Senior Design Program Manager
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JobgetherDesign operations
Based in United StatesFull-TimeSenior
SalaryCompetitive base salary of $185,000–$195,000 CAD for Canadian-based candidates.
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Job Details
- Experience
- 6+ years of experience in program management and/or design operations within design or product organizations
- Required Skills
- Figma
Requirements
- Have 6+ years of experience in program management and/or design operations within design or product organizations.
- Demonstrate success driving operational excellence and supporting high-performing teams.
- Bring strong product sense and design craft sensibility, with an ability to understand design workflows.
- Have experience across the full product development lifecycle, including launching products or experiences end-to-end.
- Be technically fluent enough to collaborate with design systems and engineering teams, including understanding system architecture, component APIs, design-to-code workflows, and technical constraints.
- Demonstrate success leading complex cross-functional programs from 0→1 and scaling operational systems.
- Have practical experience using AI tools, LLMs, automation platforms, or similar technologies to improve efficiency.
- Have strong vendor and contract management experience, including software negotiations, licensing optimization, compliance, and cost control.
- Be familiar with design and program management ecosystems such as Figma, Linear, Jira, Dovetail, asset management platforms, and prototyping tools.
- Have organizational change and influencing skills, including the ability to align stakeholders around shared outcomes.
- Have strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including presenting to senior and executive leadership.
- Be able to balance hands-on execution with strategic oversight while managing competing priorities.
Responsibilities
- Drive end-to-end execution of complex, multi-quarter design programs across cross-functional teams.
- Build and deploy AI-enabled workflows for reporting, resource tracking, documentation synthesis, and stakeholder communications.
- Manage design tooling vendors and contracts, negotiate agreements, optimize licensing costs, and support scalable infrastructure.
- Manage contractor and agency relationships with Finance, Legal, and IT.
- Lead capacity planning, roadmapping, resource allocation, operational metrics, and tooling integrations.
- Partner with design systems teams on system evolution, component adoption, governance, and implementation.
- Translate design strategy and leadership priorities into programs, roadmaps, operating models, and measurable outcomes.
- Apply design thinking and product sense to operational challenges and scalable systems.
- Facilitate planning cycles, resolve complexity, and align design initiatives with product and business roadmaps.
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