Design System Senior Program Manager

Job Requisition ID #

23WD69365

Position Overview

The Design System Program Manager will help our Design System team operate more effectively by managing efforts to enhance team health, improve design efficiency and process, and increase system alignment across teams and with business partners.

Our ideal candidate is a systems thinker, an excellent communicator and both strategic and tactical collaborator. They should be equally skilled in managing established programs, which requires strong organization, communications, and task management skills, and in identifying opportunities for improvement and applying design thinking to create successful solutions. It's a position that requires scalability, from strategic thinking to detailed tactical implementation.

A successful candidate should also be comfortable diving into complexity, navigating ambiguity and adapting to changing priorities. Sound judgement is essential - knowing what challenges to invest in and what challenges to deprioritize. Confidence and excellent relationship and networking skills are also critical as this role requires working across teams to connect dots and enhance collaboration and effectiveness.

*Open to remote candidates based in the United States and Canada. Pacific Time zone preference.

Responsibilities

• Own and/or manage Design System effots and initiatives focused on ensuring team health, design efficiency, and design impact. This includes:
  • Ensuring program has clear goals, a sustainable operating model, and effective governance
  • Executing program tactics, from goal and scope setting to conclusion, within defined schedule, budget, and quality parameters. Identifying issues and driving them to resolution
  • Helping team prioritize tasks, taking into account multiple stakeholder teams, ambiguity and varying project scopes
  • Identifying connections to other programs, teams, and partners. Engaging key stakeholders to align program goals for mutual success
  • Planning and facilitating meetings, creating key communications, and keeping team and program on track with commitments
  • Issue resolution and issue management: driving decisions and ensuring stakeholder alignment
• Design and implement new ways of working that further Design System effectiveness and goals, using design thinking methods, and collaborating with team members and key stakeholders
• Aid Design System scalability through designing, documenting, and sharing best practices and resources
• Help champion the growth and adoption of the Design System, working with other teams within Autodesk to align, share and support the growth of the discipline across the company

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years design program management experience within a software environment
• Familiarity with user-centered design practices, UX tools and techniques, and software development methods, primarily Agile
• Strong track record of managing and completing initiatives successfully
• Experience working with and influencing cross-functional teams to align goals and efforts
• Demonstrated strong writing, reporting, and documentation skills (examples may be required)
• Strong verbal and presentation skills
• Ability to travel as needed, likely 10% or less

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Salary is one part of Autodesk's competitive package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $126,200 and $204,160. Offers are based on the candidate's experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, we also have a significant emphasis on annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.