Business Operations Engineering Program Manager
About the job
- 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.
- 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.
- 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, manufactures, and sells hardware and software across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV, plus services like the App Store, Apple Music, iCloud, and Apple Pay. The products work together through an integrated ecosystem where devices run Apple’s own operating systems and sync data via iCloud, delivering a seamless user experience. It differentiates itself by controlling both hardware and software end-to-end, maintaining a unified design, and expanding services and spatial computing. Its goal is to provide a cohesive, high-quality experience across devices while growing services revenue and expanding its ecosystem.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Cupertino, California
Founded
1976
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Apple Pay launched in India on September 30, 2026 with Axis Bank.
- Apple reported June-quarter revenue of $109.4 billion, up 16%, on iPhone strength.
- Ternus's year-round launches could speed product cadence and expand revenue opportunities.
What critics are saying
- Bloomberg on September 29, 2026 said Ternus cut EPMs and Siri, Vision Pro, Fitness+ teams.
- Meta's Muse hit iPhone App Store No. 1, intercepting shopping referrals and fees.
- If agents bypass apps, Apple loses App Store tolls and ecosystem control.
What makes Apple unique
- Apple's vertical stack controls iPhone, iOS 27, App Store, Apple Pay, and Services.
- Siri AI and Xcode 27 run on-device and Private Cloud Compute, reducing latency.
- Mac mini M6 and Apple Intelligence anchor private AI workloads inside Apple's ecosystem.
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Health Insurance
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Tuition Reimbursement
Performance Bonus
Relocation Assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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