Apple · 2 weeks ago
AIML - Sr Engineering Program Manager, Search and Answer Relevance
Cupertino, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$172K/yr - $306K/yr
8+ years expApple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. They are seeking a Senior Program Manager with a strong track record of delivering search products and world knowledge answering features using innovative technologies upon an aggressive timeline. The program manager will lead a large cross functional project to help improve Apple’s over 1 billion customers experience using groundbreaking AI technologies including Large Language Models.
AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)BroadcastingDigital EntertainmentFoundational AIMedia and EntertainmentMobile DevicesOperating SystemsTVWearables
Responsibilities
Drive consensus across multiple groups with varying opinions & needs. Influence entire teams around a common purpose and drive conference on the plan of execution
Create and manage project schedules with clear dependencies, critical path and systematic methodology to communicate status
Proactively identify and manage risks, close gaps and and re- plan as needed
Keep teams on critical path with efforts to minimize distractions
Provide clear, timely and objective communication, including regular program status updates and one-off reviews as needed to executive team
Keep an eye on any potential gaps across dependency teams and proactively promote regular communications on common source of truth
Proactive and regular insurance of alignments across all stake holder teams when new factors arise
Lead measurements to help team understand and measure success, including quality, usage scale and other key KPIs
Advocate for user and company values when leading team to convergence on key open questions
Lead early feedback collection from internal dogfooding during feature convergence, drive team to address feedback in feature iterations
Advocate for quality and user experience, using both quantitative and qualitative data
Reflect on how the team operates, proactively propose and implement new ways to enable more effective processes & delivery of results
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in driving large scale program building machine learning powered products
Excellent program management skills including program structuring and managing multiple work streams interdependently
Self-motivated and proactive, with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities required to forge a path to success
Strong ability to communicate abstract ideas clearly, manage comprehensive yet succinct project status update to all levels of audience, both verbally and in written forms
Bachelors or Master's degree in Computer Science, or related field and equivalent experience
Preferred
8+ years experience in delivery search and generative answer quality improvements is a plus
Strong ability to deal with ambiguities, drive disambiguation and clarities, shepherd multiple teams to meet aggressive timeline
Experience orchestrating the delivery of multiple significant client/server software products requiring large organizations (100+) across teams to execute
Strategic and results driven mindset focusing on driving what matters
Strong leadership skills, including conflict resolution, negotiation, courage to take risks when needed
Strong adaptability and agility in making adjustments to project strategy and plan with evolving situations
Strong problem-solving skills with attention to details
Solid knowledge of technical system architecture and systems design tradeoffs
Benefits
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation
Company
Apple
Apple is a technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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$5.67BKey Investors
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2025-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $4.5B
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Leadership Team
Tim Cook
CEO
Craig Federighi
SVP, Software Engineering
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