Program Manager (Strategic Programs Lead), Worldwide Sales & Operations Support
Apple· Operations and Supply Chain
Sunnyvale, California$140.7k - $211.4kFull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Experienced Program Manager responsible for planning, scheduling, communications, and reporting backbone of Apple's global data privacy compliance initiatives. Leads cross-functional program governance, readiness, and stakeholder communications to ensure timely delivery against strict compliance deadlines.
Responsibilities
- Own the cross functional program scope, schedule, cross-workstream dependency management, and program workstream readiness tracking.
- In partnership with the Organizational Change Management track, own program communications infrastructure including status reports and executive dashboards.
- Establish and maintain a single source of truth for program status, risks, and decisions that includes portfolio-level reporting and cross-program impact assessments.
- Ability to coordinate cross-functional execution of data privacy initiatives including the proactive identification to resolve schedule gaps and critical path risks.
- Train and mentor program team members on delivery best practices.
- Step into critical program delivery roles under pressure when needed.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree required (Master's preferred) in Business, Information Systems, Law, or a related field.
- 5+ years experience in cross-functional program or portfolio management, ideally within a highly regulated, compliance-driven environment.
- 3+ years in readiness management, scope management, scheduling, resource planning, and execution governance across large-scale, global multi-stakeholder programs.
- 3+ years experience building and owning program reporting infrastructure: dashboards, weekly status reports, risk logs, and executive briefings.
Skills
Required:Program planning and schedule managementReadiness managementProgram reporting infrastructureExecutive communication
Benefits
- 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.
- Discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation (role might be eligible).
- Apple shareholder opportunities through discretionary employee stock programs; eligibility for discretionary RSUs and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Last updated Sep 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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