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Program Manager - Privilege
AppleCupertino, California, United States$137,900 - $207,3006+ years
Apply Do you love taking on big challenges without precedent? Do you thrive on bringing structure, clarity, and operational excellence to complex programs? As a part of our Discovery team, you’ll help provide legal support for all our products and businesses. Working for a company that invents entire categories and industries means you’ll be challenged to creatively apply your deep program management expertise as part of an emerging and fun team.
We are looking for a program manager with great judgment and communication skills and a demonstrated ability to manage program initiatives and deliver results for Apple’s Privilege team. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who has significant experience with program management issues, training support, and operational execution. This role requires a professional with highly efficient operational skills, cross-functional coordination experience, and the ability to strategically support legal programs from end to end.
As a member of Apple's Privilege team, you will serve as the operational backbone of Apple's global Privilege Program, owning its day-to-day rhythm, project management infrastructure, training delivery, and knowledge management systems. You'll orchestrate the end-to-end execution of the global privilege training program from scheduling and content coordination to live event delivery and continuous improvement while ensuring all program documentation, workflows, and communications are consistent, current, and accessible. You'll be working with a number of cross-functional teams and stakeholders across Apple. The position requires a high degree of self-sufficiency, independent judgment, and a detail-oriented, operationally focused approach. You will operate as part of a supportive and fun team of lawyers, legal specialists, and support staff who work closely together to protect Apple's interests. Occasional travel may be required.
- * 6+ years of program management experience in a legal or litigation support environment (in-house, law firm, or legal services vendor), including direct experience with privilege-related workflows or issues
- Proven experience designing and delivering training programs at scale, including scheduling, content coordination, and live/virtual event execution
- Strong proficiency with project management tools (e.g., Wrike, Asana, or equivalent), including building project plans, dashboards, and reporting cadences
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to manage stakeholder relationships across multiple functions and levels
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to define objective key results, manage multiple concurrent workstreams, conflicting deadlines, and shifting priorities
- Bachelor’s degree required, JD or equivalent considered a plus.
- Ability to work independently and proactively to meet aggressive timelines in a dynamic environment, including managing and prioritizing deliverables with cross-functional teams
- Sound business judgment and ability to handle multiple wide-ranging matters, conflicting deadlines, while exploring new areas of expertise as business needs change
- Experience authoring and maintaining program documentation such as SOPs, playbooks, process workflows, and FAQ repositories
- Interest in and ability to identify gaps, propose solutions, and take ownership of projects while balancing time, quality, cost, and risk
- Ability to foster and facilitate teamwork by cultivating relationships, collaborating, and effectively communicating with teammates and cross-functional partners in the pursuit of team goals; shares information and supports others
- Maintain high ethical standards both personally and professionally; shows integrity and fairness in dealings with others; is reliable and trustworthy
- Demonstrate sound judgment, discretion, and ability to properly handle confidential and sensitive information