Engineering Program Manager, Games, Apple Services Engineering

The Apple Services Engineering (ASE) team is one of the most exciting examples of Apples long-held passion for combining art and technology. These are the people who power the App Store Arcade Apple TV and Sports Apple Music Podcasts and Books along with Cloud and Infrastructure Services platforms. They do it throughout the year on a massive scale meeting Apples high expectations with high performance to deliver a huge variety of entertainment in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries. nnApple Services Engineering Program Managers partner with Engineers to build innovative end-to-end solutions. With Apples unique integration of hardware software and services Engineers and Program Managers partner to get behind a single unified vision. This vision includes a commitment to bringing even more fun and connection to your Games with the Games App. Were a diverse collection of problem solvers and doers continually reimagining our products systems and practices to help people do what they love while outpacing challenges that face a growing organization. nnA successful candidate will drive initiatives from ideation through launch and build out the vision into sustainable long-term programs and products. Strong PM fundamentals are a definite requirement and we are looking for someone with a genuine passion and patience for solving complex and dynamic problems. If you have a growth mindset and the motivation to build critical products in a fast-paced environment - this role is for you!n

As the Games Engineering Program Manager youll lead development projects for the App Stores most popular category working with our engineering teams to build experiences that impact millions of users worldwide. Among key areas of focus will be Games App and Game addition you will drive other games feature initiatives working with a broad cross-functional team to plan schedule build and ship the next wave of features supporting App Store customers and game developers across Apples this role you will drive the day-to-day program activities for all Games development projects including planning execution and risk assessments in order to meet the overall program objectives. You will help to set the strategy execute on the schedule and be responsible for communicating status and issues to stakeholders at all levels along the way. You will interface and collaborate with cross-functional partners to drive scope alignment schedule alignment and issue resolution. As a process leader for the team you will develop and iterate on project management methodologies to increase efficiency while staying aligned with Apples development practices and project lifecycle processes.n

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 projectsnOwn the overall cross-functional schedules that may affect multiple engineering teams including client server tools reporting and othersnA technical background is extremely helpful

5 years of technical program management in software development involving complex client/server technical proficiency in software architecture and with iOS app development on UI features with design in game development or other games industry background.n BS/MS in Computer Science Engineering or similar technical field or at least 5 years of comparable experience.

A track record of building products by driving collaboration across engineering QA marketing design and other key 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 points for past programming experience.