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Engineering Program Manager, Quality Assurance - Customer Systems

Apple Inc
  • Austin, TX
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    The Program Manager - Quality Assurance will Leads end-to-end quality execution and program governance for large scale software development programs. This is a hands-on, execution-focused role that requires close partnership with Engineering, Product, Operations, and Vendor teams to ensure quality, readiness, and smooth delivery across all migration phases. Leveraging GenAI to gain efficiencies in quality management. We are looking for a Program Manager who brings practical experience in QA, test automation, and release management - including hands-on use of GenAI tools to accelerate and enhance quality workflows. In this role, you will coordinate and execute testing activities, manage risks and dependencies, and drive release readiness across multiple work streams. You thrive in fast-paced, complex environments and are passionate about delivering high-quality customer experiences. Partner with Engineering and Product to define test plans, test scope, and acceptance criteria for migration features and integrations. Coordinate and track functional, integration, regression, and business testing across teams. Ensure test environments, data, and test cases are prepared and validated ahead of each testing cycle. Drive day-to-day execution across cross-functional teams including Engineering, Contact Center Operations, Infrastructure, Security, SRE, Architects, Platform Teams, DevOps, Vendors.

    Identify and track dependencies, risks, and blockers; escalate proactively with clear context and mitigation options. Align QA timelines with release plans, pilots, and phased rollouts. Facilitate defect triage, track resolution progress, and ensure closure prior to release milestones. Maintain clear visibility into QA readiness, test coverage, and open risks. Support go/no-go decisions with structured and well-documented readiness assessments. Deliver regular, concise status updates to both technical and business stakeholders.

    Translate QA risks and findings into business impact and customer experience implications. Serve as the coordination point between internal teams and external vendors throughout testing cycles. Continuously improve QA processes, templates, and reporting practices across the program. Drive the adoption of test automation and structured release governance where applicable. Leverage GenAI tools to auto-generate test plans, test cases, and acceptance criteria from product requirements, design specs, and user stories

    Use GenAI to perform gap analysis on existing test coverage by analyzing requirements documents and surfacing untested scenarios Automate the generation of status reports and dashboards by feeding GenAI structured test run data and defect metrics Apply GenAI tools to triage and classify incoming defects - auto-tagging by severity, component, or feature area to reduce manual overhead Use GenAI to analyze retrospective data and surface recurring process bottlenecks or quality escapes across sprints and releases Apply GenAI to benchmark QA process maturity by comparing current workflows against industry best practices Leverage GenAI to help design and refine QA workflows, checklist templates, and team onboarding guides Evaluate and champion GenAI-assisted test automation tools that can generate and maintain automated test scripts from natural language descriptions 8+ years of experience in Quality Program Management, Technical Program Management, or QA Program Coordination. Proven, hands-on experience supporting QA, testing, or release management for complex software programs. Demonstrated ability to work effectively in cross-functional environments with Engineering, Product, and Operations teams.Experience with platform migrations, system integrations, or SaaS implementations. Proficiency with QA tools such as Selenium, Playwright, JMeter, RestAssured and a working understanding of test automation concepts. Experience collaborating with vendors or external implementation partners Experience applying GenAI tools and AI-assisted workflows within Quality Engineering or SDLC processes. Strong organizational, communication, and execution skills.Experience with platform migrations, system integrations, or SaaS implementations. Proficiency with QA tools such as Selenium, Playwright, JMeter, RestAssured and a working understanding of test automation concepts. Experience collaborating with vendors or external implementation partners Experience applying GenAI tools and AI-assisted workflows within Quality Engineering or SDLC processes.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationAustin, TX
    IndustryComputer/IT Services
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded1976
    Websitehttps://www.apple.com/jobs

    About Company

    We bring amazing people together to make amazing things happen.

    We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.

    About Apple

    There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.

    Skills

    • Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
    • Apache JMeterunmatched
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
    • Benchmarkingunmatched
    • Best Practicesunmatched
    • Bug Tracking/Defect Managementunmatched
    • Call Center Operationsunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Continuous Improvementunmatched
    • Cross-Functionalunmatched
    • Customer Experienceunmatched
    • Data Analysisunmatched
    • DevOpsunmatched
    • Functional Testingunmatched
    • Gap Analysisunmatched
    • Integration Testingunmatched
    • Metricsunmatched
    • Onboardingunmatched
    • Organizational Skillsunmatched
    • Process Improvementunmatched
    • Product Designunmatched
    • Product Testingunmatched
    • Project/Program Coordinationunmatched
    • Project/Program Managementunmatched
    • Quality Assuranceunmatched
    • Quality Assurance Methodologyunmatched
    • Quality Engineeringunmatched
    • Quality Managementunmatched
    • Regression Testingunmatched
    • Release Management/Engineeringunmatched
    • Reporting Dashboardsunmatched
    • Requirements Managementunmatched
    • Risk Managementunmatched
    • Scalable System Developmentunmatched
    • Scripting (Scripting Languages)unmatched
    • Seleniumunmatched
    • Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)unmatched
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)unmatched
    • Status Reportsunmatched
    • Structured Dataunmatched
    • System Integration (SI)unmatched
    • Technical Leadershipunmatched
    • Test Automationunmatched
    • Test Caseunmatched
    • Test Dataunmatched
    • Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
    • Test Scriptsunmatched
    • Test Toolsunmatched
    • Testingunmatched

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