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Engineering Program Manager, Responsible AI, Safety

Apple· Software and Services
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Hybrid (Seattle, WA), Hybrid (Cupertino, CA)$166.6k - $250.7kFull-timePosted 3d ago

About the role

Program manager role focused on Responsible AI (Safety) within the AIML team, driving policy, standards and processes for ethical and safe deployment of machine learning models, coordinating across partner organizations and ensuring early engagement on product architecture, feature definition and program execution.

Responsibilities

  • Communicate: Provide clear, timely and objective communication, including regular program status updates and critical issues as needed to executive team
  • Coordinate: Coordinate discussions and break down complex issues into discussion topics to drive engineering and design alignment with support from project team, maintaining an orientation toward teamwork and collaboration
  • Plan: Create and manage project timelines with clear dependencies, critical path and systematic methodology to communicate status. Manage risks and mitigations, and re- plan as events warrant. Drive alignment across the organization and between teams
  • Execute: Drive on time delivery and deployment, identifying development and feasibility needs, establishing achievements for checkpoints and status updates
  • Problem solve: Proactively identify issues and solutions, and marshal resources vital to attack and resolve. Coordinate with teams to identify issues, prioritize tasks and track risks to schedule and product quality, including cross-functional dependencies
  • - 6+ years of experience in project or program management shipping products driven by machine-learned systems to worldwide users
  • - Designed the delivery of multiple significant client/server software products requiring large organizations (100+) to accomplish
  • - Project management skills including project structuring and managing multiple work streams interdependently
  • - Detailed understanding of testing, build and release processes for sophisticated software
  • - Demonstrated skill of negotiating and distilling complex technical requirements from multiple partners into a coherent long term platform roadmap
  • - Demonstrated data-driven decision-making skills, including experience leading metrics-driven projects or programs.
  • - Experience in group facilitation, interviewing and influence skills
  • - Ability to communicate abstract ideas clearly, and independently manage complex project objectives
  • - Strong verbal and written communication skills, including negotiation, presentation and influence
  • - Ability to independently draft and present deliverables, recommendations, timelines and communication strategies
  • - BS, MS or PHD in computer science or engineering or other technical area, or experience in related field
  • - Self-motivated and proactive, demonstrating creative problem-solving, critical thinking, and an intellectually curious approach to challenges
  • - Prior experience in hands-on software development
  • - Excellent collaboration skills, working together with different teams, and fostering trust
  • - Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
  • - Curiosity and passion for new technologies, and proven ability to quickly understand technical concepts

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience in project or program management shipping products driven by machine-learned systems to worldwide users
  • Designed the delivery of multiple significant client/server software products requiring large organizations (100+) to accomplish
  • Project management skills including project structuring and managing multiple work streams interdependently
  • Detailed understanding of testing, build and release processes for sophisticated software
  • Demonstrated skill of negotiating and distilling complex technical requirements from multiple partners into a coherent long term platform roadmap
  • Demonstrated data-driven decision-making skills, including experience leading metrics-driven projects or programs.
  • Experience in group facilitation, interviewing and influence skills
  • Ability to communicate abstract ideas clearly, and independently manage complex project objectives
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, including negotiation, presentation and influence
  • Ability to independently draft and present deliverables, recommendations, timelines and communication strategies
  • BS, MS or PHD in computer science or engineering or other technical area, or experience in related field
  • Self-motivated and proactive, demonstrating creative problem-solving, critical thinking, and an intellectually curious approach to challenges
  • Prior experience in hands-on software development
  • Excellent collaboration skills, working together with different teams, and fostering trust
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
  • Curiosity and passion for new technologies, and proven ability to quickly understand technical concepts

Skills

Required:Project managementCommunicationCross-functional collaborationML product delivery

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 as well as relocation (role may be eligible)
  • Apple shareholder opportunities through discretionary employee stock programs
  • employee stock purchase plan
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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