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Software Release Engineering Program Manager (EPM) - Siri

Apple· Software and Services
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Cupertino, CA$144.6k - $263.8kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Release Engineering Program Manager for Siri responsible for coordinating across multiple teams to ensure timely, high-quality delivery of Siri features and updates. Hands-on EPM role focusing on release lifecycle, decision framing, risk management, and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

  • Work with our project management, engineering, and leadership teams to help define, schedule, track, and communicate the status of releases.
  • Communicate effectively at all levels — from informal drop-ins to formal announcements — often serving as the face of the Siri release team inside Apple.
  • Serve as a go-to resource for querying data to understand bug status, program status, and other key release metrics — helping leadership at all levels understand program health.
  • Coordinate and run program-wide bug reviews with program leadership, engineering, program management, quality and other cross-functional partners.
  • Track and prioritize tasks across multiple product releases and efforts simultaneously.
  • Track and communicate release critical, seed-blocking and other high-priority issues effectively and in a timely manner.
  • Develop and automate reports to help manage the entire bug lifecycle and identify areas for improvement.
  • Lead release-related efforts across multiple teams across multiple layers of the software stack as needed, identify the right technical DRIs for issues impacting releases and drive them to resolution.
  • Understand and enforce our integration and build processes end to end, from seeds to release; provide frequent updates, with the right sense of urgency and priority, to build and integration teams on upcoming releases.
  • Identify and implement opportunities to improve how programs are run and executed.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience project managing complex, multi-functional projects.
  • BS/MS in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent.
  • Experience partnering directly with engineering and program leadership to navigate release trade-offs, drive alignment, and communicate risk in high-stakes environments.
  • Self-motivated, proactive, and enthusiastic with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities.
  • Concise, well-structured written communication including status and summary of issues.
  • Articulate and facilitative in meetings and demonstrates the ability to reshape messaging for each audience.
  • Ability to deliver hard news clearly and escalate appropriately across teams.
  • Strong collaboration skills — ability to work well within a team, understand capabilities, and discern priorities.
  • Devise and communicates plans in ambiguous settings with attention to detail.
  • A deeply curious mindset about new ideas.
  • Ability to filter and distill relevant information for the right audience.
  • Solid understanding of software development practices with the proven ability to navigate ambiguity, distinguish urgent from important and defend tradeoffs.
  • Experience developing and releasing a consumer product.
  • Prior experience in a hands-on technical role in software engineering and project management.
  • Experience working in a cross-functional project role spanning multiple software stack layers such as firmware, OS, rendering, applications, machine learning, deep learning, or toolkits and SDKs.

Skills

Required:Project managementStakeholder communicationCross-functional leadershipRelease management

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Discounted products and free services
  • Education-related reimbursement including tuition
  • Discretionary bonuses or commission payments (potential)
  • Relocation assistance (potential)
  • Apple shareholder opportunities through stock programs
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Last updated Sep 18, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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