Engineering Project Manager, Enterprise Technology Services

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.

Apple's Identity Management Services team is looking for an exceptional Identity and Security Project Manager to help further improve Apple Accounts. An IdMS Apple Accounts EPM gets to positively impact the lives of billions of users across the Apple ecosystem. This is a technical PM role in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, requiring a strong blend of deep technical expertise and higher-level information security knowledge, along with proven experience leading complex security and identity projects. Success in this role requires sharp prioritization skills, the ability to think on your feet, and the confidence to productively challenge and debate technical approaches across every aspect of your projects.

Description

In this role, you will be at the center of how Apple protects and manages digital identities and access across the company, working alongside engineers, architects, and business stakeholders to design and deliver secure, scalable identity and access management solutions for Apple Accounts. Your days will involve translating complex security requirements into clear project plans, tracking progress across multiple concurrent initiatives, and jumping into technical discussions to help teams weigh tradeoffs between security, usability, and speed of delivery. This role requires diving deep into technical details one moment and stepping back to communicate risks and status to leadership the next, while building strong relationships across engineering, security, and business teams to keep projects moving forward. Whether you're untangling a technical roadblock, refining a rollout plan, or challenging an approach you believe could be stronger, you'll play a critical role in ensuring that the billions of Apple users have access to their data with world class security protections.

Responsibilities

• Participate & drive project meetings and security design reviews, from high-level functional solutions to detailed technical architecture
• Autonomously manage identity and access management projects of varying scale and complexity
• Support identity and access management infrastructure and platforms
• Respond to identity-related threats and vulnerabilities, driving issues through to resolution
• Lead cross-functional projects with minimal direction, operating with a high degree of autonomy
• Multi-task effectively and manage competing priorities across multiple concurrent initiatives
• Communicate clearly and precisely, both verbally and in writing, with strong attention to detail
• Analyze complex technical and security problems, quickly develop creative solutions, and adapt to a fast-paced environment
• Plan and manage a portfolio of identity and security projects, setting priorities, measurable objectives, and managing change
• Collect and review business and technical requirements, ensuring clarity and setting expectations for requested services
• Manage team activities and drive resolution of issues across all areas of a project
• Manage communications, keeping team members, management, and stakeholders informed of status, risks, and issues
• Anticipate and proactively manage risks, issues, and constraints throughout the project lifecycle
• Coordinate the activities of cross-functional contributors and drive alignment across teams
• Establish processes and best practices for team members to ensure project goals are consistently met
• Stay current on the latest security best practices, emerging threats, and vulnerabilities, and share this knowledge across the team and broader organization

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience managing technical projects or programs, including planning, execution, and delivery
• Hands-on experience with information security practices in a large enterprise environment
• Demonstrated experience with application design, integration, and deployment across a global IT environment
• Experience managing cross-functional development cycles in a fast-paced enterprise setting
• Proven ability to manage project constraints including time, cost, and quality

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with Identity Management solutions, security implementations, and vulnerability management
• Familiarity with Java, J2EE, or Oracle
• Experience with Agile or Test Driven Development methodologies
• Strong judgment with the ability to drive decisions, influence change, and resolve conflicts effectively
• Excellent presentation skills, with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences