Ethics & Political Compliance Program Manager

Apple Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 141,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Political Compliance Program Specialist in the United States to organize and scale the company’s political compliance program. You will build workflows, track deadlines, and coordinate with legal counsel to ensure ethical and regulatory alignment across activities.

The role focuses on program management, documentation, and cross-team collaboration to improve efficiency. It offers a structured environment with opportunities for growth within Apple’s Compliance and Business

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 3 years of experience in a corporate or law firm setting.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities simultaneously.
• Experience building, managing and updating internal team process and reference documents.
• Experience designing and driving programmatic improvements with a goal of growing team efficiency and building automation where appropriate.
• Clear verbal and written communication skills with a high level of attention to detail.
• Ability to take ownership of projects and drive them to completion.
• Demonstrated program or project management experience, including planning, execution, and stakeholder coordination.
• Preferred: ability to work independently and build relationships across business teams; technical understanding/abilities to assess tools and capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain compliance workflows, tracking systems, and internal controls for lobbying registration and reporting.
• Track, review and approve events involving public employees and officials to determine what hospitality is permissible to provide and reportable using guidelines provided by legal counsel.
• Research regulations and policies related to ethics, gifts and conflicts of interest.
• Clearly communicate approvals and instructions to employees for events following our standard process, and make sure all supporting documentation is filed.
• Draft and send follow-up communications for individuals who attend events and either need to reimburse for items received or need a detailed accounting for disclosure purposes.
• Manage a master compliance calendar, ensuring all filing deadlines are tracked and met while assisting with collecting, reviewing, and compiling information needed for all internal and external reporting.
• Support vendor and outside counsel relationships necessary for meeting all deadlines.
• Review emails that come in to the group inbox and respond or direct to attorneys as appropriate.
• Manage internal tools and databases including owning project timelines for compliance initiatives and updates using project management tools to track milestones and deliverables.
• Maintain accurate records and documentation to support compliance needs.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Documentation

Communication

Process improvement

Organization

Ownership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking a Political Compliance Program Specialist in the United States to organize and scale the company’s political compliance program. You will build workflows, track deadlines, and coordinate with legal counsel to ensure ethical and regulatory alignment across activities.

The role focuses on program management, documentation, and cross-team collaboration to improve efficiency. It offers a structured environment with opportunities for growth within Apple’s Compliance and Business