Sr Engineering Program Manager, Streaming Media

Apple • Cupertino, CA

4h

About The Position

Apple's Audio & Media Technologies group provides the media, graphics, and audio software foundation across all of Apple's innovative products — from iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch to Apple TV+, Apple Music, HomePod, and Mac. The Streaming Media team is looking for an experienced Engineering Program Manager to lead software projects across first- and third-party initiatives that reach hundreds of millions of people every day. You will bring strong program management fundamentals, excellent communication skills, and a passion for building exceptional technology with a talented, collaborative team. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, product, and partnerships — shaping how media is delivered and experienced across Apple's entire ecosystem. If you're energized by complexity, thrive in cross-functional environments, and want your work to directly impact how the world streams music, video, and audio — we'd love to hear from you.

We build the technology that enables the modern streaming landscape — the protocols, frameworks, and platform capabilities that power billions of media experiences each day. Along the way, we partner with industry leading third parties to create a powerful, open ecosystem for our users. As an EPM on this team, you will own and drive: • Project leadership: Define, own, and maintain project plans for the Streaming Media team using the methodology best suited to each initiative (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid approaches). • Roadmap development: Build and steward a multi-year roadmap of feature commitments that balances engineering capacity, partner priorities, and product strategy. • Cross-functional alignment: Drive clear, consistent communication between media engineering teams and their partners across Apple, including platform, product, design, and operations. • Execution: Lead cross-functional software implementation for supported teams and features, from kickoff through delivery. • Visibility & reporting: Track and communicate progress, risks, and opportunities to a range of audiences, from engineering leads to senior executives.

Requirements

• 8+ years of Project / Program Management experience in a high-tech environment
• Experience delivering software features or products to external customers from concept through launch
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level reporting
• Has demonstrated success in leading major, cross-functional software projects
• Ability to quickly develop working knowledge of technical concepts across a wide range of domains
• Experience distilling complex engineering situations into clear, accurate, and actionable summaries
• Technical proficiency in one or more of: audio, video, graphics, or AI/ML
• Demonstrated success in driving software projects through all phases of the SDLC — requirements, design, implementation, testing, and release with multiple shipped products or features as evidence

Nice To Haves

• Experience with software development for consumer media platforms — mobile, media players, or IPTV
• Familiarity with audio/video streaming technologies including content playback, codec (encoder/decoder) compression, content protection (DRM), and CDN-based video distribution

Responsibilities

• Project leadership: Define, own, and maintain project plans for the Streaming Media team using the methodology best suited to each initiative (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid approaches).
• Roadmap development: Build and steward a multi-year roadmap of feature commitments that balances engineering capacity, partner priorities, and product strategy.
• Cross-functional alignment: Drive clear, consistent communication between media engineering teams and their partners across Apple, including platform, product, design, and operations.
• Execution: Lead cross-functional software implementation for supported teams and features, from kickoff through delivery.
• Visibility & reporting: Track and communicate progress, risks, and opportunities to a range of audiences, from engineering leads to senior executives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed