Program Manager, Employee Experience & Productivity at Apple

Program Manager, Employee Experience & Productivity

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Apple's Employee Experience and Productivity team is seeking a Program Manager who will play a central role in driving delivery across a portfolio of strategic initiatives. You will bring structure, clarity, and momentum to complex, cross-functional programs, ensuring teams stay aligned, risks stay managed, and stakeholders stay informed. This role sits at the intersection of product, engineering, design, and operations, and demands someone who leads with precision, communicates with clarity, and thrives in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Own weekly status reporting for multiple projects and consolidated portfolio-level reporting, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and on-time delivery to leadership and stakeholders.
• Maintain and manage detailed project plans, milestone tracking, and schedule management across a concurrent portfolio; proactively identify deviations and drive corrective actions.
• Build and maintain a risk register with active mitigation and contingency plans, ensuring risks and issues are visible and addressed before they become blockers.
• Drive coordination across engineering, design, operations, and other cross-functional teams, ensuring dependencies are clear, handoffs are smooth, and blockers are resolved quickly.
• Facilitate and maintain stakeholder alignment through structured communication, meeting facilitation, and clear documentation of decisions and action items.
• Partner closely with the Engineering Program Manager to ensure technical workstreams are accurately reflected in overall program status and plans.
• Support broader program management functions including meeting facilitation, agenda management, retrospectives, and process documentation.

Minimum Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in a program or project management role, with a demonstrated track record of managing complex, cross-functional programs from initiation through delivery, including multiple concurrent projects with competing priorities.
• 3+ years of experience coordinating across peer teams such as software engineering, product management, and design.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong proficiency with project tracking tools such as Jira or Wrike, and experience owning executive-facing status reports and portfolio-level dashboards.
• Solid risk management skills covering identification, documentation, and active mitigation tracking, with a proactive approach to surfacing and resolving blockers.
• Experience collaborating with or alongside an Engineering Program Manager or technical program management function.
• Familiarity with portfolio-level reporting frameworks and program governance structures.
• Experience operating effectively in a matrixed organization with multiple stakeholders and reporting lines.
• Background in technology, internal productivity tools, or employee-facing SaaS products. PMP, PgMP, or equivalent project management certification.
• Excellent stakeholder communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Familiar with Gen AI tools.

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $114,900 and $211,400, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.