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About This Role
AI \& Data Platforms (AiDP) is IS\&T's engine for AI\-powered innovation. The team brings together data, application development, and machine learning \- including generative AI \- along with data services and customer success functions, to help IS\&T build solutions more efficiently and streamline the adoption across Apple. Do you love understanding every detail of how new technologies work? Join the team that serves as Apple’s nerve center, our Information Systems and Technology group. There are countless ways you’ll contribute here, from Enterprise Data Analytics to GenAI Platforms to our data centers around the globe, you’ll help manage the design and implementation of massive systems that countless employees and customers rely on every day. Join our team, and together we’ll explore ways to improve how Apple operates, freeing our employees to do what they do best: craft magical experiences for our customers. The enterprise data warehouse manages petabytes of data, processes billions of rows of data to provide insights and enable informed business decisions. This team provides data analytics, machine learning, and data science solutions to various Apple business groups. Our team champions providing innovative platforms and solutions to transform how we work. We do this with an outstanding group of engineers, data scientists, engineering managers, and product and program managers. Are you a project manager that thrives on working on new technologies and fast\-paced application and product development? Do you like to lead a multidisciplinary team working on the future of enterprise data analytics? Then we want to hear from you!
Description
We are looking for an Engineering Project Manager (EPM), who will be instrumental in orchestrating the successful delivery of complex, cross\-functional initiatives that drive significant business impact. Your leadership will encompass diverse engineering teams across multiple layers of the technology stack, as well as critical cross\-functional partners and business units. A profound technical understanding is paramount; you will facilitate requirements brainstorming and design review sessions, providing challenging insights and architectural considerations to engineering discussions. Beyond merely comprehending functionalities, you are expected to contribute meaningfully to technical strategy and problem\-solving. Furthermore, a strong user centric mindset is essential. You will champion the user experience, challenging decisions and advocating for solutions that prioritize the best outcomes for our users. You will proactively identify and mitigate risks, remove obstacles, and foster seamless communication and collaboration across all involved teams.","responsibilities":"You will be joining a team of highly\-skilled and entrepreneurial team members working on rapidly evolving technological transformation. You will manage development and delivery of medium\-to\-large cross\-functional platforms and solutions to deliver value to Apple teams.
Lead high visibility enterprise data platform programs, responsible for roadmaps, establishing OKRs and reporting statuses to leadership regularly and succinctly.
Drive consensus across multiple groups with varying opinions \& needs. Influence entire teams around a common purpose and drive conference on the plan of execution
Create and manage project schedules with clear dependencies, critical path and systematic methodology to communicate status.
Contribute to product definition, identifying and understanding customer needs and priorities, and developing roadmap.
Build and run processes that allow for the maximum agility and adaptation across AiDP teams.
Build relationships across the AiDP organization and across Apple facilitate communication between cross\-divisional groups around Apple.
Preferred Qualifications
3\+ years of industry experience in a data or software engineering role
1\+ years experience managing complex, large\-scale data projects with AI/ML components
Proven track record of successfully delivering data\-driven projects for advanced analytics and AI, from inception to production
Your ability to navigate ambiguity efficiently, discreetly, with integrity, and confidentiality in a high\-stakes, fast\-moving environment is recognized by peers and teams
You are a self\-motivated, independent, and proactive person with exceptional interpersonal skills, creative and critical thinking capabilities, and the ability to quickly triage, prioritize, and lead under pressure
You possess exceptional communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal, across all organizational levels
Minimum Qualifications
3\+ years of industry experience as a project manager managing data or software engineering projects, bringing multiple teams together and marching towards common objectives
You have a good understanding of full stack software development such as database principals, data processing, integration/API, and front\-end frameworks
A foundational understanding or keen interest in Generative AI concepts; such as, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), prompt engineering, agentic AI or efficient information access strategies
BS in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent international degree
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 $141,800 and $213,700, 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
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
Salary Context
This $141K-$213K range is below the median for AI Product Manager roles in our dataset (median: $187K across 164 roles with salary data).
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About This Role
AI Product Managers define what AI features get built and why. They translate business problems into ML-solvable tasks, work with engineering to scope model requirements, and own the metrics that determine if an AI feature is working. The role requires a rare combination of technical fluency and product instinct.
Unlike traditional product management, AI PM work involves managing uncertainty at a fundamental level. Your model might work 90% of the time. What happens the other 10%? What's the user experience when the AI is wrong? How do you measure 'good enough' for a probabilistic system? These questions don't have easy answers, and the AI PM is the person responsible for finding them.
Across the 4,133 AI roles we're tracking, AI Product Manager positions make up 5% of the market. At Apple, this role fits into their broader AI and engineering organization.
AI Product Manager roles are growing as companies realize that shipping AI features requires different product thinking than traditional software. The best candidates combine product management experience with enough technical depth to have productive conversations with ML engineers about model capabilities and limitations.
What the Work Looks Like
A typical week includes: reviewing model evaluation results with the ML team, defining success metrics for a new AI feature, conducting user research on how customers respond to AI-generated outputs, writing product requirements that include accuracy thresholds and fallback behaviors, and presenting the AI roadmap to leadership. You're the translator between technical capability and business value.
AI Product Manager roles are growing as companies realize that shipping AI features requires different product thinking than traditional software. The best candidates combine product management experience with enough technical depth to have productive conversations with ML engineers about model capabilities and limitations.
Skills Required
Technical fluency with ML concepts is essential, though you won't be writing models. Expect to understand training data, evaluation metrics, model limitations, and responsible AI practices. SQL and basic Python are increasingly expected. Experience with A/B testing, data analysis, and product analytics is baseline. Understanding LLM capabilities and limitations is now a core requirement.
