Apple

Engineering Program Manager, Ad Platforms

Apple$140K — $170K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years managing complex, cross-functional engineering projects at scale.
  • Experience coordinating multiple engineering teams and executive stakeholders.
  • Strong communication skills for negotiation and presentations across all levels.
  • Self-motivated and organized, with a knack for triaging and prioritizing under pressure.
  • Familiarity with long lead time projects and overseeing entire project lifecycles.
  • Ability to build relationships to ensure alignment and effective communication.
  • Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

  • Lead project planning and execution for key advertising initiatives.
  • Collaborate with engineering and product teams to define technical requirements.
  • Proactively identify risks and implement mitigation strategies.
  • Keep stakeholders informed on project progress and key updates.
  • Drive quarterly planning to align program goals with organizational objectives.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with Product, Engineering, and related teams.

Benefits

  • Work within a leading tech company with a strong focus on innovation.
  • Opportunity to influence the user and advertiser experience significantly.
  • Collaborative environment with cross-functional teams and leadership.
  • Access to the latest technological tools and methodologies in engineering.
  • Potential for career growth within a large and dynamic organization.
Full Job Description
Description

The Apple Ads Demand Team is seeking a seasoned Engineering Program Manager (EPM) to oversee critical ads initiatives across Apple Services, focusing on improving the advertiser and user experience and delivering measurable business outcomes. In this role, you will lead project planning, prioritization, and execution of large engineering initiatives that are critical to business growth. You'll collaborate with other EPM, engineering, and product teams to define technical requirements and dependencies, and to deliver key milestones. You'll ensure resiliency and stability of your projects by proactively identifying risks, implementing effective mitigation strategies, and driving issues to closure. With strong communication skills, you'll keep stakeholders informed on project progress and key updates, ensuring alignment with business priorities. You'll drive quarterly planning, ensuring alignment between your program goals, dependent teams, and overall organizational objectives. Understanding that project delivery is a team effort, you will develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders in Product, Engineering, and dependent teams.

Minimum Qualifications

8+ years of demonstrated ability managing complex, cross-functional projects in a large engineering organization accountable for the development and deployment of applications and services at Apple scale

Experience coordinating between multiple engineering teams, external & executive stakeholders, and integrate across multiple components & systems

Strong verbal and written communication skills, including negotiation, presentation, and influence at all levels, including executive leadership.

Self-motivated, independent, proactive, and organized with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities. Can quickly triage/prioritize issues and lead cross-functional teams under pressure.

Familiarity with long lead time projects, phase management, oversight, and leadership through the entire project lifecycle.

Ability to network and foster deep relationships to ensure tight alignment on program goals, effective communication & collaboration, and expedited issue resolution & risk mitigation threads

Bachelors, Masters, or equivalent professional experience in Computer Science, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with user interface development, and Software Development Lifecycle in general

Experience leading engineering programs within advertising technology or related industries

Experience managing projects involving multiple integrations, stakeholders, and systems.

Familiarity with Apple's ecosystem and internal engineering processes, with experience driving cross-functional planning and execution at scale.

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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