Business Operations Engineering Program Manager
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Mid, Senior
Bachelor's
Cupertino, CA, USA
In Person
Business & StrategyBusiness Operations
About the job
Requirements
- A B.S. in Engineering or a technical degree is required.
- At least 3 years of experience in business operations, program management, or a related function within a hardware product development environment is required.
- Demonstrated Apple New Product Process knowledge and hands-on experience navigating product programs through development milestones are required.
- Experience with budget management, resource planning, and operational reporting is required.
- A strong understanding of Apple's product development lifecycle and cross-functional coordination across engineering, supply chain, and operations is required.
- The ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams with competing priorities and tight timelines is required.
- Experience using data to inform decisions, improve processes, and drive accountability is required.
- The ability to build and maintain tools, dashboards, and systems that scale with organizational growth is required.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to distill complex operational topics into clear, actionable summaries, are required.
- A collaborative working style and a track record of building trust and credibility across functions and levels are required.
Responsibilities
- Leverage Apple New Product Process expertise to align business operations activities with product program milestones, phase gates, and cross-functional deliverables.
- Drive test management, allocations, and samples workflows, ensuring accuracy, traceability, and timely fulfillment across programs.
- Lead and drive budget and finance operations, including quarterly and annual planning, reconciliations, and variance reporting, in partnership with Finance.
- Contribute to product roadmap management, tracking key initiatives and ensuring alignment across stakeholder groups.
- Coordinate meeting oversight by driving agendas, capturing decisions and action items, and ensuring follow-through for key operational forums.
- Lead or support Engineering Services resource planning, aligning headcount and contractor needs with program demands.
- Partner on factory Indirect Labor planning, ensuring staffing models reflect production ramp timelines and organizational priorities.
- Drive tools, data, and systems initiatives by identifying opportunities for automation, improving data quality, and championing scalable solutions.
- Own or support environmental compliance claims reporting leadership, ensuring accurate and timely reporting across programs in line with corporate commitments.
- Manage samples and allocations processes end-to-end, coordinating across engineering, operations, and supply chain teams.
- Identify and champion artificial intelligence and machine learning-driven opportunities to automate repetitive operational workflows, improve data quality, and accelerate decision-making across business operations functions.
- Evaluate and integrate artificial intelligence and machine learning tools and platforms to enhance reporting, forecasting, and compliance monitoring capabilities.
- Partner with stakeholder teams to define requirements for intelligent automation solutions that scale across Product Analysis and Compliance Engineering.
Desired Qualifications
- A postgraduate degree or equivalent experience is preferred.
- At least 5 years of experience in business operations, program management, or a related function within a hardware product development environment is preferred.
- Experience with regulatory processes and compliance management in a hardware product context is preferred.
- Executive presence, including comfort presenting to and influencing vice president-level and above stakeholders, is preferred.
- Cross-functional leadership experience and the ability to drive alignment and outcomes without direct authority across engineering, operations, finance, and supply chain organizations are preferred.
- A background in process improvement methodologies or operational excellence frameworks is preferred.
- Hands-on experience deploying or managing artificial intelligence and machine learning-powered tools in an operations or compliance context, such as automated triage, anomaly detection, or natural language processing for reporting, is preferred.
- A track record of driving organizational adoption of new technologies, including change management and stakeholder education, is preferred.
- Familiarity with Apple's internal tools and systems for program tracking, resource management, and data analytics is preferred.
- Demonstrated understanding of artificial intelligence and machine learning concepts and practical experience applying them to business operations, including automation, predictive analytics, or intelligent tooling, is preferred.
- The ability to translate emerging artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities into actionable operational improvements and articulate their value to technical and non-technical stakeholders is preferred.
About the company
Apple designs and sells consumer electronics, from iPhone smartphones and Mac computers to tablets and wearable devices. Its operating systems manage apps and built-in functions for communication and work, while iCloud stores files and synchronizes data across devices. Customers buy additional digital services through subscriptions such as Apple Music and Apple TV, and developers distribute software through the App Store. Apple earns money from hardware sales, subscriptions and digital transactions, selling directly to customers and through retailers and mobile carriers around the world. It was founded in 1976 and has its headquarters in Cupertino, California.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Cupertino, California
Founded
1976
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What believers are saying
- Business demand is growing: Apple reported $109.4 billion revenue in the June 2026 quarter, up 16% year over year.
- Eligible US employees get learning support: Apple reimburses career-related tuition and runs Apple University classes.
- Services earn richer margins: Apple reported 75.6% services gross margin in the June 2026 quarter, versus 40.1% for products.
What critics are saying
- Assembly depends on Asian partners: Apple outsources substantially all final hardware assembly, reducing direct control over production.
- iPhone concentrates demand risk: the product generated 49.6% of Apple revenue in the June 2026 quarter.
- Student support shifts take evenings: Apple College Advisors typically work three evening shifts and one weekend shift weekly.
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- Its chips link hardware and software: Apple designs M-series processors and developer frameworks tuned to their unified memory.
- Stores double as service hubs: Apple combines device sales, Genius Bar technical help and in-person learning sessions.
- It owns a spatial operating system: Apple Vision Pro runs visionOS, controlled through eyes, hands and voice.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- 401(k) Company Match
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Performance Bonus
- Relocation Assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan