the Apple Services Engineering organization. And we help set the strategy and communicate status and issues to stakeholders at all levels. Finally, collaborate with Design, Engineering, Data Science, QA, Legal, Finance, Privacy, Anti-Fraud, Business Operations and other organizations to develop and improve Apple Services Engineering’s suite of features.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Education & Experience
BS/BA Degree and/or MBA preferred

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Additional Requirements

Please refer the Job description for details