Senior Design Program Manager

Roblox•San Mateo, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators. At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there. A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone. As a Senior Design Program Manager at Roblox, you'll combine expert project management skills with a passion for design to scale design operational excellence across our platform. In this critical role, you’ll partner with Design, Product, and Engineering teams at multiple altitudes to successfully orchestrate and manage complex, strategic product design initiatives that enable teams to focus on designing, building, and shipping products. You'll work across product groups —ensuring strong communication, alignment, and effective ways of working together. This role requires someone who thrives at the intersection of strategy, creativity and systematic execution, with the ability to drive an org-wide focus on Foundation, Innovation, and Craft while meeting the diverse needs of our consumer and creator ecosystem at Roblox.

Requirements

5+ years of professional experience in design program management, design operations, or related roles
A track record of working directly with product design teams and cross-functional partners, ensuring delivery of high-quality design solutions
Proven track record managing complex, multi-stakeholder design projects in consumer technology or gaming companies
Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and drive consensus across diverse teams
Experience with project management methodologies and tools (Agile, Jira, Confluence)

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end management of complex, cross-functional design initiatives from concept through launch, ensuring on-time delivery while maintaining design quality and craft.
Develop and implement scalable design processes that foster creativity, efficiency, and collaboration across teams.
Partner with design leadership to define design priorities aligned with key company goals.
Manage design resource allocation and capacity planning across multiple concurrent initiatives.
Orchestrate and build team rituals that focus on strategic alignment, decision-making, and execution, ensuring teams are on track while resolving blocks that impede progress.
Prioritize, assess tradeoffs, propose clear solutions and communicate design strategy and progress persuasively to the right audience to get buy-in and feedback
Sought out as the operations subject-matter expert to the design team and trusted leader to cross-functional partners