Job Details

Design Management Lead

San Jose, California, United States

Corporate Functions

Summary

Posted: Apr 22, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200600447

In Places, we don’t sit back and let things happen, we make things happen, and we do this in service to all Apple employees and customers. Our team is a diverse and nimble group that manages Apple’s workplaces and workplace services. We develop and manage Apple’s global real estate portfolio, lead all related capital construction projects, provide outstanding facilities and site services, develop and lead sustainability initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of all Apple facilities, including renewable energy and commute programs, and do everything we can to ensure the health and safety of all Apple team members, facilities, and customers in our spaces around the world.

Description

The Design Management Lead for Workplace Design is responsible for leading a team of design managers tasked with seamlessly delivering best-in-class workplaces that inspire and enable all Apple team members to do their life’s best work. You will play an integral role in establishing aesthetic consistency where appropriate, assist in the creation of a new aesthetic language where needed, and continually develop a vision for how Apple can integrate new technologies and ideas to evolve its brand.

Along with their peer groups across Places, the Design Management Lead is responsible for managing the team of architects and design professionals who partner with our development and construction teams to apply aesthetic rigor and instill the values that are synonymous with Apple culture, products, and services to our workplaces, bridging the work of Places with the work of many other teams within Apple, including Industrial Design, HID, Product Design, Apple TV+, Apple Music, Live Events, Corporate Events, and Marketing + Communication.

Some key responsibilities include:
- Collaborate with all Apple divisions to develop, communicate, and deliver designs that embody Apple’s brand, core ideals and values, and guide the greater Places team and vendors for implementation

• Continually push the designs of Apple’s spaces + interiors, manage furniture, graphics and accessories

• Evolve our design language, driving design innovation and setting a plan for the future of Workplace Design. Integrate innovative architectural elements and features to enhance the overall design, performance, and functionality of facilities

• Direct and control the activities of a broad functional area across our global team, has overall control of planning, sta?ng, budget, expenses priorities, and recommending and implementing changes to methods for their department

• As part of the Workplace Design Senior Management team, promote collaboration and communication - e?ectively develop and present design ideas regularly to Apple leadership

• Stay updated on industry trends and best practices in architectural design and interiors to drive continuous improvement and innovation spearhead innovation initiatives within our organization

• Directly coordinate the design of all major projects, and lead and mentor a team of exceptional design managers who will oversee the design of all other Apple workplaces

• Create and cultivate succession plans, training the next generation of Design Leaders on the Workplace Design Team

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of design experience and managing design teams

• Experience creating and developing overall design concepts and formulating design

• Demonstrated track record developing leaders, building employee engagement, and managing performance

• BA/BS degree in Design, Architecture, Organizational Design, or related field, or equivalent practical experience (advanced degree in Architecture or Design preferred with a rigorous design education)

Preferred Qualifications

• International design experience a plus

• Strong leadership, communication, and relationship management and mentoring skills, in particular with global teams, across time zones, and date lines

• Ability to develop and articulate a strong vision that aligns and inspires your own team and other teams of professionals

• Be a self-starter, self-motivated, and able to work and lead independently, and perform multiple tasks under minimal direction

• Think and implement quickly, laterally, independently or collaboratively

• Demonstrate strong user experience sensibilities with a very high level of curiosity; keeping up with the evolving landscape of available tools, technologies and resources

• Stay positive and navigate conflict, high pressure situations, and ambiguity with confidence and a calm, Apple-first, resolution-focused approach

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills

• Strong, persuasive communicator with excellent verbal presentation skills and the ability to communicate sophisticated design concepts

• Ability to use 2D/3D software, including AutoCAD, 3D Studio MAX, Adobe suite, and multiple rendering packages to communicate concepts

Pay & Benefits

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 $211,800 and $317,600, 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. (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html)

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 (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

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 (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation.

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