Engineering Program Manager, AIML Annotation & Visualization

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Do you love taking on challenges that create a positive impact? Are you passionate about empowering many ground-breaking intelligent experiences to be made? The annotation & visualization team enables internal product teams, data scientists and ML engineers through technologies that combine the latest in ML innovation and deep integration with Apple infrastructure. We’re looking for a strong Engineering Program Manager with a proven track record of building and maintaining complex software platforms, tools and processes that deliver new end-to-end experiences that delight customers.
You will partner with engineering teams to deliver the technology that powers Apple’s ML feature development, all while contributing to a positive work culture. Apple’s annotation & visualization teams build the tools that allow machine learning engineers and researchers across Apple to create datasets that enable the amazing intelligent experiences on our current and future Apple devices. Your role will include the following responsibilities: - Build relationships and collaborate with partner organizations relevant for a project - Provide clear, timely and objective communication, including regular program status updates and critical issues as needed to executive team - Coordinate discussions and break down complex issues into discussion topics to drive engineering and design alignment with support from project team, maintaining an orientation toward teamwork and collaboration - Create and manage project timelines with clear dependencies, critical path and systematic methodology to communicate status. Manage risks and mitigations, and re- plan as events warrant. Drive alignment across the organization and between teams - Drive on time delivery and deployment, identifying development and feasibility needs, establishing achievements for checkpoints and status updates - Proactively identify issues and solutions, and marshal resources vital to attack and resolve. Coordinate with teams to identify issues, prioritize tasks and track risks to schedule and product quality, including cross-functional dependencies
  • 3+ years of experience in project or program management
  • Excellent project management skills including project structuring and managing multiple work streams interdependently
  • Solid understanding of technical system architecture, systems design tradeoffs, and development and release pipelines for complex software
  • Self-motivated and dedicated with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities; strong verbal and written communication skills, including negotiation, presentation and influence
  • Bachelors or Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science
  • 5+ years of experience in project or program management
  • Excellent project management skills including project structuring and managing multiple work streams interdependently
  • Experience in orchestrating the delivery of multiple significant software products requiring large organizations (100+) to execute
  • Solid knowledge of technical system architecture and systems design tradeoffs, and thorough understanding of testing, build and release processes for complex software
  • Ability to read/understand code including picking up new languages as needed
  • Self-motivated and dedicated with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities
  • Ability to communicate abstract ideas clearly and independently manage complex project objectives
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, including negotiation, presentation and influence, and ability to independently draft and present deliverables, recommendations and communication strategies
  • Bachelors or Master’s degree in Computer Science
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $141,800 and $258,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.

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