Design Program Manager IV (W2 Contract, Remote) - Freelance

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.