Job Description

Job Description

Design Program Manager, VR Foundation

Qualifications

• Experience working with product teams or programs from roadmapping through delivery.
• Experience working directly with design leadership, product designers, UX researchers, and content designers.
• 2-5+ years of experience in design operations or related fields establishing programs, supporting design teams, and developing relationships.
• Track record of operating independently and with minimal oversight.
• Value Add: Experience leading product or business strategy in a fast-paced environment.
• Value Add: Experience managing vendors and contractors.
  
  

Responsibilities

You’ll be expected to:

• Enable teams to focus their time on designing, building and shipping great products.
• You are able to proactively assess risk, raise flags, and resolve issues before they become problems for the larger teams.
• Build strong relationships with cross-functional teams to establish effective ways of working together.
• Manage multi-team strategic initiatives that drive efficiency and impact, including executing specific design initiatives intended to grow team culture and industry expertise. You are able to prioritize, assess tradeoffs, propose clear solutions and communicate strategically. You are able to scale programs and initiatives when necessary and delegate effectively with clear expectations.
• Own and facilitate meetings (e.g. standups, design critiques, design reviews, design sprints, design summits) to drive progress against goals and objectives, and establish clear next steps and owners while resolving blocks that impede progress.
• Improve team communication, collaboration, and identify and remove roadblocks. Proactive in problem solving and effective in information distribution. You represent design in XFN processes and collaborate with XFN partners to drive operational initiatives that achieve business, product, and people goals.
• Use persuasive communication to the right audience to get buy-in and feedback.
• Utilize a full range of organizational and interpersonal skills to keep our teams on track.
• Contribute best practices to the DPM discipline and share expertise with team members.
• Measure impact of programs and initiatives both qualitatively and quantitatively. Continually refines and iterates to ensure usage and adoption.
• Source and manage operational budgets, vendor relationships, and contracts
• Help build a safe and inclusive culture and define ways to bring people together, strengthen our design community, and create an environment designers are proud to be a part of.
  
  

This position comes with full benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, 401k and more!

THE PROMISES WE MAKE:

At Crystal Equation, we empower people and advance technology initiatives by building trust. Your recruiter will prep you for the interview, obtain feedback, guide you through any necessary paperwork and provide everything you need for a successful start. We will serve to empower you along the way and provide the path for your professional journey.