AIML - Sr Manager, FM Evaluation Product & Program Management
Job Description
Summary
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.
AIML PM org is looking for a Senior manager for EPMs with a consistent track record of building and leading an effective EPM team demonstrating success leading via data. As a leader in the AIML FM evaluation team, you will lead initiatives in evaluation for FM models and GenAI features in Apple critical to Apple’s future. You will work with top tier data scientists, engineers and product teams across Apple to help ensure we deliver high quality GenAI powered experiences that over 1 billion customers expect and love.
AIML PM org is looking for a Senior manager for EPMs with a consistent track record of building and leading an effective EPM team demonstrating success leading via data. As a leader in the AIML FM evaluation team, you will lead initiatives in evaluation for FM models and GenAI features in Apple critical to Apple’s future. You will work with top tier data scientists, engineers and product teams across Apple to help ensure we deliver high quality GenAI powered experiences that over 1 billion customers expect and love.
Description
- Grow and develop a strong evaluation program to support Apple’s FM model and FM model powered experience development
- Oversee the development and execution of evaluation solutions for Apple FM and FM powered features, keep teams on critical path with efforts to minimize distractions
- Drive consensus across multiple groups with varying opinions & needs. Influence entire teams around a common purpose and drive conference on the plan of execution
- Advocate for user and company values when leading team to converge on key open questions with laser focus on user quality experience
- Foster a strong measurement informed product development culture in AIML, influence partner organizations to develop rigor in measurement driven culture.
- Establish strong partnership with Apple FM and FM powered product team leaders on joint efforts on evaluation feedback improved product development loop
- Provide clear, timely and objective communication on evaluation insights to executives across AIML and partner organizations to help inform critical product decisions
- Oversee the development and execution of evaluation solutions for Apple FM and FM powered features, keep teams on critical path with efforts to minimize distractions
- Drive consensus across multiple groups with varying opinions & needs. Influence entire teams around a common purpose and drive conference on the plan of execution
- Advocate for user and company values when leading team to converge on key open questions with laser focus on user quality experience
- Foster a strong measurement informed product development culture in AIML, influence partner organizations to develop rigor in measurement driven culture.
- Establish strong partnership with Apple FM and FM powered product team leaders on joint efforts on evaluation feedback improved product development loop
- Provide clear, timely and objective communication on evaluation insights to executives across AIML and partner organizations to help inform critical product decisions
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Statistics, Business Intelligence, Computer Science, other Quantitative Sciences, or related field and equivalent experience
- Excellent program management skills including program structuring and leading multiple work streams interdependently
- Experience managing a program management team in AI powered product space
- Strong leadership skills, including conflict resolution, negotiation, courage to take risks when needed, strategic and results driven approach focusing on driving what matters
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s or PhD degree in Statistics, Business Intelligence, Computer Science, other Quantitative Sciences, or related field and equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience managing a program management team in AI powered product space, preferably experience in evaluation of MLAI products.
- Self-sufficient in analyzing and drawing conclusions about the quality and product opportunity from raw and refined product data
- Strong problem-solving skills with attention to details
- 3+ years in people management experience - experience recruiting and building successful teams of product and project managers. Past senior manager, director level or above management experience at a top technology company is a bonus
- Player-coach capable of personally leading large products while coaching team members along the way