Remote Design Project Manager

Job Description

Were seeking a highly experienced Design Project Manager to drive the orchestration of design activities across an application redesign. This contract role is critical to ensuring our design team is set up for success across strategy, execution, and delivery. You will act as a central connector between design, product, engineering, and business stakeholders to keep work on track, on time, and aligned with our broader product goals.

Key Responsibilities:

Program & Project Management

• Own and manage the full schedule of design tasks, deliverables, dependencies, and hand-offs across the app redesign.
• Oversee capacity planning and resource allocation across design contributors, balancing workloads and adjusting to changing priorities.
• Proactively identify, track, and mitigate risks related to schedule, resources, or quality.
• Manage and streamline the design review and approval process with clear checkpoints and decision gates.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Serve as the liaison between design and cross-functional partners including product, engineering, marketing, and leadership.
• Participate in PI planning, roadmap discussions, and alignment meetings to ensure design timelines and dependencies are accounted for.
• Represent design in stakeholder meetings and program reviews.

Agile & Workflow Operations

• Lead and facilitate design-specific ceremonies such as stand-ups, sprint planning, design reviews, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate closely with product managers and scrum teams to ensure design work is reflected in roadmaps, Jira tickets, and sprint plans.
• Translate product and stakeholder inputs into clear design user stories with defined acceptance criteria.

UX, UI, & Design Systems Support

• Partner with design and research leads to support UX research, usability testing, and user validation activities within the sprint cadence.
• Maintain a strong understanding of UX and UI practices to intelligently advocate for design quality and feasibility.
• Champion consistency by advocating use of, and alignment to, design systems and adherence to established patterns and component governance.

Communication & Governance

• Create clear documentation, meeting notes, and executive-level updates to support decision-making and visibility.
• Maintain accountability across the design team by tracking responsibilities, deadlines, and outcomes.
• Help shape and enforce design operations best practices that enable efficiency, clarity, and strong team collaboration.

We are a company committed to creating inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment opportunities without regard to race, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship status, disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to Human Resources Request Form (https://airtable.com/app21VjYyxLDIX0ez/shrOg4IQS1J6dRiMo) . The EEOC "Know Your Rights" Poster is available here (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

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Skills And Requirements

7+ years of experience in digital project management

Deep proficiency with Jira and Confluence

Moderate proficiency with design tools such as Figma and ZeroHeight

Strong working knowledge of agile and waterfall methodologies, and ability to flex between them.

Proven ability to manage complex, multi-track projects from initiation through delivery

Clear understanding of the UX and UI design lifecycle, including research, UX, UI design, and design systems.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to confidently engage with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams

Detail-oriented, organized, and adept at keeping multiple threads moving without letting quality slip null

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion,sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military oruniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, andordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.