As a HomeKit Program Manager, your primary responsibility is to define amazing home experiences. You will be expected to create an executable plan that can be distilled into a product roadmap and collaborate with engineering and design. You should have a good understanding of the overall smart home landscape including current challenges and customer frustrations as well as seeing solutions that leap frog whatβs in the market today. Our goals are simple, but the task is large; create the most amazing home experiences on the planet that our customers will love!
You will also:
- Define and lead the product roadmap for Appleβs home initiatives; collaborating with partners throughout the broader organization. Take part in developing the mid and long-term vision for Appleβs experience in the home.
- Research and define the future of the smart home experience and the vital platform capabilities, leveraging Appleβs integrated hardware/software ecosystem.Be passionately focused on the end user experience and ensure customer needs are reflected in product strategy
- Develop compelling, detailed use cases to help solidify product definition.
5+ years of relevant experience in software/consumer-focused product development in product/program management or engineering roles. Experience in smart home/IoT space a plus.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to communicate with a wide range of team members and job functions β all the way up to executives. Willingness to work in a hands-on, high volume, dynamic, and constantly evolving environment
Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience.
You have the ability to think strategically in driving internal stakeholders to a consensus on important issues, and have a track record of initiating and influencing change within large organizations
Deeply detail focused; you believe an outstanding product is the sum of an inordinate number of small, thoughtful decisions