Pinterest · 23 hours ago

Sr. Design Program Manager

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$112K/yr - $196K/yr

5+ years exp

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No H1B

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Responsibilities

Partner with Design leadership and primary stakeholders to create a strategic project plan for the assigned design team based on the organization’s strategic and business needs

Partner with Design leads to define primary stakeholders, determine scope, and gain leadership and XFN support for design programs based on the predefined project goals

Execute design programs ensuring the team meets deadlines, tracking against design milestones and following up on action items through owning all program documentation and operations including communication plans, forums, and meeting cadences as required, detecting blockages, and facilitating escalation

Work cross functionally with teams internal and external to Design to turn ambiguous opportunities into actionable outcomes, including running periodic product/design vision and planning exercises

Define and standardize new processes from the ground up to streamline collaboration between stakeholders and manage design partnerships across multiple teams, identifying opportunities to increase the efficiency and discipline within the organization

Advocate for the customer, ensure design, content & research is part of the product development process

Manage risk by proactively raising issues around programs before they become a roadblock, and work quickly to resolve any issues that may arise

Evaluate plans to identify risk and ensure alignment of goals, plans, and priorities across teams and functions; create capacity plans to ensure efficient resource distribution

Create transparency by acting as the point of contact for programs, providing regular updates and decisions to stakeholders and ensuring updates are visible within the company

Report on the success of programs and completing project closeout steps, post-mortems, and/or leading any followup iterative work

Qualification

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