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Sr. Engineering Program Manager, Strategic Risk, Apple Services Engineering

Apple· Apple Services Engineering
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Seattle, WA$166.6k - $250.7kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Engineering Program Manager leading delivery for the Strategic Risk Security team within Apple Services Engineering. Responsible for turning deep technical analysis into structured plans, coordinating cross-functional security initiatives, managing risk mitigation roadmaps, and providing visibility to engineering leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Operationalize key cross-functional security initiatives and programs that require security domain, systems, and engineering-level knowledge.
  • Manage cross-functional dependencies, risks, and changes effectively by optimizing scope, schedule, and resources accordingly.
  • Create project plans which deliver consistency, clarity, and build alignment across teams.
  • Play a key part in shaping technical direction by collaborating closely with senior engineers to distill complex requirements, identify trade-offs, and anticipate roadblocks across the software development lifecycle.
  • Help influence peers and stakeholders and build consensus while dealing with ambiguity.
  • Develop and own communication plans to effectively and proactively communicate program status, issues, and risks to stakeholders.
  • Define and report on program health, success metrics, and active progress.
  • Leverage data to drive strategic decisions and prioritization at the leadership level.

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience as an Engineering Program Manager or Technical Program Manager.
  • 2+ years of experience managing projects or programs in the field of security.
  • Project Management: Proficiency in managing complex projects, including defining scopes, setting timelines, and coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure timely and successful delivery.
  • Execution at Scale: Proven ability to track large volumes of work items across many teams to completion, using metrics, clear ownership, and consistent follow-through.
  • BS in technical field or equivalent industry experience
  • Build Trust and Influence: Experience fostering collaboration and influencing stakeholders without direct authority to achieve program objectives.
  • Communication Skills: Ability to convey complex technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences, including executive and senior leadership, with clarity, confidence, and alignment.
  • Analytical Problem Solving: Ability to evaluate technical trade-offs, simplify complex operational challenges, and design sustainable workflows.
  • Drive What Matters: Able to focus and simplify, balancing the details with goals, priorities, and trade-offs in mind.
  • Familiarity with threat modeling, operational threat intelligence, and common attack vectors and frameworks.
  • Experience with enterprise log collection and analysis platforms (e.g., Splunk, OSQuery).
  • Experience working with data engineers to define metrics and interpret results from detection and risk models.

Skills

Required:Program managementCross-functional coordination

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 assistance
  • eligibility for discretionary employee stock programs (RSU) and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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