Design Project Manager

Job Title: Design Ops Project Manager

Client Location: REMOTE (must work PST hours)

Salary/Pay Rate: $50 - 60 / hr

Firm, non-negotiable: No

Hours: Full-time

Duration: 6 months, possible extension

Our paid subscription service client is looking to bring on Design Ops Project Manager to their team.

This is broken down by DesignOps Support (60%) and Tactical Responsibilities (40%)

Responsibilities:

• Organization Tooling and Standards
• Maintain and support Asana boards for organization resourcing, overall set-up, and maintenance. Ensure each team is using Asana properly.
• Ensure Figma standards are being applied across the organization.
• Walkthrough of new hires on how to use Asana and Figma in the organization.
• Ensure that wiki is updated with latest best practices on:
• Setting up Asana.
• What are the mechanisms and best practices we have on using Asana and Figma.
• Ensure that Asana is updated for the Launch Calendar.
• Manage the wiki for the DesignOps team.
• Project/Sprint management support
• Board administration: work as the administrator of the sprint board. Ensure that tasks and milestones are up to date and the sprint tools are working well.
• Planning support for each pod.
• Sprint planning meetings: assist in estimation and subtask creation.
• Meeting representation:
• Assisting with planning meetings and organizing meeting logistics.
• Note-taking, tracking action items.
• Attending meetings where DesignOps representation is needed.
• Providing status updates.
• Reporting back with detailed updates to stakeholders.
• Project support:
• Assist in the development of program management documents such as project schedules, scope estimates, and project plans.
• May include meeting with designers and stakeholders on lower-priority initiatives to assess their needs and define design requirements, acceptance criteria, and timelines.
• Help monitor design progress and provide updates to stakeholders.
• Assisting with updating project documentation, keeping project pages up to date, sending out weekly updates to partners and leadership, and assisting with weekly project updates.

Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience in a Design Ops or similar role (creative operations)
• Preferred: experience with product launches / consumer and/or enterprise products
• Experience in leading projects with a strong organizational mindset.
• Has been able to work with a creative team.
• Strong verbal, presentation, and written communication skills.
• Experience with Asana and/or Figma.
• Experience with Wiki preferred but not mandated