
Sr Engineering Program Manager, Apple Intelligence Evaluations
Cupertino, CAJobSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
Apple seeks a senior engineering program manager to lead evaluation plans for foundation models and AI features. The role partners with Research, Engineering, Privacy, and Data Science on cross-functional software and machine-learning initiatives, helping ensure products meet Apple’s quality expectations. The position calls for substantial program-management experience and strong analytical, communication, and leadership capabilities; experience with generative AI and large language models is highly desired.
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Role Number: 200691420-0836
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.
Description
We’re looking for a Sr Engineering Program Manager with a proven track record of leading highly cross-functional Software and ML initiatives. In this role, you’ll own the evaluation plans for Apple’s foundation models or the AI features built on them, partnering with world-class teams across Research, Engineering, Privacy, and Data Science. You’ll thrive in a fast-moving environment, and your work will ensure that products reaching over 1 billion customers meet the quality bar Apple users expect and love. If you’re excited by a new technology space and by delivering phenomenal products with a great team, we want to hear from you.
Minimum Qualifications
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Bachelor's or Master's degree in EE, CS, CE, or equivalent
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5+ years of experience managing large-scale, ML-powered and software programs across large organizations
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Proven program management, analytical, and cross-functional leadership skills, with experience driving data-driven decision-making and process improvements
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation, negotiation, and the ability to communicate abstract ideas clearly
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Strong problem-solving skills with attention to details
Preferred Qualifications
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Direct program management experience with Generative AI or Large Language Models (LLMs) is highly desired
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Familiarity with LLM evaluation practices
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Experience analyzing product data to assess quality and identify opportunities.
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Experience shipping AI features in a consumer product
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Comfortable in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment, with curiosity and the ability to quickly learn new technical concepts
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Solid understanding of how ML systems are built, evaluated and released
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.
How this job compares
Set against the 11,484 open Program Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$146–220K/yr1,136 salary ranges
- California median$60–79/hr73 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,444 open Program Manager jobs in California and 11,484 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Program Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (9,831 postings).
- Education
- 4,660 of the 11,484 open Program Manager jobs (41%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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