Apple
Senior Engineering Program Manager, Lead , Service Special Projects
$176K–$312K
Cupertino, California · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Experience
- 15+ years, including at least 3+ years in a lead or principal-level capacity; 5+ years leading AI-first programs end to end.
- Education
- BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience. Advanced degree preferred.
About the job
Leads end-to-end program management for a large, cross-functional engineering initiative, coordinating teams and driving its roadmap, execution, and executive communications.
What you'll do
- Own the plan of record, including roadmap, milestones, dependencies, risks, and operating cadence.
- Coordinate engineering, research, design, and business teams across client software, services, data, applied ML, tooling, and platform engineering.
- Mentor junior EPMs and improve program-management practices, progress tracking, and communication.
What they ask for
- 15+ years managing complex cross-functional engineering programs in a technical product environment, including 3+ years at lead or principal level.
- 5+ years leading AI-first programs end to end, with machine-learning or large-language-model systems central to product value.
- Experience running programs across multiple engineering disciplines end to end.
- Technical depth to assess design documents, architectural trade-offs, dependencies, and risks; working literacy with the modern AI stack.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree.
- Experience landing AI/ML capabilities in production, from research prototype through evaluation, hardening, and launch.
Pay
$175,500 and $311,700 USD (base salary)
Tools
client software, backend services, large-scale data systems, applied machine learning, evaluation, tooling, platform engineering, large-language-model systems
AI focus
Leads AI-first programs involving machine-learning or large-language-model systems, including model behavior and evaluation; preferred experience includes taking AI/ML capabilities from research prototype to production launch.
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