New Product Operations Program Manager, Mac

Apple, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple in Austin, Texas is seeking a New Product Operations Program Manager for Mac to lead the WW Operations interface with the core product development team and other functional areas. You own the product and drive launches that meet cost, quality, schedule, availability, and customer experience goals.

The role requires coordinating ramp readiness, securing resources, and building resilient, cost-effective supply chains. Travel internationally up to 20–25% is expected.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in manufacturing, process engineering or product development.
• Experience working with off-shore manufacturers and traveling to manufacturing sites.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to present to management.

Responsibilities

• Leading ramp availability for all product modules with Materials, Quality, Engineering and other internal and external teams.
• Ensuring security, materials, equipment, fixtures, staffing, training, documentation plans are in place at our partners.
• Drives responsive supply chains that optimize lowest costs, operational flexibility and high quality.
• Assesses, analyzes, consolidates, and communicates risk and status clearly to management, calling out key issues and presenting options for resolution to the cross-functional executive team.

Skills

5+ years experience in manufacturing,

Education

Master's degree or MBA a plus

Job description

New Product Operations Program Manager, Mac

Austin, Texas, 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

The Mac NPI PM organization role will lead the team within WW Operations and be the primary operations interface to the core product development team and other functional organizations within Apple. As the owner of the product, the NPI PM will ensure the successful launch products towards meeting it’s stated cost, quality, schedule, availability and customer experience goals.

Responsibilities

• -Leading ramp availability for all product modules with Materials, Quality, Engineering and other internal and external teams.
• -Ensuring security, materials, equipment, fixtures, staffing, training, documentation plans are in place at our partners.
• -Drives responsive supply chains that optimize lowest costs, operational flexibility and high quality.
• -Assesses, analyzes, consolidates, and communicates risk and status clearly and succinctly to management, calling out key issues and presenting options for resolution to the cross-functional executive team through the new product reviews and other executive forums.
• -Provides links from the Ops & Engineering Teams to the Factory teams from various development builds through new product introduction, including product hand-off to Sustaining Operations Management.
• -Ability to travel internationally up to 20-25%

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in manufacturing, process engineering or product development

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with off-shore manufacturers and traveling to manufacturing sites
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to present to management
• Extraordinary ability to build relationships
• Clear, consistent communication
• Use data to drive decisions and be willing to take action
• Enthusiastic and motivated
• High level of detail while running several work-streams
• Technical expertise and prior OEM management experience
• Master's degree or MBA a plus

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