Apple

ML Engineering Program Manager (EPM), Apple Ads

Apple$150K — $180K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years leading complex technical programs in AI/ML systems
  • Strong understanding of ML systems and software architecture
  • Proven ability to drive engineering roadmaps across multiple teams
  • Skilled in engaging with technical leaders and identifying cross-team risks
  • Excellent written and verbal communication with technical and senior stakeholders
  • Quick learner able to navigate complex technical domains amidst uncertainty

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex ML-focused engineering initiatives across teams
  • Create strategic roadmaps that connect dependencies between projects
  • Anticipate risks and develop mitigation strategies
  • Drive execution of scalable ML capabilities for Apple Ads
  • Collaborate closely with engineers, researchers, and product managers
  • Influence teams towards achieving shared technical outcomes

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a high-impact, innovative environment
  • Collaboration with top-tier engineers and researchers
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and projects
  • Chance to influence product strategy and technical direction
  • Supportive culture promoting continuous learning and growth
Full Job Description
The Apple Ads EPM team is looking for a senior ML-focused Engineering Program Manager to lead complex initiatives across our machine learning and algorithmic systems. You will partner closely with engineers, researchers, product managers, and technical leaders to drive strategic roadmaps, connect dependencies across teams, anticipate risks, and deliver scalable ML capabilities that support Apple Ads.

Description

You will operate at the intersection of machine learning, engineering, and program execution, developing enough technical depth to understand how systems work end-to-end and how changes may impact teams across the organization. This role requires strong systems thinking, curiosity, and communication, with the ability to bring structure to ambiguous technical problems and influence teams toward shared outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications

5+ years leading complex technical programs related to AI/ML systems.

Strong understanding of ML systems, software architecture, and technical dependencies across large-scale platforms.

Track record of driving engineering roadmaps and execution across multiple teams and technical disciplines.

Ability to engage credibly with engineers and technical leaders, ask effective technical questions, and identify risks beyond individual workstreams.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills with technical teams and senior leadership.

Demonstrated ability to learn complex technical domains quickly and operate independently in ambiguity.

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of ML workflows, frameworks, platforms, prediction systems, or algorithmic improvements.

Background working with researchers or applied research teams to translate exploratory work into engineering execution.

Familiarity with distributed systems, low-latency architectures, cloud platforms, or other large-scale systems.

Background in advertising, ranking, recommendations, experimentation, or performance marketing systems.

Demonstrated use of AI or automation to improve engineering or program-management workflows.

History of influencing technical direction and challenging assumptions across teams without direct authority.

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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