Engineering Program Manager salary/life at Apple

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Mar 24, 2018 31 Comments

What’s the salary range for EPM at Apple? 6-7 years total experience.

Also, what is life like in the role? Any other thoughts welcome.

Thanks!

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  • Mozilla
    QkjE52

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    QkjE52
    21 comments and not one managed to answer the initial question; maybe the thread needs a PM. :P
    May 4, 2018 0
  • Apple
    1infloop

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    1infloop
    Job description:
    - give unnecessary stress to engineers
    - even when you have no technical background, act as if you do
    - take most of credit for stuff you didn’t really do anything about
    - let your team work, you just have to focus on performance awards at all hands
    - keep telling your team they have the potential to grow but don’t let anyone grow ( make sure )
    - waste as much time in meetings as possible or on writing wikis which no one will ever read
    - make sure you calendar is fully booked all week long even when you have no idea about most of those meetings

    * you get paid shot lods of money because you are “considered” to be leading a lot of technical people
    Mar 25, 2018 6
    • Apple
      EzXv42

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      EzXv42
      This is accurate. My EPM fits the bill.
      Mar 30, 2018
    • Aptiv
      msnow9

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      msnow9
      Lol. This is funny.
      On a serious note, would either of you be willing to assist me on my venture to make this position a little more reputable and technically justified for engineers? I have an interview coming up. Please let me know and I can DM you for any insights in to the role. TIA
      Aug 10, 2020
  • Apple
    hfr

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    hfr
    EPMs are a force multiplier. If the multiple is over 1, it can make an amazing difference. If the multiple is under 1, it can make a horrifying difference. If the multiple is close to 1, individual engineers won’t notice much difference and will mostly just remember the downsides—but across a whole org it might still be a large contribution.

    It’s a heavy responsibility. Good EPMs feel that a lot, bad ones don’t. It isn’t a good role to take unless you really want to have a lot of influence and responsibility, and understand responsibility involves obligation.

    The pay scale is similar to engineering, with… perhaps a smaller frequency / amount of stock grants.
    Mar 27, 2018 1
  • Apple
    myMX36

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    myMX36
    EPMs are simply the most useless people I’ve ever met. Totally useless..
    Apr 17, 2018 2
  • HP / R&D
    stkb

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    Qualcomm
    stkb
    Are you telling me they are not engineers. I'm a pm and used to be an active FW engineer (still am to an extent), I can steer and drive definition of the program, protocols used etc....
    I'm interviewing for an epm or pm at apple and there are technical questions although I haven't really coded for 2 years... But I'm an engineer by education and experience.
    Are you saying EPMs at apple may not be engineers by education or experience?
    May 20, 2020 3