Job Description
Summary
The Ad Platforms EPM team is looking for a highly-functioning, dedicated, and versatile senior Engineering Program Manager (EPM) who can lead a portfolio of the most pivotal initiatives that drive our products’ performance and business growth.
This is a highly visible, strategic role for a seasoned Engineering Program leader that includes building relationships and partners across multiple Engineering and Product leads to drive a technical roadmap of cross-functional initiatives (portfolio) through delivery, inclusive of timelines, planning, requirements, and dependencies.
Description
- Lead the end-to-end execution of strategic initiatives across the Ad Platforms Engineering organization, optimizing processes and ensuring timely delivery of critical projects.
- Collaborate closely with leadership and cross-functional teams to align on technical roadmaps that reflect both product and engineering priorities.
- Be responsible for project planning, delivery, work breakdowns, prioritization, and day-to-day project management using suitable methodologies needed to meet timelines and results.
- Drive strategic conversations with leadership to develop and track a technology roadmap that encompasses technical debt assessment, prioritization, and project sequencing.
- Communicate status updates regularly to Ad Platforms’ executive leadership, ensuring clear insight into project achievements, challenges, and dependencies.
- Foster strong, collaborative relationships with internal and external partner teams, approaching all interactions with empathy, understanding, and a focus on balancing competing priorities and deadlines.
Minimum Qualifications
- 8+ years of demonstrated ability managing complex, cross-functional projects in a large engineering organization accountable for the development and deployment of applications and services at Apple scale.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including negotiation, presentation, and influence at all levels,including executive leadership.
- Strong desire to learn, skills for problem-solving, and the ability to make sophisticated trade-offs.
- Self-motivated, independent, and proactive; demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities; can quickly (real-time) triage, prioritize, and lead cross-functional teams under pressure.
- Proven technical proficiency, you quickly learn key technologies related to your initiatives and beyond.
- Strong familiarity with long lead time projects, phase management, oversight and communication, and leadership through the entire project lifecycle.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leading engineering programs within advertising technology or related industries.
- Proficiency in cloud computing technologies, containerization, and scalable architectures.
- Familiarity with data pipelines, Big Data platforms, and analytics-driven decision-making.
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects involving privacy and security considerations.
- Experience with Agile, Scrum, or other iterative development methodologies.
- Expertise in balancing multiple complex initiatives with competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.