SWE - Engineering Project Manager, Developer Publications

at  Apple

SUMMARY

Posted: 10 Oct 2024
Weekly Hours: 35
Role Number:200568617
At Apple, we work every day to build products that enrich people’s lives. Are you passionate about shipping software, coding tools, and inspiring developers? Now’s your chance to join an amazing team and empower people to build software for Apple platforms! Developer Publications works with Software Engineering teams developing new technologies to create content and platforms that teach developers how to build great software for Apple’s platforms. We are looking for a world-class project manager capable of managing multiple initiatives of varying scale, complexity, and focus. You’ll collaborate with an amazing staff of engineers, authors, designers, and editors. As an experienced engineering project manager, you’ll help drive the delivery of world-class teaching materials, such as snippets, sample code, tutorials, API Reference, and Swift Playgrounds. You’ll bring the ability to manage projects of all sizes, levels of complexity, and secrecy, and play a critical role in their success. You’re a great communicator, who is extremely detail-oriented, proactive, focused, highly motivated, and thinks outside the box. You help teams identify and resolve problems in a constructive and scalable way. You do your best work leading dynamic and innovative projects in a fast-paced environment.

DESCRIPTION

As a project manager, you’ll be responsible to: - Collaborate across all phases (design, implementation, testing) of an engineering project and partner multi-functionally - Build project plans and schedules, track and prioritize tasks across multiple product releases and efforts, simultaneously - Identify and resolve conflicts, inter-dependencies, and project issues quickly and effectively - Facilitate requirement gathering and review sessions, program meetings and events - Evaluate technical risks and drive resolution on technical / engineering issues - Analytic mentality, solid understanding of metrics to measure machine learning models and overall system quality - Take part in evolving how projects are defined, managed, and delivered

• Demonstrated ability in program or product management for software development, or equivalent technical management role

• Software release experience managing complex, cross-functional projects; deal well with rapid development cycles and remain flexible and calm in the face of ambiguityExperience developing and releasing a software product

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience leading strategic programs combined with the ability to implement at tactical project-level
• Track and prioritize tasks across multiple product releases and efforts simultaneously
• Ability to understand priorities, clarify direction, and present clear project status
• Exhibit a curious approach about new insights and process improvements
• Excellent attention to detail, along with excellent communication skills
• Build and maintain strong relationships in order to partner with multiple teams across Apple
• Work with instrumentation, data science and data engineering teams to develop data collection and evaluation solutions
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

• Demonstrated ability in program or product management for software development, or equivalent technical management role
• Software release experience managing complex, cross-functional projects; deal well with rapid development cycles and remain flexible and calm in the face of ambiguityExperience developing and releasing a software produc