Senior Product Manager

Apple; Santa Ana (CA); Sur place; USD 131 000 - 194 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Home-office allowance

Premium healthcare

Résumé du poste

Apple in Santa Ana, CA is seeking a Senior Product Manager for a freelance engagement to own outcomes from discovery to delivery. You will turn vague ideas into scoped, defendable recommendations and work with Release Management to streamline operations.

The role emphasizes independent work, strong prioritization, and a history in California. Expect a hands-on position that ties together P&L across multiple teams and delivers tangible impact.

Qualifications

• CA work history or strong reasons you’ll thrive in California.
• 6 years of experience navigating fast-moving product environments.
• Proven ability to prioritize when multiple priorities compete.

Responsabilités

• Untangle fixed vs. movable costs for Flexibility initiatives.
• Negotiate vendor terms that look good on paper but hold in practice.
• Collaborate with Release Management and Agile stakeholders to remove bottlenecks.
• Analyze margin slippage and propose concrete fixes.
• Establish reporting cadences for timely stakeholder visibility.
• Decide which Santa Ana accounts receive white-glove treatment.
• Set up the Santa Ana team to make calls without waiting on leadership.
• Knit together the Santa Ana P&L across three teams' ownership.

Connaissances

Independent work

Team collaboration

CA work history

Prioritization under pressure

Flexibility and adaptability

Description du poste

You'll be the Senior Product Manager who turns "we should look into that" into a sized, scoped, defensible recommendation for Apple. This is a freelance opportunity built for someone who wants to own outcomes, sharpen Release Management, and grow with a tight-knit team.

Key Responsibilities

• Untangle which Flexibility costs are fixed and which you can actually move
• Negotiate vendor terms that look quick-to-ship on paper and hold up in practice
• Collaborate with Release Management and Agile Methodology stakeholders to remove operational bottlenecks
• Chase down why margin slipped and come back with a fix, not a theory
• Establish reporting cadences that give stakeholders timely visibility
• Decide which Santa Ana accounts get the white-glove treatment and why
• Set up the Santa Ana, CA team to make calls without waiting on you
• Knit together the Santa Ana, CA P&L from pieces three teams own separately

What You’ll Bring

• Ability to thrive both independently and as part of a tight-knit team
• A CA work history, or strong reasons you'll thrive here anyway
• 6 years that taught you which corners can be cut
• A steady hand when three priorities all claim to be number one
• Fluency in Flexibility earned the hard way, not just from a tutorial

At Apple, a purpose-led team in Santa Ana, CA has spent years proving that User Research and Productboard belong in the same conversation. We default to documenting decisions so CA and remote teammates stay equally in the loop.

Your package includes $131,000 - $194,000, premium healthcare, and a generous home-office allowance for our distributed team.