Software Localization Project Management Leader

About the Role

Apple products create powerful personal connections with customers worldwide. As the leader of the Software Localization Project Management team, you'll ensure Apple delivers a world-class, fully localized software experience across all OS platforms and applications. In this role, you will guide a team of technical project managers responsible for tailoring localization for global software releases and driving support for international features. Partnering closely with engineering, translation, and QA teams, you'll make sure Apple products feel as if they were designed specifically for every culture and market.

This is more than a leadership role; it's an opportunity to shape how millions of people experience technology in their daily lives. If you're ready to lead with vision, inspire with purpose, and make an impact that lasts, we want you on our team.

Responsibilities

• Lead a diverse team of project managers responsible for localizing Apple software releases
• Define goals, set priorities, and inspire experienced project managers to deliver their best work
• Own the overall localization quality of each release and act as a champion for international issues
• Partner with teams around the world to schedule engineering, translation, and QA resources aligned with product schedules
• Drive the prioritization and resolution of localizability issues across software engineering
• Evangelize localization considerations across the company to ensure products are designed with international customers in mind
• Define and drive localization process and tool improvements that increase quality, improve turnaround times, and reduce costs
• Scale localization systems and workflows to support global product launches at Apple's pace and scale

Minimum Qualifications

• Proven ability to manage and deliver complex software projects at scale
• Strong knowledge of internationalization, localization, and translation management systems
• Exceptional cross-functional communication and influence skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication with global teams
• Experience solving complex problems through software tools and processes
• Demonstrated ability to scale localization processes, tools, and teams to support global product launches
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Linguistics, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive experience in software project management, ideally with global software releases
• Solid technical understanding of software product development
• Highly motivated, self-starter with a strong sense of ownership

Additional Information

We're looking for a hands-on leader with proven experience managing highly technical software projects, exceptional communication and influence skills, and extraordinary attention to detail. Experience leading technical teams is essential - this is a team of technical project managers focused on complex software releases.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.