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

Sunnyvale, United States of AmericaFull-time2026-10-12 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead and develop a team of Engineering Program Managers to oversee a portfolio of 30+ concurrent programs for Apple's Data Service platform, translating strategy into execution across data, application development, and machine learning.

Role type

Senior Engineering Program Manager (Team Lead)

Builds

Data Service platforms (relational, NoSQL, search, vector, graph, cache, streaming) and GenAI integrations

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure & Data Platforms

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Technical program management, team leadership, strategy translation, stakeholder management, risk/dependency management, portfolio prioritization, TCO modeling, cross-functional influence, database architecture knowledge, cloud migration planning

Preferred skills

EPM function growth, agile project management, Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, FinOps, process improvement, hands-on software engineering or SRE background

Technologies

Postgres, MongoDB, CockroachDB, Snowflake, SingleStore, Milvus, AWS, GCP, AliCloud, Kubernetes

Responsibilities

Build and grow a team of senior EPMs; Partner with engineering managers to set multi-year strategy; Own the program portfolio of 30+ concurrent programs; Design and own the organization's operating model; Act as senior program partner to engineering, SRE, product, security, privacy, finance, procurement, and cloud vendors; Lead strategic infrastructure programs including multi-cloud deployments and migrations; Own TCO and efficiency goals; Lead program process improvement using enterprise GenAI tools

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership