Program Manager (Strategic Programs Lead), Worldwide Sales & Operations Support

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple great ideas have a way of becoming greatproducts services and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication toyour job and theres no telling what you could 0026T is the engine behind everything Apple does for customers and for the people who buildfor them. Its Apples central nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices processing billions of secure transactions and keeping the technology that defines modern life running flawlessly ISu0026T makes the impossible feel WW PMO team is responsible for driving cross-functional execution of enterprise-widedata privacy initiatives across Apple. The team partners closely with Privacy Legal ISu0026TOCM and business stakeholders to ensure that regulatory changes are efficiently translatedinto system requirements and delivered on time against strict compliance deadlines.

We are looking for an experienced Program Manager to own the planning scheduling communications and reporting backbone of Apples global data privacy compliance initiatives. This role sits at the intersection of program governance execution readiness and stakeholder communications ensuring the program operates with clarity pace and accountability at every level from working teams through to senior leadership. The ideal candidate translates complex regulatory and cross-functional requirements into structured plans schedules and reporting that keep a high-stakes compliance program moving with role owns four core areas of responsibility:nProgram Planning u0026 Schedule ManagementnReadiness u0026 Execution ManagementnCommunication and ReportingnProgram Tools Standards and Frameworks

Own the cross functional program scope schedule cross-workstream dependency management and program workstream readiness partnership with the Organizational Change Management track own program communications infrastructure including status reports and executive and maintain a single source of truth for program status risks and decisions that includes portfolio-level reporting and cross-program impact to coordinate cross-functional execution of data privacy initiatives including the proactive identification to resolve schedule gaps and critical path and mentor program team members on delivery best into critical program delivery roles under pressure when needed.

Bachelors degree required (Masters preferred) in Business Information Systems Law or a related field.n5 years experience in cross-functional program or portfolio management ideally within a highly regulated compliance-driven environment.n3 years in readiness management scope management scheduling resource planning and execution governance across large-scale global multi-stakeholder programs.n3 years experience building and owning program reporting infrastructure: dashboards weekly status reports risk logs and executive brieRings.n

Comfortable operating in a fast changing highly ambiguous environment where multiple priorities need to be managed; able to bring structure and clarity where none exists while keeping on with macOS tools (Keynote Pages etc) and enterprise program management tools (e.g. Wrike Jira Smartsheet) within ISu0026T delivery to operate independently with conviction influence without authority and drive cross functional teams to the right decisions with speed and to drive business transformation with systems architecture operating model design and organizational change a collaborative service-oriented mindset ensuring Legal and Privacy teams remain the authoritative decision-makers while the PMO enables clarity pace and accountability across the understanding of data privacy regulations (e.g. GDPR PIPL CCPA) along with the operational and systems implications to ensure compliance then translate regulatory or legal requirements into system and process requirements that technical and business teams can communication skills verbal written and executive presentation with the ability to synthesize complexity for senior leadership audiences.