- Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead
- to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience
- we deliver is the result of us making each other’s ideas stronger. That happens because
- every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with
- the world, changing lives for the better. It’s the diversity of our people and their thinking
- that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody
- in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you’ll do more than join something — you’ll
- add something.
- The Apple unboxing experience is iconic and sets the stage for the products our
- customers love. We are looking for a highly motivated Packaging EPM to lead the
- development of our world-class packaging, balancing structural integrity, premium
- aesthetics, and our industry-leading environmental and sustainability goals.
- The Packaging EPM is a hands-on programmatic role where you and your team will be
- responsible for delivering the packaging structures and assemblies through the entire
- program life cycle, from early design to mass production. It includes frequent multi-
- disciplinary collaboration with teams like Packaging Product Design, Industrial Design,
- Marketing, Environmental Technologies, Materials, and Operations. You will be responsible
- for driving the program through the entire development process, creating and maintaining
- streamlined schedules, driving cross-functional progress, managing packaging builds at
- factories, and presenting multiple levels of status updates to organizational leaders and
- executives.
- Drive the strategic execution of packaging design, ensuring alignment with overall
- project goals, unboxing experience standards, and sustainability targets.
- Lead the creation of and adherence to project schedules, ensuring key decision
- milestones are met across all phases. Go beyond holding teams accountable by
- actively guiding, anticipating roadblocks, and pushing cross-functional groups
- toward the most effective engineering paths.
- Manage budgets, track spending, and ensure financial prudence, proactively
- identifying appropriate scope drivers and their cost implications.
- Facilitate clear and consistent communication and alignment between internal
- teams and external partners, ensuring everyone is working towards the same
- goals.
- Provide strong leadership and support during build phases, ensuring timely
- delivery. Build strategic partnerships focused on elevating vendor capabilities.
- Coach their teams on how to execute NPI builds to Apple’s exacting standards,
- drive their continuous operational progress, and help them establish robust, world-
- class manufacturing workflows.
- Oversee the release process, ensuring timely and accurate releases and holding
- teams accountable for meeting release deadlines.
- Previous experience in program management. Packaging/mechanical engineering
- delivering products comprised of multiple materials (e.g., rigid boxes, molded fiber,
- paperboard, plastics, adhesives) will be preferred
- Experience leading product development in highly dynamic and ambiguous work
- environments, supporting high-volume manufacturing and assembly.
- Excellent communication, teamwork, cross-functional engagement, and strong
- presentation skills.
- Ability to anticipate functional direction and roadblocks, prioritize parallel closure
- paths, effectively distill and communicate relevant data to the appropriate
- functional and leadership teams.
- Self-motivated and detail-oriented with demonstrated creative and critical thinking
- capabilities.
- Experience engaging with manufacturers on DFM, FAI/CPK, QC, and production
- timelines
- BS degree in Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial
- Engineering, or equivalent; MS degree preferred
- 5+ years of experience related to engineering program management of electrical
- devices industry
- Wide knowledge of packaging development processes including detailed
- understanding of manufacturing processes (printing, die-cutting, forming, gluing)
- and tooling timelines.
- Shipped multiple full life-cycle programs with demonstrated experience in early
- architecture, development build NPI execution, and operational mass-production.
- Experience as primary point of contact with vendors and CM partners to establish
- a daily build plan, provide clear direction and guidance to meet the program and
- build objectives.
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