Staff Design Program Manager
Description For Staff Design Program Manager
LinkedIn is seeking a Staff Design Program Manager (DPM) to join their Design and Research Operations Team. This role will be embedded within the Consumer Design Product Team to lead complex, multi-disciplinary programs. The ideal candidate will champion processes to help the team of designers build impactful experiences across the company.
Key Responsibilities:
- Launch and manage initiatives to improve design org operations
- Build relationships with cross-functional partners
- Collaborate with design team leadership in key project decision-making
- Manage program risks and communicate progress to executives
- Contribute to shared design resources and manage team documentation
- Facilitate team onboarding and keep a pulse on team morale
Qualifications:
- BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience
- Minimum of 8 years in design program management or related experience
- Experience working with large internal design teams
- Ability to plan design resourcing needs and map out priorities
- Strong relationship-building and influencing skills
- Ability to break down issues and drive team action
- Skills in problem-solving, collaboration, and technical knowledge
LinkedIn offers a hybrid work option, allowing employees to work from home and commute to the office as needed. The company is committed to creating a culture built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun where everyone can succeed.
Join LinkedIn to transform the way the world works and be part of a team that enables designers to create impactful experiences across the company.
Responsibilities For Staff Design Program Manager
- Launch and manage initiatives that improve our design org's operations
- Build relationships with design managers, designers, program managers, researchers and cross functional partners
- Collaborate with design team leadership in key project decision-making
- Manage program risks, communicate progress, status, expectations, dependencies, and risks to executives and business stakeholders
- Proactively contribute to shared design resources with best practices, tips, and templates
- Facilitate team onboarding with the Learning & Development team for new hires and rotations
- Keep a pulse on team morale, escalating risks to leadership and identifying opportunities for improvement
Requirements For Staff Design Program Manager
- BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience
- Minimum of 8 years in design program management, design operations, design management, product management, or other relevant experience
- Experience working with a large internal design team
- Ability to help plan design resourcing needs and map out quarterly priorities
- Ability to establish relationships, build rapport, and influence cross-functional teams and leadership
- Ability to distinguish critical from non-critical issues and set teams focus and priorities accordingly
- Ability to break down issues to key fundamentals and drive the team toward action
- Ability to partner with design leadership to brainstorm ideas for team collaboration and relationship building events
- An ability to organize cross-functional activities into a complete plan
- Ability to coach others and champion member value
- Ability to handle ambiguity, set goals and effectively deliver to them if project plans shift and need to adapt
Benefits For Staff Design Program Manager
- Hybrid work option
- Competitive salary range
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