What is the type of contract for this position?

The contract for this position is a Freelance contract

What's the salary range for the Design Program Manager IV (W2 Contract, Remote) - Freelance position?

The suggested salary for this position is $85 - $95

Is telecommuting possible for this position?

Yes, telecommuting is possible for this position

Design Program Manager IV (W2 job at Braintrust

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JOB TYPE: Freelance, Contract Position- W2 (no agencies/C2C - see notes below)
LOCATION: Remote - United States (Approved locations only)
HOURLY RANGE: Our client is looking to pay $85 – $95/hr
ESTIMATED DURATION: 40h/week - Long term

THE OPPORTUNITY

All eligible candidates must be located within roughly 1 hour of the following metros:

Approved Locations:

Baltimore, MD

Boston, MA

Houston, TX

Los Angeles, CA

San Diego, CA.

Disqualifiers

Lack of experience working with product designers, shipping product

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience handling complexity and navigating ambiguity with teams on large-scale 0 to 1 projects from concept to execution
• Experience working with product teams or programs from roadmapping through delivery
• Experience working directly with product designers, UX researchers, and content strategists
• Minimum 5 years of experience in relevant field
• Track record of operating independently and without oversight
• Experience leading product or business strategy in a fast-paced environment
• Experience using data to identify problems and communicate solutions

Surrounding team & key projects
Social Experiences, Emerging Verticals, Creators & Publishers
Ai Creation, Reels Creation, FB Messaging, Friend Sharing, Creators, Play/Fantasy/Events POV, Play only tab

Top 3 must-have HARD skills:
Clear communicator
Able to plan, organize, and facilitate design sprints
Facilitate meetings to drive progress against goals and objectives

Not a hard skill but must-have:
Experience working directly with product designers, UX researchers, and content strategists

Good to have skills:
Ability to context switch as needed to tackle the current needs regardless of the team those needs are on.
Years of experience required
5+
Key performance measurements.

What you’ll be working on

Design Program Managers are passionate connectors and problem solvers. By supporting the various aspects of the product teams, you will enable teams to focus their time on designing, building and shipping products. You will improve team communication, collaboration, and remove roadblocks. Finally, you’ll utilize a full range of organizational and interpersonal skills to help keep our client's teams on track, execute specific design initiatives intended to grow team culture, industry expertise, and team impact, and you’ll have an opportunity to work with cross-functional teams as you establish great ways of working together.

Design Program Manager Responsibilities:
• Identify and drive large, organization-level product initiatives forward that have multiple stakeholders, competing deadlines, multiple dependencies and many moving parts.
• Able to prioritize, assess tradeoffs, propose clear solutions and communicate strategically.
• Identify, define and manage multi-team strategic initiatives that drive efficiency and impact. Often contributing best practices to discipline.
• Own and facilitate meetings to drive progress against goals and objectives, and establish clear next steps and owners while resolving blocks that impede progress.
• Proactively assess risk, raise flags, and resolve issues before they become problems for the larger teams.
• Uses persuasive communication to the right audience to get buy-in and feedback. Proactive in problem solving and effective information distribution.
• Define and measure impact of programs and initiatives both qualitatively and quantitatively. Continually refines and iterates to ensure usage and adoption.
• Scales programs and initiatives when necessary. Delegates effectively with clear expectations.

Apply Now!

C2C Candidates: This role is not available to C2C candidates working with an agency. If you are a professional contractor who has created an LLC/corp around their consulting practice, this is well aligned with Braintrust and we’d welcome your application.

Braintrust values the multitude of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.