Data Solutions Product Manager

Apple Inc.; Cupertino, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 134,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Employee stock purchase plan

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. seeks a Product Manager for the Product Operations Data Team to drive data systems, automation, and tooling across manufacturing. You will shepherd data strategy, ensure data collection readiness, and deliver analytics for Apple products globally.

Responsibilities include leading cross-functional teams, prioritizing roadmaps, and presenting insights to executives. Strong analytics with Tableau, SQL, and Python is preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of product or program management in a highly technical field.
• BS degree or equivalent; MBA considered a plus.

Responsibilities

• Scope, prioritize, resource, and implement data initiatives.
• Lead cross-functional teams; plan roadmaps and schedules.
• Provide recommendations to improve service levels and reduce costs.
• Identify and implement data- and AI-driven process improvements.
• Prototype solutions and create dashboards before development.

Skills

Data visualization

Python

SQL

Tableau

Dashboards

Education

BS degree

MBA

Tools

Tableau

SQL

Python

Job description

Cupertino, California, United States Operations and Supply Chain

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. The people here at Apple don't just create products — they create the kind of wonder that's revolutionized entire industries. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it.

Description

Product Operations group is looking to add a Product Manager to support data systems, automation, and tools that enhance manufacturing of Apple's products. You will be responsible for driving solutions from ideation through to deployment, ensuring readiness of data collection and reporting for Apple's products around the world. This team works to ensure our product manufacturing data collection, analytics, and reporting are ready along with new product requirements during their many lifecycles (prototype through sustaining). This team is made up of creative innovators and problem solvers who tackle unique challenges to ideate, translate those ideas into concepts, and deliver new solutions in the data space. It takes deeply dedicated, intelligent, and hard-working individuals to maintain and exceed the high expectations for the exciting products at Apple.The Product Operations Data Team is looking for an extraordinary Product Manager. You will craft, design, and implement our data strategy across the massive supply chain and help build the future of our manufacturing systems. Do you love using your creative right brain and structured, tactical left brain to drive projects, build systems, and find operations efficiencies? If this sounds like you, come join our team.

Responsibilities

• Product management of data initiatives — scoping, prioritization, resourcing, implementation, and strategic planning.
• Build and lead cross-functional teams; plan roadmaps, feature prioritization, agendas, schedules, and deliverables; assign actions; drive completion.
• Provide strategic and tactical recommendations for improving service levels and reducing expenses, with critical metrics for performance management.
• Identify inefficient processes and lead the definition and execution of scalable, data- and AI-driven solutions to improve process efficiencies and support core internal customer needs.
• Lead the ideation, prototyping, and business justification/validation of solutions for Product Operations.
• Prototype solutions before providing recommendations on direction — e.g., create dashboard mock-ups before investing in development effort.
• Comfortable and flexible in serving both supporting and leadership roles across various projects.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of product or program management experience, ideally including internal product management, in a highly technical field.
• BS degree or equivalent combination of education and experience; MBA is considered a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Program/product management background with a proven track record of end-to-end project execution.
• Analytical mindset with familiarity with databases, large data sets, dashboards, and business intelligence tools — with the ability to apply them for planning, problem-solving, and identifying improvements.
• Experience with manufacturing infrastructure concepts, with the ability to define requirements or identify process improvements.
• Proven relationship-building skills and the ability to effectively influence peers and management.
• General operations and factory knowledge; good judgment on what is meaningful to drive impact.
• Tableau/data visualization skills and scripting (Python, SQL).
• Skilled at distilling complex problems into simple explanations under tight timelines, and presenting findings at both working and executive levels.
• Comfortable working independently while managing multiple priorities in an unstructured, global, virtual environment.
• Highly desirable (but not required) to have education/experience in high-tech manufacturing, supply chain management, NPI, or manufacturing operations.

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 $133,500 and $201,600, 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
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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. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant

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