Design Program Manager

Design Program Manager

11 Aug 2024
California, San diego, 92127 San diego USA

Design Program Manager

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RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce is immediately seeking an experience Design Program Manager for our enterprise Consumer and Commercial Electronics R&D client in San Diego, California (CA).

Summary:
Our client is seeking an experienced Design Program Manager to oversee the design development of products from start to finish to ensure they meet user's needs and balance with business goals. The main duties include driving the defined overall experience strategy vision, managing backlog items for various strategy initiatives, and creating a roadmap with cross-functional partners. In this unique opportunity, the Design PM will engage deeply with the Design Managers and Design leads to maintain the scope/schedule on programs, collaborate across a wide variety of cross-functional partners to develop and launch products that deliver distinctively great experiences in millions of lives.

Responsibilities:
Product Backlog, Epics, & Scrum Ceremonies
Design Program Manager will own and drive scrum ceremonies in Jira for 2-3 design pods
Participate in Agile sprint ceremonies to set/meet the program deadlines
Oversee all stages of product creation including design and development
Monitor and evaluate product progress at each stage of the process
Liaise with the product team and end-users to deliver updates
As a Design Program Manager, you will be participating in Scrum meetings and product sprints
Product Backlog: Facilitate, manage, groom, prioritize, and plan with Product Management and Design based on changing requirements
Epics: Help the team unpack epics into tickets with estimates, ensure the team is updating content throughout the sprint, and develop user stories; Flag epics needing more content
Coach team on best practices and help drive customer value incremental releases
Partner with Design Directors, Managers, Designers and partners to ensure what matters most is identified and worked on

REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Engineering, Computer Sciences, or equivalent
Scrum Master certification preferred or equivalent experience
SAFe certification preferred or equivalent experience
Typically, 6 - 10 years of experience
Experience working on consumer or business facing software/hardware products
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to advocate initiatives internally and externally, and for effective communication with executive management and external partners
Strong analytical, and cross-functional collaboration skills
In-depth knowledge of Scrum and Agile Software Development Methodology
Working knowledge of product development architecture
Ability to prioritize effectively, work with large teams, and pull together information for key deliverables
Understanding of user-centered design principles & design quality standards
Ability to build Jira dashboards and reports
Demonstrated business acumen and successful experience managing all aspects of programs, including resource assignment, budget, communicating with stakeholders, dealing with conflicting priorities and directing matrixed teams and resources
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; Mastery in English

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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Job Details

  • ID
    JC44785202
  • State
  • City
  • Job type
    Contract
  • Salary
    $50.00 - $60.00 hourly
  • Hiring Company
    Kforce Technology Staffing
  • Date
    2022-08-10
  • Deadline
    2022-10-09
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