The differentiator is AI-specific product thinking: knowing when to use ML vs. heuristics, understanding the cost of training data collection, designing graceful degradation for model failures, and building products that improve with usage data. Experience with AI safety, bias mitigation, and responsible AI deployment is increasingly important.
Strong postings describe specific AI products the PM will own, mention the ML team structure, and talk about measurement methodology. Look for companies that have already shipped AI features. Roles at companies that are 'exploring AI' often mean you'll spend a year defining the strategy before any building happens.
Compensation Benchmarks
AI Product Manager roles pay a median of $213,800 based on 610 positions with disclosed compensation. Mid-level AI roles across all categories have a median of $165,778. This role's midpoint ($177K) sits 17% below the category median. Disclosed range: $141K to $213K.
Across all AI roles, the market median is $200,700. Top-quartile compensation starts at $254,000. The 90th percentile reaches $307,500. For comparison, the highest-paying categories include AI Safety ($274,200) and AI Engineering Manager ($268,700). By seniority level: Entry: $97,760; Mid: $165,778; Senior: $227,400; Director: $250,000; VP: $250,000.
Apple AI Hiring
Apple has 62 open AI roles right now. They're hiring across AI/ML Engineer, LLM Engineer, AI Product Manager, AI Software Engineer. Positions span Cupertino, CA, US, San Diego, CA, US, Seattle, WA, US. Compensation range: $190K - $487K.
Location Context
Across all AI roles, 14% (583 positions) offer remote work, while 3,532 require on-site attendance. Top AI hiring metros: New York (2,760 roles, $211,000 median); San Francisco (2,258 roles, $253,000 median); Los Angeles (1,841 roles, $195,000 median).
Career Path
Common paths into AI Product Manager roles include Product Manager, Data Analyst, Technical Program Manager.
From here, career progression typically leads toward Director of AI Product, VP Product, Head of AI.
The most effective path is PM experience plus self-directed AI education. Take Andrew Ng's courses, build a small ML project, and learn enough Python to read model evaluation code. The goal isn't to become an ML engineer. It's to have credibility in technical conversations and to understand what's possible, what's hard, and what's a bad idea.
What to Expect in Interviews
AI interviews typically combine coding challenges (Python-focused), system design questions tailored to the role, and discussions about your experience with relevant tools and frameworks. Strong candidates demonstrate both technical depth and the ability to make pragmatic engineering tradeoffs. Prepare portfolio projects that demonstrate end-to-end capability rather than isolated skills.
When evaluating opportunities: Strong postings describe specific AI products the PM will own, mention the ML team structure, and talk about measurement methodology. Look for companies that have already shipped AI features. Roles at companies that are 'exploring AI' often mean you'll spend a year defining the strategy before any building happens.
AI Hiring Overview
The AI job market has 4,133 open positions tracked in our dataset. By seniority: 106 entry-level, 1,901 mid-level, 1,663 senior, and 463 leadership roles (Director, VP, C-Level). Remote roles make up 14% of the market (583 positions). The remaining 3,532 roles require on-site or hybrid attendance.
The market median for AI roles is $200,700. Top-quartile compensation starts at $254,000. The 90th percentile reaches $307,500. Highest-paying categories: AI Safety ($274,200 median, 57 roles); AI Engineering Manager ($268,700 median, 42 roles); Research Engineer ($260,000 median, 442 roles).
AI Product Manager roles are growing as companies realize that shipping AI features requires different product thinking than traditional software. The best candidates combine product management experience with enough technical depth to have productive conversations with ML engineers about model capabilities and limitations.
The AI Job Market Today
The AI job market spans 4,133 open positions across 15 role categories. The largest categories by volume: AI/ML Engineer (2,865), Data Scientist (339), AI Software Engineer (313). These three account for the majority of open positions, though smaller categories often have higher per-role compensation because of specialized skill requirements.
The seniority mix tells a story about where AI teams are in their maturity. Entry-level roles (106) are outnumbered by mid-level (1,901) and senior (1,663) positions, reflecting that most companies are past the 'build a team from scratch' phase and need experienced engineers who can ship production systems. Leadership roles (Director, VP, C-Level) total 463 positions, representing the bottleneck between technical execution and organizational strategy.
Remote work availability sits at 14% of all AI roles (583 positions), with 3,532 requiring on-site or hybrid attendance. The remote share has stabilized after the post-pandemic correction. Senior and specialized roles (Research Scientist, ML Architect) are more likely to be remote-eligible than entry-level positions, partly because experienced hires have more negotiating power and partly because these roles require less hands-on mentorship.
AI compensation is structured in clear tiers. The market median sits at $200,700. Top-quartile roles start at $254,000, and the 90th percentile reaches $307,500. These figures include base salary with disclosed compensation. Total compensation (including equity, bonuses, and sign-on) runs 20-40% higher at companies that offer those components.
Category matters for compensation. AI Safety roles lead at $274,200 median, while Prompt Engineer roles sit at $140,000. The spread between highest and lowest-paying categories reflects the premium on specialized technical skills versus broader analytical roles.
The most in-demand skills across all AI postings: Python (2,128 postings), Aws (1,324 postings), Azure (1,003 postings), Rag (916 postings), Gcp (817 postings), Pytorch (655 postings), Prompt Engineering (639 postings), Claude (571 postings). Python dominates, appearing in the vast majority of role descriptions regardless of category. Cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, Azure) is the second most common requirement. The newer entrants to the top skills list (RAG, vector databases, LLM APIs) reflect the shift from traditional ML toward generative AI applications.
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