Job Details

Senior Engineering Program Manager - ASE / Photos / Drive / Backup

Seattle, Washington, United States

Software and Services

Summary

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200622627-3337

Apple Services Engineering (ASE) team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple’s long-held passion for combining art and technology! The Cloud Products and Platform program team within ASE is seeking an extraordinary Engineering Program Manager with a deep understanding of technology and a genuine passion for delivering complex, cross-functional projects in a fast-paced environment. If you are curious about the details, driven to achieve, and passionate about the product, we would love to hear from you! Come help us solve some challenging problems to deliver wow experiences to millions of Apple customers!

Description

The Cloud Products and Platform EPM will work closely with several Engineering leaders to drive key initiatives. What we dol:

• Partner with multiple Engineering leads to drive cross functional programs through delivery; inclusive of timelines, planning, requirements, and dependencies.

• Manage risks, mitigations, and drive alignment across the organization and between teams

• 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

• Proactively identify issues and solutions, and mobilize resources necessary to attack and resolve. Coordinate with teams to identify issues, prioritize tasks and track risks to schedule and product quality, including cross-functional dependencies

Responsibilities

• Drive and ship large, multi-functional programs and features for iCloud

• Lead all aspects of multiple concurrent features including scope, requirements, timelines, and resource allocation

• Foster collaboration across a broad team of XF partners to formulate roadmap and manage intake of new feature asks. Help set the strategy and communicate status and issues to stakeholders at all levels.

• Bring clarity by creating plans, driving the team to execute on those plans, setting goals and expectations, and removing roadblocks.

• Influence and build relationships with team members in all functional areas and levels of the organization—engineering, business, product, legal, marketing, design, and leadership.

Minimum Qualifications

• • BS/MS/PhD CS/CE/EE or equivalent

• 5+ years of experience in product / program / project management successfully leading highly cross-functional software development

• Strong analytical thinking, analysis, and problem-solving skills

• Outstanding communication and presentation skills to engineers, managers, and execs

• Identifying risks, developing mitigation strategies, and facilitating resolutions

• Sound technical foundation and a highly motivated self-starter

• Knowledge of software engineering standard methodologies and related dependencies

• Strong leadership skills and ability to inspire team members

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading large, complex programs; from requirements gathering, collaboration with product and design teams, through software development and release qualification while maintaining a high bar for quality.

• Ability to filter and distill relevant information for the right audience with strong presentation skills both in person and in multi-location meetings

• Strong understanding of engineering workflows and architectural trade-offs, even if not hands-on coding.

• Familiarity with scalable architectures, cloud infrastructure, APIs, and software development best practices.

• Able to think critically and creatively, identify risks and drive the execution across multiple teams to remediate them

Pay & Benefits

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 $163,300 and $245,800, 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. (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html)

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 (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

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 (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation.

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