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Manager, Engineering Program Management - Ai & Data Platforms (AiDP)

Apple· Software and Services
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Sunnyvale, CA$212.6k - $319.8kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Leads and grows a team of Engineering Project Managers within Apple’s AiDP/Data Services, driving multi-year strategy, program portfolio management, and cross-functional collaboration to deploy and optimize AI, data platform, and GenAI initiatives across private and public clouds.

Responsibilities

  • Build, lead, and grow a team of senior Engineering Program Managers. Own hiring, career development, performance, and succession planning.
  • Partner with engineering managers and directors to set the multi-year strategy and roadmap for Data Services. The platforms cover relational, NoSQL, search, vector, graph, cache, and streaming technologies across private and public cloud (AWS, GCP, AliCloud).
  • Own the program portfolio of 30+ concurrent programs. Prioritize investment, balance headcount and cloud spend, and make clear calls on what to fund, delay, or stop.
  • Design and own the organization’s operating model: planning cycles, program reviews, QBRs, and executive readouts. Lead senior decision forums and drive outcomes to closure.
  • Act as the senior program partner to engineering, SRE, product, security, privacy, finance, procurement, and cloud vendors. Represent Data Services in cross-organization and executive settings.
  • Lead strategic infrastructure programs, including multi-cloud and hybrid deployments, large migrations, resilience and disaster recovery, and capacity planning.
  • Own TCO and efficiency goals. Set the metrics framework (usage, cost avoidance, cost per user, reliability) and report business impact to leadership.
  • Lead program process improvement, including using enterprise GenAI tools to automate reporting and scale the team’s impact.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of technical program management in engineering organizations
  • 4+ years managing people, including managing senior EPMs or technical program managers
  • A track record of owning a large, cross-functional infrastructure or data platform portfolio with director-level visibility
  • Strong technical understanding of database and data platform architecture such as Postgres, MongoDB, CockroachDB, Snowflake, SingleStore, or vector databases like Milvus.
  • Experience shaping strategy, managing budgets or headcount, and influencing senior leaders without direct authority.
  • BA/BS in Computer Science or related field, or relevant industry experience

Skills

Required:Engineering Program ManagementPeople LeadershipPortfolio & Budget Management

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • discounted products and free services
  • education reimbursement (tuition)
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments and relocation eligibility
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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