Job Description

This 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. We’re creating a virtual reality without constraints where people have freedom of identity and expression and can experience living virtual worlds that could not exist in the real world. We are driven to create a safe and compelling metaverse for never-ending exploration -- our journey is just the beginning, come join us.

Design Program Managers at this are passionate connectors and problem solvers. By supporting the various aspects of the 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, and collaboration, remove roadblocks and help keep your team and products on track.

Responsibilities:

• 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, setting and measuring performance goals, and fostering 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 the 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 road mapping, 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

The target hiring compensation range for this role is the equivalent of $70/hr - $80/hr. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

Additional benefits offered may include; medical health insurance and dental insurance, life insurance, and eligibility to participate in a 401k plan with company match.

Client Description:

Based in Menlo Park, California, this top social media company builds technologies that help people connect. Their mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together.

With a culture of constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to connect people worldwide, their workforce must reflect the diversity of the people they serve. Hiring people with different backgrounds and points of view helps make better decisions, build better products and create better experiences for everyone.

Working here, you’ll:

• Be part of their mission of community building
• Work on the most visible apps and services in the social media industry
• Work in an Agile environment, in constant iteration and problem-solving mode
• Have a hand in developing products that empower more than 3 billion people around the world to share ideas, offer support and make a difference

Why work with AQUENT? Check out our awesome benefits: https://aquent.com/find-work/talent-benefits

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.