Design Program Manager (W2 Contract, Remote) - Freelance

RESPONSIBILITIES
Specific responsibilities include:

* Provide leadership and ongoing operational support for projects from ideation through execution. Includes roadmap planning, milestone breakdown, resource management, facilitating Design Reviews, and driving collaboration within cross-functional teams
* Drive large, cross-company design sprints as needed. Responsibilities include sprint planning, recruiting participants, managing and assigning design tasks, coordinating across disciplines, identifying deliverables required for execution, playtesting, publishing sprint outcomes, and ensuring timely follow-up and completion of work
* Help teams improve their operational effectiveness by identifying and addressing issues with workflows or tooling, set and measure performance goals, and foster a collaborative and creative community
* Facilitate meetings to drive progress against goals and objectives, and establish clear next steps and owners while resolving obstacles that impede progress
* Proactively assess risk, raise flags, and resolve issues before they become problems for the larger team
* Define and measure impact of programs and initiatives qualitatively and quantitatively

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
* Minimum 5 years of experience as a program manager, digital producer, or project manager working on digital products
* Experience as a Producer or Program Manager at a mobile, AR, or VR game studio preferred
* Experience working on 0-to-1 products, executing design sprints with many stakeholders, supporting roadmapping, prototyping, user research, and resource planning
* Track record of operating independently and with minimal oversight
* Experience working in a fast-paced environment with lots of ambiguity
* Experience using data to identify problems and communicate solutions.

ABOUT HORIZON
Our client’s Horizon Worlds team is building a global-scale User Generated Content (UGC) platform where the world’s creators, performers, entrepreneurs and more will be able to create their place, and enable their communities to connect, engage and play in all kinds of ways. They’re creating a universe without constraints where people have freedom of identity and expression, and can experience living virtual worlds that could not exist in the real world. They are driven to create a safe and compelling universe for never-ending exploration -- their journey is just the beginning, come join us.

ROLE OVERVIEW
Design Program Managers are passionate connectors and problem solvers. By supporting the various aspects of the Horizon Creative team, you will enable Product Designers, Game Designers, and Prototypers to focus their time on designing, building, and shipping world-class products. You will improve team communication, collaboration, remove roadblocks, and help keep your team and products on track.