Security Engineering Program Manager, Apple Services Engineering

Security Engineering Program Manager

Apple is seeking an experienced Security Engineering Program Manager for the Apple Services Engineering (ASE) organization. We are looking for passionate, motivated individuals looking to contribute to the development and security hardening of the extraordinary services and infrastructure that power Apple’s products. You will partner with teams whose mission is to build, maintain, and improve the platform and product layer of Apple’s most critical cloud services at scale. Your work will focus on services, features, reliability, scalability, privacy, and security technologies. Part of the role will require you to influence and partner in defining and implementing standard processes that improve our operational security and privacy efficiency. The work is integral through the entire software stack so you will have the opportunity to work with a wide variety of engineering teams.

Technically curious and a functional expert you will autonomously lead projects of varying scale and complexity with cross-functional development and SRE teams with only consultative direction from leadership. This is not a task-based job; we are accountable for delivering secure and performant systems. Partnering with program, engineering leaders and teams you will influence and drive software delivery. You will review business requirements, ensure clarity and establish expectations for services requested while developing and executing processes, frameworks, metrics, project plans, defining scope, schedule, deliverables and resources. You will be able to operate at all levels of the organization; going deep into the detail to prioritize team activities and drive resolution of issues across all areas of the program while communicating status and issues to teams, leadership and other partners. You will facilitate focused concise status and program operations. You will advise and carry out risk assessment and mitigation plans as needed. Execution is critical so you will drive maturity programs with cross-functional organizations and teams while continuously working to improve the software development lifecycle process within the org. You will represent the engineering teams with other internal and external organizations within Apple.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in program / project management successfully leading highly cross-functional software development
• Familiar with SW & server delivery, reliability, security, privacy, and other compliance review workflows
• Collaborative engagement and technical empathy for engineers
• Sound technical foundation and a highly motivated self-starter
• Experience as a project lead, able to focus and simplify, balancing the details with goals, priorities, and trade-offs in mind
• Shown ability to meet deadlines and schedule constraints; working effectively with and influence multiple collaborators across a highly-matrixed, multi-functional organization
• Consistent record in defining processes, key metrics and executing on them
• Strong leadership skills and ability to inspire team members
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Ability to filter and distill relevant information for the right audience with strong presentation skills both in person and in multi-location meetings
• Able to think critically and creatively, identify risks and drive the execution across multiple teams to remediate them
• Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree or equivalent work experience in project management or security engineering

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading large, complex programs; from requirements gathering, collaboration with teams, through software development and release qualification while maintaining a high bar for quality
• Experience managing cross-org dependencies across multiple engineering teams
• Experience in some or all of the following areas: Software Security Assurance, Application Security, Threat Modeling, Secure Coding Practices, Vulnerability Assessment, Security Code Reviews, Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Security Requirements Analysis, Secure Architecture Design, Static Code Analysis, Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), Secure Deployment Practices, Security Training and Awareness, Secure Development Tools and Techniques, Secure Development Frameworks (e.g., OWASP SAMM), Secure Software Development Methodologies (e.g., Agile, DevSecOps), Security Testing Automation, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) Security

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.