Apple Services Engineering (ASE) - Engineering Project Manager

Summary
Posted: 8 Oct 2024
Role Number: 200564920
The Apple Services Engineering team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple’s long-held passion for combining art and technology. These are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books. And they do it on a massive scale, meeting Apple’s high expectations with high performance to deliver a huge variety of entertainment in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries. Apple Media Services Program Managers partner with engineers who build secure, end-to-end solutions. Thanks to Apple’s unique integration of hardware, software, and services, engineers and Program Managers partner to get behind a single unified vision. That vision always includes a deep commitment to strengthening Apple’s privacy policy, one of Apple’s core values. Although services are a bigger part of Apple’s business than ever before, these teams remain small, nimble, and cross-functional, offering greater exposure to the array of opportunities here.

Description
The FairPlay Software Security team consists of experts in the following disciplines: Security solutions development, cryptography, Red Team assessments, anti-piracy, and many others that combine to protect Apple’s services and platforms. As Engineering Project Managers on the team, we are responsible for the smooth interaction of this team across the entire Apple ecosystem. It is a huge responsibility, a huge challenge, and for motivated individuals, hugely rewarding work. On this team, you will:

1. Work as part of an extraordinary development team in our Paris office
2. Work closely with teams and partners worldwide to shape the roadmap, build new features, and ship software releases to millions of Apple customers
3. Be responsible for fast, scalable outcomes and delivery. Working closely with internal and external partners, you'll drive technical integrations through to completion
4. Have the freedom to bring new ideas and develop innovative solutions to gain efficiencies in the build, development, testing, and deployment lifecycle
5. Drive discussions with enthusiasm and energy, leading to the design of new experiences for Apple customers

As an EPM, you will need to be able to:

1. Facilitate the project end-to-end, all the way from kick-off, development, QA, business, legal, documentation to deployment
2. Drive engineering deliverables based on external commitments and program objectives
3. Capture requirements, build connections, anticipate challenges and get projects to launch
4. Credibly represent the team and our goals to engineers, managers, executives and third parties
5. Juggle the sometimes conflicting requirements and schedules, and find solutions to address them

This is an exciting, always changing fast paced environment where you will be responsible and relied upon. If you have an interest in security and a deep understanding of program management in a complex environment, we want to hear from you!

• Located in our Paris office and adheres to Apple's Hybrid Work Policy
• Experience leading complex and large cross-functional projects, leading and running complex software/hardware production schedules.
• Strong leadership and excellent interpersonal skills
• Analytical mindset
• Equally comfortable in a lively technical discussion or providing status to executives
• Ability to anticipate problems, make well-reasoned decisions (including prioritization) and follow through on them
• Experience working and managing overseas team members
• Familiarity with the software lifecycle and development process
• Fluent in English (written and verbal), French desired but not required

Preferred Qualifications
Strongly desired: Background in security technologies (DRM, cryptography, code protection)

Additional Requirements
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