Job Abstract

Can you be the conductor of our orchestra? Do you think clearly, have uncommon sense, innovate down to the very last details, and drive what matters? Join the Maps Client team and you can help deliver surprising and fabulous experiences in Apple Maps to hundreds of millions of customers every day!Apple Maps is seeking a hardworking, organized, and tenacious release manager to help us plan, track, communicate, and handle risk for our native software releases and web deployments. The next generation Maps experience is found on all Apple operating systems (iOS, CarPlay, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS) and on the web and spans multiple applications: Maps, Find My, and Messages.

Release managers are the glue that holds various project teams together with a clear understanding of what each team is delivering in each release, and how these results fit together. In this role, you will contribute to the success of the team and work cross-functionally with other program managers, engineers, designers, and product managers to implement the product roadmap. The ideal candidate wants to be part of solving big problems and cares about getting the little details right. This requires continuous problem solving, rapid learning, and an innovative approach. It also requires attention-to-detail, patience, and self-awareness, as you will work with a variety of engineering teams. This role will include, but is not limited to: - Prioritizing the release schedule, as well as tracking release progress.- Analyzing and supervising releases in order to provide timely and actionable information to managers and Maps leadership.- Coordinating scheduled and emergency deployments with Engineering, QA, and the Build/Release teams.- Reviewing, updating, and creating release processes