Engineering Project Manager
Summary
Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise and customer technology systems in the world? Join Apple’s Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization. IS&T is the engine behind everything Apple does for customers and for the people who build for them. It’s Apple’s central nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices, processing billions of secure transactions, and keeping the technology that defines modern life running flawlessly, IS&T makes the impossible feel effortless.
Do you love building solutions to handle global complexity and immense scale? Imagine what you could do here.
The Apple Online Store team is looking for a highly motivated Engineering Project Manager to lead the delivery of software engineering initiatives that power Apple's global e-commerce platform. In this role, you will drive cross-functional collaboration across engineering, product, business, and operations teams to deliver scalable solutions that support Apple's evolving digital ecosystem.
Retail and Marcom Engineering, an IS&T team, builds and operates the systems and experiences that connect Apple's products with its customers. The team owns the technology behind both Apple's online and physical stores and drives the interactive marketing experiences and tools that keep creative operations moving. Together, those functions deliver the technology behind every product story Apple tells and every purchase a customer makes.
Description
As an Engineering Project Manager within the Apple Online Store (AOS) team, you will own the full project lifecycle for software initiatives supporting Apple's global e-commerce platform. You will gather business requirements, drive technical design discussions, and manage delivery across development, QA, and launch to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions.
This role requires strong leadership, clear communication, and a solid understanding of software development. You will manage project scope, timelines, budgets, and risks while ensuring alignment across engineering, product, and business stakeholders. Your focus will be on driving execution efficiently and delivering solutions that meet both business and customer needs.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of software engineering projects on the AOS platform, managing the full lifecycle from initiation through launch
- Define and maintain project plans covering scope, milestones, timelines, resource allocation, and risks
- Serve as the primary point of contact between engineering teams, product owners, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment on goals and priorities
- Coordinate activities across engineering, Quality teams, DevOps, and operations teams to ensure smooth and timely project execution
- Proactively identify, track, and manage risks, dependencies, and change management while keeping all stakeholders informed
Minimum Qualifications
- 7 - 10+ years of overall industry experience in a technology or engineering environment
- Hands-on experience in engineering project or program management
- Solid understanding of software development methodologies
- Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong leadership and influencing skills with experience driving alignment across cross-functional teams
- Experience working in globally distributed, time-zone diverse team environments
- Proven ability to identify, track, and manage risks, dependencies, and change management.
Preferred Qualifications
- Technical background in software engineering with the ability to understand and articulate the technical implications of decisions made by the project team
- Understanding of budget tracking and resource forecasting in a project or program context
- Experience working with vendors and contractors
- Highly effective collaborator with a proven ability to bring together engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders to deliver results.