Sr. Engineering Program Manager, Security Training & Outreach, Apple Services Engineering

The Apple Services Engineering (ASE) Security team is seeking an experienced Security Engineering Program Manager to lead and scale their Security Training & Outreach Team. This role involves partnering with technical teams across ASE to enhance security self-sufficiency through clear guidance, targeted outreach, and high-quality learning experiences. The manager will own programs delivering technical security education at scale, define requirements, coordinate contributors, and drive curriculum development to spread a strong security culture across ASE.

Must Have

• Operationalize key cross-functional security initiatives and programs
• Manage cross-functional dependencies, risks, and changes effectively
• Create project plans which deliver consistency, clarity and build alignment
• Help influence peers / stakeholders and build consensus
• Develop and own communication plans to effectively communicate program status, issues, and risks
• Define and report on program health, success metrics and active progress
• Leverage data to drive strategic decisions and prioritization
• 5+ years of experience managing technical projects or programs
• 2+ years of experience working in training, education or Security Champions program
• Proficiency in managing complex projects (defining scopes, setting timelines, coordinating teams)
• Experience designing, delivering or managing technical trainings programs
• Bachelors or Master's degree in computer science or similar field or equivalent experience

Good to Have

• Experience with fostering collaboration and influencing stakeholders without direct authority
• Strong ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong analytical skills to assess complex security challenges and develop innovative solutions
• Able to focus and simplify, balancing the details with goals, priorities, and trade-offs
• Solid understanding of software development, systems engineering, or related technical fields
• Proven history of building or scaling a security education program
• Experience with cloud security

Perks & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• Range of discounted products and free services
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses (including tuition)
• Opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through discretionary employee stock programs
• Opportunity to purchase Apple stock at a discount through Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Eligibility for discretionary bonuses or commission payments
• Eligibility for relocation

Apple Services Engineering (ASE) team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple’s long-held passion for combining art and technology! We enable Apple’s apps and services, and we do it on an extensive scale, to hundreds of millions of customers in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries. The ASE Security team is seeking an experienced Security Engineering Program Manager to help manage and scale our Security Training & Outreach Team. As an Engineering Program Manager supporting Security Training & Outreach, you will partner with a wide variety of technical teams across ASE, helping them become more security self-sufficient through clear guidance, targeted outreach, and high-quality learning experiences. We cultivate strong relationships, build trust, and influence without direct authority. We communicate openly and clearly, collaborate enthusiastically, and value a diverse culture of healthy debate. Do these points resonate with you? If so, we want to talk!

In this role, you will serve as an Engineering Program Manager for the Security Training & Outreach team, owning programs that deliver technical security education at scale. You will lead cross-functional planning, define requirements, and coordinate engineering and security contributors to build accurate, high-quality training materials. Your responsibilities include reviewing technical content, driving curriculum development, and supporting the broader Security Champions ecosystem. You will help spread a strong security culture across ASE by empowering developers with the knowledge and resources to build securely and enable greater security self sufficiency. A key part of the role will be scaling security uplift and adoption efforts through targeted outreach campaigns and technical materials that meet teams where they are. You’ll apply strong analytical and problem-solving skills to ensure training initiatives address real security challenges and deliver measurable impact. This role requires exceptional communication skills, the ability to influence without authority, and a deep understanding of technical domains to keep programs aligned to strategic security priorities.

• Operationalize key cross-functional security initiatives and programs that require security domain, systems and engineering level knowledge.
• Manage cross functional dependencies, risks, and changes effectively by optimizing scope, schedule, and resources accordingly.
• Create project plans which deliver consistency, clarity and build alignment across teams.
• Help influence peers / stakeholders and build consensus while dealing with ambiguity.
• Develop and own communication plans to effectively and proactively communicate program status, issues, and risks to stakeholders.
• Define and report on program health, success metrics and active progress.
• Leverage data to drive strategic decisions and prioritization at the leadership level.

Key Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing technical projects or programs, preferably in a security domain.
• 2+ years of experience working in training, education or Security Champions program.
• Project Management Expertise: Proficiency in managing complex projects, including defining scopes, setting timelines, and coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure timely and successful delivery.
• Training: Experience designing, delivering or managing, technical trainings programs.
• Bachelors or Master's degree in computer science or similar field or equivalent experience

Desired Skills

• Build trust and influence: Experience with fostering collaboration, and influencing stakeholders without direct authority to achieve program objectives.
• Communication Skills: Strong ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, and to review, edit, and refine technical or training content for clarity, accuracy, and consistency.
• Analytical and Problem-Solving Abilities: Strong analytical skills to assess complex security challenges and develop innovative solutions to address them.
• Drive what matters: Able to focus and simplify, balancing the details with goals, priorities, and trade-offs in mind.
• Technical Proficiency: A solid understanding of software development, systems engineering, or related technical fields to effectively understand and cooperative develop the curriculum.
• Proven history of building or scaling a security education program.
• Experience with cloud security.

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $163,300 and $290,100, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

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.

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.