Senior Services Compliance Manager, Apple Services

The people here at Apple dont just create products they create the kind of wonder thats revolutionized entire industries. Its the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation running through everything we do from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple and help us leave the world better than we found Servicesincluding the App Store iCloud Apple Music Apple TV and many othersare among the most dynamic and widely used in the world. As the regulatory landscape continues to evolve our organization requires proactive technically rigorous leadership to ensure our platforms navigate emerging obligations while preserving product integrity and user are seeking an experienced Senior Manager based in the US to lead a team responsible for driving strategic China regulatory and compliance work within Apples Services this role you will lead the application of regulatory and compliance obligations into products systems architecture and data flows manage key operating partner relationships and bridge communication across US engineering local Apple teams in China and executive leadership.

Apple operates services in China at a scope and scale unlike any other multinational company. The challenges we face have no playbook. Our work is exceptionally complex ambiguous and vital to Apples operations. This role is focused on how expanding data and internet regulations in China impact Apples services specifically driving the practical application of regulations into systems architecture data governance and data export response to these regulatory and compliance obligations Apple maintains strategic and operating partnerships for several of our services in China. This role serves as a key owner of those relationships collaborating closely from the US with both local Apple teams and external operating partners to ensure our services operate reliably and securely while maintaining compliance with evolving rules.

Success in this leadership role requires:nDefining u0026 Driving Regulatory Programs: You partner closely with Apples policy legal and technical experts in China and the US to understand local regulations policies and emerging risks. You and your team develop plans for how these requirements map directly to Apples services translating them into concrete technical options trade-offs and actionable recommendations for engineering and business Partner u0026 Relationship Management: You serve as a US principal owner of relationships with critical operating partners in China established in response to regulatory requirements. You navigate the cultural political operational and technical differences between organizations successfully mapping the needs and constraints of both sides to maintain trusted productive Leadership: You lead support and grow a senior team responsible for driving key China regulatory and compliance work across Services. You foster deep ownership empowering your team to develop options and recommendations and drive cross-functional alignment so our engineering teams can focus on delivering the highest quality products and Depth: You bring the technical depth required to evaluate how regulations apply to our systems including understanding service system architectures backend data flows and cloud infrastructure. You ensure that requirements are grounded in sound scalable engineering Communication u0026 Cross-Functional Influence: You communicate and influence effectively with executives and leadership across Apple. You build the trust necessary to bridge these teams align competing priorities and drive consensus on high-stakes Through Process u0026 Frameworks: You scale your teams impact by designing practical operating processes and frameworks. You bring structure and clarity to complex programs.

8 years of experience leading complex technical programs in cloud or internet services.n 4 years of formal people management experience successfully leading and developing senior technical teams.n 4 years of dedicated experience translating legal regulatory compliance or data governance requirements into technical specifications and engineering roadmaps.n Demonstrated technical competence evaluating services architectures backend data flows or cloud track record managing and negotiating complex technical operational or business relationships with external strategic excellence communicating with and influencing senior leadership across engineering legal business product and operations organizations to drive high-stakes decisions.

In-depth experience leading technical compliance or engineering initiatives. Experience with China internet or data regulations a strong collaborating extensively across time zones with engineering operations and partner teams in China; professional working proficiency in Mandarin Chinese is a strong experience participating in or preparing engineering organizations for technical audits regulatory inquiries or external certification domain experience with consumer internet platforms or cloud infrastructure operating at a global in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or a related technical field or equivalent practical technical leadership experience.

Required Experience:

Manager