Staff Design Programme Manager

About the Team

Design Programme Managers at DoorDash Deliveroo and Wolt are strategic and creative problem solvers crafting scalable solutions that empower transformative and high-quality design. By driving innovation and excellence they play a key role in shaping the future of Design at our companies making a lasting impact on our community and beyond.

About the Role

As the Staff Design Programme Manager at Deliveroo you will be at the forefront of driving scalability efficiency and community through our Design Studio. You will collaborate with design leaders across DoorDash Deliveroo Wolt and 7Rooms to elevate our internal design culture establish onboarding and development programs drive our budget vendor and tooling strategy. You will report to the Sr. Design Director of the Design Foundations organization and you will work in a hybrid environment seamlessly integrating onsite and remote collaboration. Join us in shaping the future of design at Deliveroo and making a meaningful impact on millions of lives.

Youre excited about this opportunity because you will

• Own and evolve the Design Studio operating model including onboarding experiences shared resources and clear ways of working that help designers ramp quickly collaborate effectively and do their best work from day one

• Define and drive the Design Studio tooling strategy ensuring designers have best-in-class tools platforms and workflows that improve efficiency consistency and quality across the organization

• Manage the Design Studio budget including forecasting tracking and optimizing spend across tools vendors events and programs to maximize impact and ROI

• Own vendor and agency partnerships from selection and onboarding to procurement and performance management ensuring external partners seamlessly support evolving product and brand needs

• Create and maintain Design Studio resources such as playbooks templates documentation and learning materials that enable consistent high-quality design outcomes

• Drive AI fluency for designers partnering with design and technology leaders to introduce tools training and best practices that responsibly integrate AI into design workflows and career growth

• Support career development for designers collaborating on frameworks learning paths and rituals that help designers grow their skills impact and sense of progression at DoorDash

• Plan and run internal Design Studio moments and rituals including All Hands workshops showcases and offsites that strengthen connection alignment and shared purpose

• Improve Design Studio culture and team health identifying opportunities to enhance collaboration feedback recognition and inclusion across the design organization

• Identify and unlock operational efficiencies across our Design Studio reducing friction so teams can focus more time on craft impact and innovation

Were excited about you because

• You have 5 years of experience building and scaling Design Operations and design enablement programs with a proven track record of taking 01 initiatives from concept to adoption at scale and speed.

• You have experience supporting designer onboarding career development and learning including creating resources playbooks and programs that help designers grow

• Youve owned design budgets vendor and agency management balancing creative excellence with operational rigor

• Youre a clear communicator and scrappy problem solver passionate about improving design culture team rituals and embracing new toolsincluding AIto help designers do their best work

Why Join Us

At Deliveroo youll do work that matters solving real-world problems in a three-sided marketplace thats constantly evolving.

Were food lovers problem solvers community builders and more brought together by a shared drive to make things better. Working here you can expect to:

Solve meaningful problems at real scale Work on a complex always-on marketplace that impacts millions every day.

See your impact fast Ship test and improve ideas quickly in a low-hierarchy high-ownership environment.

Grow through challenge and ownership Take on big ambiguous problems and accelerate your career with strong support.

A culture built for builders High standards collaboration flexible working and continuous learning.

Share in the success you help create Competitive salary and equity options so youre rewarded for the impact you make.

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Our Global Structure

Deliveroo is now part of DoorDash bringing together teams with even greater reach scale and ambition. While you will be focused on Deliveroo youll benefit from our shared global Studio community collaborating with and learning from design peers across DoorDash and Wolt. Together were unlocking new possibilities as one global team.

Diversity Equity and Inclusion

At Deliveroo we know that a great workplace reflects the world around us and that true diversity and inclusion make us stronger more creative and better at what we do. Were committed to fostering an environment where everyone can do their best work and feel they belong.

We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds regardless of age gender ethnicity disability sexual orientation gender identity socio-economic background religion or belief.

If you have a disability or long-term health condition and need support to apply for one of our roles or if you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process please contact our recruitment team at and well be happy to help ensure you have a fair and equitable experience.

If youre excited about making a real impact in a fast-moving marketplace and growing your career alongside ambitious supportive teams wed love to hear from you!

Required Experience:

Manager