SDS Privacy Engineering Program Manager

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

Job summary

Apple, Inc. is recruiting an Engineering Program Manager for the SDS Privacy team in Cary, NC.

The role sits between SDS and Apple’s Privacy Engineering, Privacy Legal, and Privacy Compliance partners to drive processes, platforms, and analytics ensuring data collection and use align with Apple privacy standards. The EPM will partner with the SDS Privacy Champion to create programs, maintain processes, and build engineering partnerships that keep SDS data practices compliant, efficient, and

Qualifications

• Minimum: BS/MS or equivalent in engineering, math, or CS.
• 3+ years in technical program or project management.
• Proven ability to build collaborative relationships across engineering, legal, and policy stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to adapt to audiences from engineers to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Onboard engineering teams to privacy platforms and establish SDS procedures.
• Serve as a liaison between SDS teams and Apple Privacy offices; monitor regulatory changes.
• Drive cross-functional programs, automate decisions, and scale privacy-related processes.

Skills

Technical program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Prioritization and multitasking

Education

BS/MS or equivalent (engineering/math/CS)

Job description

Cary, North Carolina, United States Software and Services

SDS Privacy team is hiring a Engineering Program Manager for a high-visibility, cross-functional role which sits between SDS and Apple’s Privacy Engineering, Privacy Legal, and Privacy Compliance partners. The SDS Privacy EPM will drive process, platform, and analytic solutions which ensure data collection and data use decisions across SDS to align with SDS requirements and Apple’s privacy standard.

Description

The EPM on the SDS Privacy team will work with the SDS Privacy Champion to create and maintain programs, processes, and engineering partnerships which keep SDS data practices compliant, efficient, and clearly communicated to SDS and senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• The EPM job duties will include onboarding engineering teams to privacy platforms, building out SDS specific procedures and processes, ensuring consistent application of privacy standards across SDS, designing role-based privacy training, running the SDS Privacy awareness program, creating and maintaining the SDS privacy website, and identifying opportunities to streamline and automate manual privacy review and approval chains.
• This role will help design the Privacy program from the ground up, serving as the liaison between SDS teams and Apple’s Corporate Privacy Management Office teams, including Privacy Legal, Privacy Engineering, and Privacy Compliance. The PM will act as an SDS Privacy DRI, monitoring for regulatory and policy changes, surfacing relevant developments to SDS leadership, and driving the SDS Privacy response to new requirements.
• Engineering Program Managers on our Strategic Data Solutions (SDS) team deliver. They drive decision automation using machine learning that allows Apple to execute w/ greater speed, control, efficiency, and scale. They help realize business opportunity and balance operational trade-offs. They are also expected to lead across multiple functional teams to conceptualize, build, and deliver these automated and forensic decisions which requires continuous problem solving, rapid learning, and an innovative mindset. It also requires a high level of discipline, patience, and self-awareness as you work with many different business and engineering teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS/MS or equivalent experience in a relevant field — engineering, math, computer science)
• 3+ years of experience in technical program management or project management
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships and navigate evolving regulation to produce clear, actionable guidance
• Proven ability to build and sustain partnerships across engineering, legal, and policy stakeholders — influencing outcomes without direct authority
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to adapt to audiences ranging from technical engineers to senior leadership
• Track record of managing multiple concurrent programs with competing priorities and delivering reliably
• Inquisitiveness and a desire for continued self-improvement and development of new skill

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in privacy, data governance, regulatory compliance, or a related field — familiarity with frameworks such as GDPR , PIPL, DMA, DSA, or CCPA is a plus
• Experience in fraud detection, risk management, or financial services data environments
• Experience designing and delivering training or awareness programs for technical audiences
• Self-motivated and energized by the opportunity to cut through ambiguity and build structure on a newly formed team

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