Manufacturing Design Program Manager - Intern
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The Manufacturing Design Program Manager (MDPM) is responsible for managing and guiding development activities of highly skilled process development, operations, and quality teams within Apple’s Manufacturing Design group. The MDPM will lead the team to develop processes for building extraordinary products from existing and new ideas based on business needs. The MDPM should possess a blend of business and technical knowledge, allowing for big-picture vision and the ability to dive deep into specific challenges. MDPM team members operate autonomously, demonstrate strong leadership capabilities, and juggle competing priorities with ease.
The MDPM manages innovation within the manufacturing design team by challenging the technical team to implement new processes while maintaining timely readiness for mass production. The MDPM is relationship focused, engaging with a talented engineering team, the executive leadership team, and an international supply chain.
Here are some key responsibilities and tasks you might encounter as a Program Manager Intern:
- Create process development schedules indicating critical path and key decision milestones
- Facilitate communication and cross functional alignment within the Manufacturing Design organization and with other Apple teams
- Drive suppliers, integrate their deliverables and schedules into the overall project
- Hold team members accountable for meeting schedule commitments
- Drive issue resolution and risk management to meet timeline
- Create and maintain project documentation, including project plans, meeting decks, workflow update and more
- Assist in the preparation of presentations and reports for stakeholders
- Work on an initiative to provide suggestion and solutions to improve current communication process.
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English
- Familiar with Keynote/PPT, Numbers/Excel, and other Office software
- An understanding of program management
- Self-motivated and self-learning capabilities
- Strong communication skills: Ability to convey information clearly and effectively to team members
- Ability to work collaboratively with team members
- Be able to pay close attention to project requirements and deliverables
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Experienced working with driving schedule and tasks
- Experienced leading team meetings/syncs
- Ability to lead without authority, foster trust, build credibility
- Experience presenting to large group of people on program status, recommendations, and priorities
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and requests