Engineering Program Manager, Data Services - Apple Services Engineering

The Apple Services Engineering team is seeking an exceptional Engineering Program Manager (EPM) to work with Data Services development and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in program and project management, complemented by technical abilities and experience working with globally distributed teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years of program management, product management, systems engineering or equivalent experience
• Excellent project management skills to drive schedules, dependencies, critical path and risks
• Solid technical understanding of large scale distributed software systems, event streaming, data pipelines, distributed databases, cloud architecture
• Strong relationship management and facilitation skills both within diverse engineering teams and cross functional organizations
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills, including the ability to convey information in a clear, concise and credible manner
• Experience with release planning and SDLC methodologies
• Familiarity with system reliability engineering (SRE) process and deliverables
• Ability to partner with product and engineering teams to translate user needs into actionable requirements
• Strong facilitation skills (requirements sessions, design meetings, progress and status meetings)
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering or similar technical field or at least 5+ years of comparable experience