Senior Design Operations Manager

Sandisk•Milpitas, CA

3h•$99,852 - $165,393•Hybrid

About The Position

Sandisk is looking for an Senior Design Operations Manager to help drive operational excellence across the Consumer Design organization, including the Packaging Design, Industrial Design, and Visual Identity teams. This role will work closely with the Director of Design, leadership team, and functional teams to coordinate design meetings, track action items, identify process improvements, and support budget & resource planning.

Requirements

6-8+ years of experience in design operations, program management, or related field.
In-depth knowledge of design process, including deliverables and workflows.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across all organizational levels.
Proven problem-solving abilities in cross-functional, matrix environments.
Demonstrated proficiency managing multiple concurrent projects using tools such as Jira or Smartsheet.
Solid understanding of budget tracking and vendor/supplier expense management.
Track record of identifying, implementing, and scaling process improvements across teams.

Responsibilities

Coordinate design reviews and other meetings, including scheduling and meeting notes.
Publish feedback, decisions, and action items from meetings and track action items as needed.
Track all design decisions for both Packaging and Industrial Design. Communicate updates to functional teams as needed.
Engage with Legal on trademark assessments for both Packaging and Industrial Design.
Collaborate with Assets team to ensure handoffs of CMF, models, and other deliverables.
Identify opportunities to improve process and workflow across design teams.
Support tracking and planning for Consumer Design organization budgets.
Collaborate with team leads to address resource needs, including contractors.
Support onboarding of new vendors as well as initiation and tracking of purchase orders.

Benefits

paid vacation time
paid sick leave
medical/dental/vision insurance
life, accident and disability insurance
tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
employee assistance program
other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
tuition reimbursement
transit
the Applause Program
employee stock purchase plan
Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan
Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan
Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program (restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents)