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Apple

Principle Product Manager, Search Platform

$207K–$373K

San Francisco, California · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026

Experience
10+ years of product management experience; 3+ years of people management experience.
Education
BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent. Advanced degree preferred.

About the job

Leads product strategy and launches for Apple’s search and grounding infrastructure powering Siri AI experiences and other Apple intelligence services.

What you'll do

  • Set the multi-year strategy and roadmap for search infrastructure, retrieval, ranking, and grounding systems.
  • Partner with engineering, ML, and product teams to define requirements and scale capabilities to billions of queries.
  • Represent the team with internal stakeholders and external partners, and strengthen product management practices.

What they ask for

  • 10+ years of product management experience bringing products from concept to launch, including significant experience in machine-learned systems, search infrastructure, or complex platforms.
  • 3+ years of people management experience, including recruiting, developing, and leading product managers.
  • Deep understanding of scaled search systems, retrieval-augmented generation, grounding services, evaluation methodologies, and AI/ML product development.
  • Proven ability to translate product vision into technical requirements and align roadmaps across large, matrixed organizations.

Nice to have

  • Experience with a global-scale search service or developer APIs for first- and third-party platforms.
  • MBA, M.S., or Ph.D. focused on machine learning, data mining, or statistics; or prior product management experience in speech recognition, natural language understanding, search, data pipelines, or A/B testing.

Pay

USD $207,400 to $372,700 (base salary)

Tools

Siri, retrieval-augmented generation, large language model, search infrastructure, retrieval, ranking, grounding services, A/B testing

AI focus

Owns search and grounding infrastructure for generative AI, including retrieval, ranking, and grounding capabilities supporting Siri AI and broader Apple intelligence services.

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First seen Oct 23, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)