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The contract for this position is a Full-time contract

What's the salary range for the Design Ops Program Manager position?

The suggested salary for this position is $159,750-$192,950*

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Design Ops Program Manager job at Canva

Canva’s Commitment and Mission

At Canva, we celebrate diversity. We deeply believe that bringing together diversity of thoughts, perspectives and expression is key to building the best product, team and company. We look for many different skills and abilities, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. So, even if you don’t think you quite meet all of the skills listed or tick all the boxes, we’d still love to hear from you!

Our mission at Canva is to empower the world to design and since launching in 2013, we have grown exponentially, amassing over 100+ million monthly active users across 190 different countries and a team of over 3,000 people… and the best bit is that we’ve only achieved 1% of what we know we’re capable of.

Join us and design your future.

Want to join Canva?

We are searching for an experienced Design Ops, Program Manager to help us in supporting the team culture and health of our team ensuring everyone within the Product Design specialty is treated equally and with fairness.This role will support how we scale the Product Design specialty at Canva, through building documentation, processes and resources, by supporting and freeing up Product Design leads, coaches and individual contributors’ time.This role will split their workload in between supporting a supergroup and supporting the Product Design Ops specialty.

What you'll do:

Own Product Design team documentation to align everyone (especially newbies) on the process with Canva's Product Delivery Process(PDP), enablement with templates and critical insights from our cannon of data and experimentation learnings.
Drive Product Design cadences. Coordinate, run and provide support to PD Leads to run an increasing number of design team cadences across the supergroup (such as Fewer Forks Forums, Verb S&T, etc)
Design and evolve Product Design processes, frameworks and resources to support how we scale the Product Design specialty, including product prioritisation, UX team planning, and cross-team coordination
Drive the adoption and contribution to the Canva's Product Design Playbook. Work with Product Designers to publish best practices, examples, case studies and templates that can be shared across the entire Product Design Specialty.
Track specialty health regularly. Working with Product Design leads to understanding pain points, identifying opportunities, and help us prioritise for impact.
Support SG leads to coordinate design work in planning cycles, particularly with teams outside our supergroup. Mapping how the supergroup will support the other supergroups with new product launches.
Champion design team culture and well-being. (such as mental health checkins, retros, planning regular team bonding, events and celebrations).
Collaborate with Product Design leads to identify, build, and manage training/learning opportunities for the product design specialty

About You:

5+ years of experience in design thinking, design ops, design program management, and/or design project management
Experience working as a producer, project manager, design program manager, program manager, and/or design ops lead for an in-house UX team
Background in Product or Design is essential.
They have a taste for great design and visual communication.

Working at Canva

Our culture is unlike anywhere else and we design your #CanvaLife experience to empower you to do the best work of your life.

Whether you’re in the office, working from home or choosing your own adventure, our benefits for permanent Canvanauts include:

• Equity packages for you to truly be a part of the Canva journey.

• We have a hybrid work model (in-office & from home), with our offices are always open to you balancing flexibility and connection

• Flexible leave so you can recharge, give back, support others or focus on your own professional development.

• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey.

• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance. This is for you to spend on whatever will support your wellbeing and development.. because you know what you need to Vibe and Thrive, better than anyone.

• Virtual and in-office wellness benefits including Canva University, Employee Assistant Programs and Fitness & Meditation Classes.

• Canva For Good program matching your not-for-profit donations, Force for Good leave (3 paid volunteering days) and a range of sustainability and ethical initiatives to get involved in.

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion. Please note that interviews are conducted virtually. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

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