AIML - Sr Engineering Program Manager, Text to Speech

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, Analytical and Problem solving, Design, Effective communication skills, Leadership Skill, Machine learning techniques

Job Description

The AIML org Text-To-Speech team is building innovative Text-To-Speech solutions to enable most accurate, natural and connected voice and audio experiences for Apple users. We’re looking for a strong Senior Program Manager with a solid track record of building and maintaining sophisticated software technologies, tools and processes that deliver the best experiences that delight customers. The program manager will lead projects in Text-To-Speech program to serve our over 1 billion customers. You will work with world level deep learning and AI engineers applying innovative machine translation and AI technologies to solve challenges on speech generation, both on user experiences and technologies.

Key Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in driving large scale program building machine learning powered products
• Excellent program management skills including program structuring and managing multiple work streams interdependently
• Have personally orchestrated the delivery of multiple significant client/server software products requiring large organizations (100+) to complete
• Solid knowledge of technical system architecture and systems design tradeoffs
• Capability to work across a large number of teams to enforce process and efficient outcomes in a data-driven environment
• Strong analytical thinking, analysis, and problem-solving skills
• Attention to details
• Strategic mentality focusing on driving what matters
• Self-motivated and proactive, with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities required to forge a path to success
• Strong leadership skills, including coaching, team-building, conflict resolution and management
• Ability to communicate abstract ideas clearly and independently manage complex project objectives
• Strong verbal and written communication skills including negotiation, presentation and influence

Description

- Lead annual and quarterly planning for Text-To-Speech core engineering team and dependency feature teams via strong prioritization framework - Create and manage project timelines with clear dependencies, critical path and systematic methodology to communicate status - Break down complex issues into discussion topics, lead the discussion and drive alignment - Keep teams on critical path to accomplish quarterly goals - Proactively identify issues, manage risks and mitigations, and re- plan as events warrant - Provide clear, timely and objective communication, including regular program status updates and one-off reviews as needed to executive team - Effectively drive requirements, dependency management and alignment cross-functionally across Text-To-Speech core engineering team, dependency feature teams and other function teams - Collaborate with other teams within and outside of the organization to promote cross-team technology sharing - Lead competitor analysis to understand competitor landscape and opportunities for Apple Text-To-Speech technologies - Network with internal customers to continuously look out for opportunities for Text-To-Speech services or technologies to improve user experience and (or) Apple values - Lead measurements to help team understand and measure success, including quality, usage scale and other critical metrics - Reflect on how the team operates, propose and implement new ways to work in order to improve the rate at which the team delivers value to customers

Education & Experience

Bachelors or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or related field and equivalent experience

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 $160,700 and $282,500, 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. Learn more about Apple Benefits.