Summary

At Apple, ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish.

The people here at Apple don’t just build products — they build the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that encourages the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts.

Imagine what you could do here! We have an opportunity for New Product Introduction Operations Program Manager (NPI OPM) in Japan with our Core Technologies team.

The Core Technologies NPI OPM launches products on time, with high quality, and maximum customer availability. In Core Technologies, you will lead the key subsystems across all platforms that make iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, and iPad great.

Description

OPMs are pivotal to the dynamic development and launch of Apple’s products. A successful NPI OPM is a leader and facilitator; is driven, organized and detail oriented; excels in program/ project management; communicates with ease at all levels; thrives in an ambiguous environment and is adept at facilitating actions and resolving conflicts, both internally and with our vendor partners.

We lead within worldwide Operations and collaborate with the core product development team and other functional organizations within Apple.

We invite you to join us on this journey and help us leave the world better than we found it!

Responsibilities

• Lead program readiness reviews, ensuring factory readiness from a 4M standpoint and resolving launch risks
• Collaborate with internal teams (technical leads, process, quality, procurement…) and external suppliers to drive pre-launch builds
• Ensure successful mass production ramp-up for key products (image sensor for Cameras)
• Excellent communicator, able to present updates to multi-functional teams and executives
• Own vendor factory performance and drive continuous improvements in their competency and robustness
• Manage escalation of internal teams and external vendors, resolving conflicts to ensure program delivery
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing, process engineering, supply chain or product development
• Ability to travel up to 50%
• Business level language proficiency in English
• BS or MS degree in Industrial, Electrical, Electronic or Mechanical Engineering
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Business level language proficiency in Japanese
• MBA is a plus
• Experienced in Program Manager role is a plus
  
  

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity, and thus we treat all applicants fairly and equally. Apple is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.