Design Project Manager
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14 hours ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
As a Design Project Manager you will be responsible for driving clarity structure and predictability across design initiatives within our global Design team of 50 professionals. We are looking for a strong delivery-focused project manager who thrives in complex environments brings order to ambiguity and enables design teams to execute efficiently at this role you will own design project execution end-to-end from intake and planning to delivery and reporting. You will act as the primary owner of design delivery workflows ensuring Jira is a reliable source of truth timelines are clear dependencies are managed and stakeholders have visibility into progress. You will collaborate closely with designers design leadership product managers and engineering partners across multiple time zones.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Drive and coordinate the delivery of design initiatives across multiple product areas and workstreams in close partnership with Design Managers
- Plan and manage scope timelines and milestones in collaboration with Design Managers to ensure predictable and well-coordinated deliveryManage dependencies risks and resourcing considerations to support smooth execution across teams
- Ensure Jira and related tools accurately reflect priorities progress and delivery status serving as a single source of truth for design work
- Track and report on delivery-focused design metrics (e.g. throughput cycle time on-time delivery WIP) to improve transparency and planning quality
- Use delivery data and insights to identify inefficiencies and continuously improve design workflows and planning practices
- Partner with design leadership product and engineering teams to align priorities manage trade-offs and enable effective collaboration across multiple time zones
REQUIREMENTS
- 5 years of experience as a Design Project Manager Project Manager or similar role working closely with design teams
- Proven experience managing complex projects in large distributed cross-functional environments
- Strong hands-on experience with Jira (or similar tools) and comfort owning tool structure and hygiene
- Excellent planning organizational and prioritization skills
- Ability to bring clarity to ambiguous problem spaces and move work forward pragmatically
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Confidence working with senior design product and engineering leaders
- Understanding of design and product development workflows
- Nice to Have
- Experience working with global design organizations
- Experience managing external vendors or agencies
- Familiarity with agile lean or hybrid delivery modelsBackground in design UX or creative operations
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- Cognos
- Design Management
- Account Development
- Fireworks
- Asic
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