Engineering Program Manager, App Store, Apple Services Engineering

When this team introduced the App Store it launched a cultural and economic phenomenon that changed the way people live work and play. These engineers and dedicated Program Managers continue to innovate the platform now home to over 1.5 million apps each created using the teams own software development kit and related services. All those apps mean the store takes billions of requests from more than 500 million visitors every week across iOS macOS tvOS iPadOS watchOS and visionOS. To deliver such a rich experience at this scale Program Managers partner with the engineers to build high-performance systems backed up by robust a world where apps have become essential in peoples daily lives the App Store team has become essential to Apples business.

We are seeking an innovative Engineering Program Manager for the App Store ecosystem. You will influence and lead the delivery of business critical features built for the App Store. You will collaborate with Engineering Product Design QA Legal Privacy Trust u0026 Safety Operations and other organizations to manage pipelines to support new App Store features. You will drive and ship all aspects of large cross-functional projects including features designed to support the Apple Developer and Customer experiences. You will lead all aspects of multiple concurrent projects and features including scope requirements timelines resource allocation tracking stakeholder management communications and risk assessments. You will define business functional and reporting requirements often writing them yourself. Your role will be critical to improving how App Store features are built and executed.

Lead and influence the delivery of business-critical features built and executed on the App Store working under tight timelines and with limited details and directionsnDrive and oversee all aspects of multiple concurrent projects and features including scope requirements timelines resource allocation and reportingnDefine the business and functional requirements for the features and the systems that will support these projectsnThis role requires not only project management but also basic data modeling state machine design and an understanding of the technical and human interaction aspects of toolingnOwn the overall cross-functional schedules that may affect multiple engineering teams including client server tools reporting and others

5 years of technical program and/or project management experience involving complex server/client track record of building products by driving collaboration across product design engineering QA ops and other key technical background with software application architecture and development is extremely in Computer Science Engineering or similar technical field or at least 5 years of comparable experience.

Strong strategic thinking problem solving and logical structuring abilities with clear ability to turn incomplete conflicting or ambiguous inputs into solid action communication and presentation skills (written and verbal) to all levels of an organization. Strong facilitation skills (requirements sessions design meetings progress and status meetings).nDemonstrated ability to take ownership and drive multiple tasks to completion with minimal oversight showing strong self-motivation and with iOS app development is a major plus. Experience in game development or other games industry background is an added using AI tools to optimize recurring tasks and derive operational efficiency. nBonus points for past programming experience.