Design Program Manager III

Expectations:

Drive product initiatives forward that have multiple stakeholders, competing deadlines, and many moving parts.

Prioritize, assess tradeoffs, propose clear solutions and communicate effectively.

Define and manage initiatives that improve product team efficiency and impact.

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 team(s).

Support the management team with effective and appropriate team communication, proactive problem solving, information distribution.

Define and measure impact of programs and initiatives both qualitatively and quantitatively.

Collaborate and establish relationships cross-functionally with product management, engineering, product design, user research and content strategy to ensure a smooth product development process.

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience working with product teams or programs from road mapping through delivery.

Minimum of 5 years of experience in project or program management.

Track record of operating under your own initiative with little oversight.

Experience creating appropriate programs that drive impactful change.

Experience using data to identify problems and communicate solutions with measurable results.

Must-Have Skills

1 Strong knowledge of G-suite.

2 CW must have excellent communication skills. They will facilitate planning, road mapping and strategy.

They will also facilitate meetings.

Experience with escalations, conflict resolutions and assessing tradeoffs of deadlines.

Ensuring alignment – is everyone on the same page?

3 Product development and strategy as well as product design operations. The selected candidate must understand the product development process.

Nice-to-have Skills

1 Knowledge in Figma.

2 AR/VR or MR.

3 Being able to technically communicate with engineers.