Design Program Manager

Meta•Menlo Park, CA

About The Position

Design Program Managers in Monetization are connectors and problem solvers. By supporting the various aspects of the product teams, you will enable teams to focus their time on designing, building and shipping products. You will improve team communication, collaboration, and remove roadblocks. Finally, you'll utilize a full range of organizational and effective communication skills to help keep our teams on track, execute specific design initiatives intended to strengthen the team, industry expertise, and team impact, and you'll have an opportunity to work with cross-functional teams as you establish great ways of working together.

Requirements

Minimum of 7 years of experience in program or project management
Experience handling complexity and navigating ambiguity with teams on large scale 0 to 1 projects from concept to execution
Experience working with product teams or programs from roadmapping through delivery
Experience working directly with product designers, user experience researchers, and content designers
Track record of operating independently and without oversight
Experience leading product or business strategy in a time-sensitive environment
Experience managing vendors and contractors
Experience using data to identify problems and communicate solutions

Responsibilities

Identify and drive large, organization-level product initiatives forward that have multiple stakeholders, competing deadlines, multiple dependencies and many moving parts
Prioritize, assess tradeoffs, propose clear solutions and communicate strategically
Identify, define and manage multi-team strategic initiatives that drive efficiency and impact, often contributing best practices to the discipline
Own and facilitate meetings to drive progress against goals and objectives and establish clear next steps and owners, while resolving blocks that impede progress
Proactively assess risk, raise flags and resolve issues before they become problems for larger teams
Sought out as the operations subject matter expert to the product team and trusted leader across the company, mentoring and sharing expertise with team members
Communicate persuasively to the right audience to get buy-in and feedback
Proactively problem solve and distribute information effectively
Define and measure impact of programs and initiatives both qualitatively and quantitatively, continually refining and iterating to ensure usage and adoption
Scale programs and initiatives when necessary and delegate effectively with clear expectations
Source and manage operational budgets, vendor relationships and contracts