What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Engineering Program Manager, Find My position at Apple?
Summary
The Find My team is dedicated to building a seamless, private, and secure experience for users to locate their devices, personal items, and share location with friends and family. We're a group of highly motivated engineers, designers, and product managers who are passionate about creating a simple and reliable experience for hundreds of millions of users worldwide. We thrive in a fast paced environment where team members are often encouraged to wear multiple hats and contribute to various aspects of the product lifecycle. Innovation and creative problem-solving are at the heart of our team, and we constantly explore new approaches to deliver groundbreaking solutions while collaborating with diverse disciplines across the company, including hardware, software, and privacy, to deliver an exceptional user experience.
Description
As an Engineering Program Manager, you'll thrive in a fast-paced, startup-like environment, collaborating closely with a passionate cross-functional team to drive the technical execution of our shared mission. You'll be instrumental in not just delivering exciting new engineering initiatives, but ensuring we're building the right things — identifying opportunities to be strategic and create meaningful impact for our users and the business. Your organizational and leadership skills, paired with your passion for continuous improvement, will directly shape the experience of millions of users. We embrace continuous iteration and improvement, so you'll have the opportunity to learn, grow, and help us find smarter ways to build the future of Find My.
Responsibilities
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 $172,100 and $305,600, 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.
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.
Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.
The Find My team is dedicated to building a seamless, private, and secure experience for users to locate their devices, personal items, and share location with friends and family. We're a group of highly motivated engineers, designers, and product managers who are passionate about creating a simple and reliable experience for hundreds of millions of users worldwide. We thrive in a fast paced environment where team members are often encouraged to wear multiple hats and contribute to various aspects of the product lifecycle. Innovation and creative problem-solving are at the heart of our team, and we constantly explore new approaches to deliver groundbreaking solutions while collaborating with diverse disciplines across the company, including hardware, software, and privacy, to deliver an exceptional user experience.
Description
As an Engineering Program Manager, you'll thrive in a fast-paced, startup-like environment, collaborating closely with a passionate cross-functional team to drive the technical execution of our shared mission. You'll be instrumental in not just delivering exciting new engineering initiatives, but ensuring we're building the right things — identifying opportunities to be strategic and create meaningful impact for our users and the business. Your organizational and leadership skills, paired with your passion for continuous improvement, will directly shape the experience of millions of users. We embrace continuous iteration and improvement, so you'll have the opportunity to learn, grow, and help us find smarter ways to build the future of Find My.
Responsibilities
- Lead delivery of technically complex customer-facing features across Apple platforms—from concept through launch—with a focus on improving location accuracy, privacy, security, and the foundational Find My network infrastructure.
- Create an execution plan that accounts for product priorities and engineering feasibility, adapting it as the project progresses.
- Ensure all teams have clear expectations of deliverables across engineering, design, product, and data science, ensuring these land on time with high-quality, and using program skills to escalate and mitigate when things go off track.
- Drive the definition of priorities, scope, and success metrics while balancing technical feasibility with user value.
- Evaluate user experiences critically by becoming a user expert, and translating pain-points into plans for refinement.
- Communicate status, risks, and trade-offs clearly across teams and leadership, providing informed recommendations and options alongside issues.
- Represent your program with accountability and integrity across Apple’s internal teams.
- 8 years of Program Management or Technical Program Management experience leading technical programs or cross-functional software initiatives in developer or business-facing products.
- Demonstrated success shipping client applications (e.g., iOS, macOS) and/or complementary web or backend services.
- Proven ability to collaborate closely with engineering teams and make technically informed decisions.
- Strong empathy for users and the ability to reason through product design trade-offs.
- Exceptional organizational skills, ability to track many moving parts at once.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; comfortable engaging with technical and executive audiences alike.
- Proven ability to manage complex, cross-functional programs and drive alignment across stakeholders.
- Experience on projects with rapidly changing information, while also landing work along the way.
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent technical experience is a strong plus. Technical background or hands-on experience with software development is a strong plus.
- Experience with location-based services, tracking technologies, privacy-preserving location, or AI/ML-powered location features. Familiarity with the Find My network, secure location sharing, or device tracking.
- Prior success delivering programs at the intersection of hardware, software, and services.
- Passion for product quality, user experience design, and attention to detail.
- Strong growth potential: ability to operate independently while welcoming mentorship and feedback.
- Experience working at a startup or major zero-to-one project a strong plus.
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 $172,100 and $305,600, 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.
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.
Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.
Salary : $172,100 - $305,600