Sequoia Manager of iPhone Engineering Program Manager
Summary
People-manager role at Apple in Shanghai leading a team of iPhone Engineering Program Managers, driving the full development cycle of future-generation iPhone products across contract manufacturers, vendors, and cross-functional teams. Requires 10+ years in consumer electronics and fluency in English and Mandarin, with up to 50% travel.
Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other’s ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It’s the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you’ll do more than join something — you’ll add something.
As manager of iPhone Engineering Program Manager, you will be responsible for managing a group of talented EPMs and contract manufacturers for our future generation iPhone products. You will use your management skills, imagination, creativity to lead these exciting programs forward!
This manager role will have significant responsibilities in leading the team growth, managing critical path even with ambiguity and uncertainty, making decisions, collaborating with multi-functional teams, vendors and suppliers around the globe during the entire development cycle.
Minimum Qualifications
- More than 10 years experience working in consumer electronic product
- Electrical or Mechanical Engineering related degree or relevant work experience
- Flexibility with travel (up to 50% maximum)
- Flexibility with working hours and schedule
- Proficiency in English and Mandarin
Preferred Qualifications
- BS Degree or above in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
- More than 5 years experience working as program manager for hardware development
- Experience managing with contract manufacturers
- Experience in factory SMT(Surface Mount Technology) or FATP process and budget management
- Excellent presentation, communication and articulation skills
- Comfort using AI-assisted dashboards or analytics tools to monitor production KPIs and flag risks proactively
- Experience or interest in using AI-enhanced project management workflows to track milestone progress, surface schedule risks, and coordinate action items across teams