The role involves leading cross-functional communication between Apple project teams and external vendors. Responsibilities include defining, tracking, and communicating plans with Engineering Management and Vendors, escalating issues as needed. The role requires streamlining and monitoring development processes, ensuring timely issue resolution, managing critical paths, and facilitating communication with status updates across all levels. Additionally, overseeing daily engineering build activities at the vendor’s factory to meet program objectives is a key part of the role.- Define, track, and communicate plans with Engineering Management and Vendors, escalating issues as needed.- Ensure timely issue resolution and manage critical paths.- Facilitate communication and provide status updates to all levels, from individual contributors to executive management.- Oversee daily engineering build activities at the vendor’s factory to meet program objectives.