Design Program Manager

NBCUniversal•New York, NY

18h•$130,000 - $170,000•Hybrid

About The Position

NBCUniversal is seeking a highly organized and proactive Design Program Manager to support its design and product teams in delivering a world-class streaming experience. This role will focus on driving coordination and execution across product initiatives, ensuring alignment, clarity, and efficiency from concept to launch. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, understands design and product development workflows, and can manage multiple priorities with ease. The Media Group at NBCU supports a powerhouse collection of consumer-first brands including Peacock, NBC, Bravo, NBC Sports, and NBCU International. With unequalled scale, our teams make the most out of every opportunity to collaborate and learn from one another. We’re always looking for ways to innovate faster, accelerate our growth and consistently offer the very best in consumer experience. But most of all, we’re backed by a culture of respect. We embrace authenticity and inspire people to thrive.

Requirements

3-5 years of experience as a project or program manager.
Strong understanding of design and product lifecycles, from roadmapping and initial requirements through final delivery and release.
Proven ability to work with product designers, product managers, and technology partners.
Ability to manage high-impact initiatives with competing deadlines, multiple stakeholders, and complex dependencies.
Ability to operate independently and multi-task in a rapidly evolving, fast-paced environment.
Familiarity with design tools (Figma, Sketch) and project management platforms (Jira, Confluence, Airtable).
Strong communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to provide clarity and structure in an environment of constant change.

Nice To Haves

Experience in design or product operations, or design program management within a product-driven organization.
Ability to translate ambiguous requirements into actionable plans.
Comfortable facilitating discussions and driving alignment across cross-functional teams.
Experience managing design and product vendors and contractors.

Responsibilities

Support planning, tracking and delivery of multiple initiatives across design and product, ensuring alignment on priorities, goals and timelines.
Ensure design deliverables are aligned with product requirements.
Facilitate communication and decision-making across disciplines, including marketing, data and research.
Identify bottlenecks and propose improvements to design, product and engineering processes, supporting scalable ways of working across teams.
Facilitate the scoping of design requests from product, and communicate with stakeholders to help move product initiatives forward.
Own and facilitate meetings to drive progress against goals, resolve issues, identify clear next steps, and escalate roadblocks when necessary.
Communicate progress, risks and outcomes effectively to senior stakeholders and leadership.
Maintain project tracking tools, such as Jira, Confluence, Airtable and Figma.