Design Program Coordinator V - Tailored Management

Remote Location, CA 94025

About the Job

Design Program Coordinator - Ads Team
Pay Rate: Location-based
Approved Locations: Anywhere in US; PST preferred; remote, hybrid, onsite options available
Schedule: Full-time, M-F, normal business hours
Duration: Initial 6-month W2 contract; extensions/conversion based on performance
Start: Targeting May 2024
Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, disability + PTO, sick time available

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Design Program Coordinator to maintain, innovate and establish design operations within our Ads design team. This CW DPC will partner with a Design Program Management team within Ads and collaborate with Product Design Managers & Product Designers. This role will report to a DPM Manager within the Ads Design team.

We're looking for someone who can:

Optimize and streamline design operations to drive team efficiency and impact.
Communicate clearly and effectively by succinctly articulating requests, questions, and findings to ensure stakeholders are informed of work and progress.
Develop new and leverage existing frameworks to create efficiencies, streamline operational responsibilities, improve communication, and help the design team deliver on our business goals.
Cultivate strong relationships and serve as a dependable point of contact with stakeholders and partners across design and cross-functional product teams.

Core Responsibilities

Manage the process for the design team's weekly design review and partner with a DPM to continually innovate the process.
Manage the process for the design team's rhythm of business, which captures critical business rhythms, rituals, and work, and partner with a DPM Manager to communicate upcoming rhythms to the design and leadership team.
Support and execute special team activities that build culture and drive clarity of purpose including team off-site and team onsites.
Support additional design operation initiatives as needed to drive effectiveness and efficiency of the design team. Build and execute project plans, gain stakeholder buy-in, effectively communicate progress.

Skills & Experience:

Must Have

Worked with design teams previously
Relationship building / connect with leaders easily
Project management skills

Good to Have

Prior Meta experience
Product design background
Experience with product management, engineering, etc.

Other

5+ years of experience as a producer, project manager, or program manager supporting product design teams.
Experience working with product designers on delivering initiatives that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of a design team's workflow and outcomes.
Experience working with cross-functional teams, such as engineering, product management, content design, user research, etc.
Track record of operating independently, being detail-oriented, and delivering results in a highly organized manner.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with independent time management, task prioritization, ability to identify problems, establish timelines, and work towards solutions.
Build and execute project plans for a variety of initiatives.
Proactively raise issues before they are a problem for the design team.
Provide flexible processes that meet team needs and help keep work on track.
Facilitate meetings including preparing agendas, keeping conversation on-track, capturing notes - establishing action items and owners and posting as a follow up to meetings.
Track and move product / cross-functional initiatives forward that have multiple stakeholders and many moving parts.

Source : Tailored Management