Design Producer: Lead Cross-Functional Product Design

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Employee stock programs

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, CA is seeking a Design Producer to lead service design initiatives across multiple product teams.

You will coordinate with Design, Product Management, Engineering and Business leaders to clarify requirements, set design goals, and ensure timely, high-quality launches. You are a self-starter with 8+ years in design program management, adept at cross-functional collaboration, facilitating reviews, and guiding complex projects through ambiguity to concrete outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years as a design program manager in software product design.
• Experience with consumer software development lifecycle.
• Strong systems thinking and design operations capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and run multiple concurrent projects across products/releases with demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.
• Drive cross-functional alignment across teams via planning and clear communication.
• Organize and lead design brainstorms and workshops, coordinate and facilitate meetings and discussions.
• Gather key ideas, decisions, issues and actions in concise meeting notes.
• Track and report project health weekly, communicating status and projected results.
• Anticipate challenges and unblock the team to move projects forward.
• Ensure timely handoff of design specs to engineering and review builds for design integrity.

Skills

Design program management

Stakeholder management

UX/UI ideation

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, CA is seeking a Design Producer to lead service design initiatives across multiple product teams.

You will coordinate with Design, Product Management, Engineering and Business leaders to clarify requirements, set design goals, and ensure timely, high-quality launches. You are a self-starter with 8+ years in design program management, adept at cross-functional collaboration, facilitating reviews, and guiding complex projects through ambiguity to concrete outcomes.