Senior Program Manager, Design, International

Beijing - China

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 11 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

This role should be based in China Mainland. No visa and relocation support.

Design Operations enables Airbnbs Design group to run effectively to make products that are usable lovable and scalable for our users. Partnering closely with Design Product Management Engineering and business leaders we drive Airbnbs priorities through seamless day-to-day operations and strong stakeholder alignment with an eye towards scale and efficiency.

The Design Program Managers on this team lead the end-to-end planning execution and budgeting of programs to deliver success for our product hosts and guests. With a strong appreciation for the practice and process of design you understand the multiple disciplines that go into a successful product. You bring creativity to the operational elements in a design team and focus on solving the how freeing up your design peers to focus on crafting the what.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Design Program Manager (DPM) supporting international expansion initiatives you will work closely with our Design Leads and cross-functional partners to drive delivery of quarterly and annual roadmap objectives and ensure that what we promise in our international roadmap is what we deliver in our product. You will drive tight alignment of activities across international and global teams through cross-functional planning and strong communication.

In this role you are responsible for driving end-to-end scoping planning execution and launch of design programs to deliver success for our product hosts and guests. You will also serve as the bridge between critical business functions aligning stakeholders providing visibility into the workstreams progress elevating risks and guiding the team through the process of bringing our work to life. You will partner with Global Design Ops Leadership to provide insight on program progress and raise any red flags that could affect delivery.

Initiate drive and launch projects by aligning Design Product Management and Engineering teams on critical features (via the roadmap)
Manage workstream scope resourcing reviews approvals timelines and workflow management
Manage team operating rhythm including communication structures workflow project templates leadership cadence for managing design quality of our product
Provide up-to-date visibility into current projects resource utilization team performance and product health across your teams
Drive integration of the various disciplines within the design org (research writing localization production design)
Manage how the design team interfaces with other functions such as product management engineering external partners and marketing
Uphold standards and best practices ensure the design process and tools are applied
Identify and predict obstacles collisions and risk to projects across multiple teams and seek solutions to eliminate them
Develop strong working relationships with business teams to understand goals and priorities across the company

Qualifications

BA/BS with 7 years Consulting Program Management Product Management Project Management or relevant experience
Demonstrated ability to work through ambiguity to detailed solutions. You can take a vague problem crisply frame the challenge identify a path forward and drive an initiative over the finish-line.
Track record of managing and shipping impactful design initiatives in a large digital product org
Long-term strategic thinking balanced with near-term execution skills. Distinctive problem solving skills
Proven ability to build strong relationships and influence business leaders
Demonstrable skills and experience in mediation negotiation and conflict resolution
Demonstrated track record successfully managing ambitious and operationally complex projects with cross-functional teams
Experience in structuring and implementing initiatives at scale with design and product teams
Background in establishing systems: experience developing processes where little exists and demonstrated flexibility to get things done.
Passionate and enthusiastic about organizational excellence and attention to detail
Thrives in ambiguity in a fast-paced hyper-growth organization

Preferred Qualifications

Deep knowledge of and appreciation for the Product Design process
Experience with or understanding of cross-functional (pm design & eng) product-driven organizations or digital agency

Required Experience:

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This role should be based in China Mainland. No visa and relocation support.Design Operations enables Airbnbs Design group to run effectively to make products that are usable lovable and scalable for our users. Partnering closely with Design Product Management Engineering and business leaders we dri...