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Design Program Manager

United States, Menlo Park 162000.00 - 222000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted February 16, 2026
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Design Program Managers in Monetization are connectors and problem solvers. By supporting the various aspects of the product teams, you will enable teams to focus their time on designing, building and shipping products. You will improve team communication, collaboration, and remove roadblocks. Finally, you'll utilize a full range of organizational and effective communication skills to help keep our teams on track, execute specific design initiatives intended to strengthen the team, industry expertise, and team impact, and you'll have an opportunity to work with cross-functional teams as you establish great ways of working together.

Job Responsibility

  • Identify and drive large, organization-level product initiatives forward that have multiple stakeholders, competing deadlines, multiple dependencies and many moving parts
  • Prioritize, assess tradeoffs, propose clear solutions and communicate strategically
  • Identify, define and manage multi-team strategic initiatives that drive efficiency and impact, often contributing best practices to the discipline
  • Own and facilitate meetings to drive progress against goals and objectives and establish clear next steps and owners, while resolving blocks that impede progress
  • Proactively assess risk, raise flags and resolve issues before they become problems for larger teams
  • Sought out as the operations subject matter expert to the product team and trusted leader across the company, mentoring and sharing expertise with team members
  • Communicate persuasively to the right audience to get buy-in and feedback
  • Proactively problem solve and distribute information effectively
  • Define and measure impact of programs and initiatives both qualitatively and quantitatively, continually refining and iterating to ensure usage and adoption
  • Scale programs and initiatives when necessary and delegate effectively with clear expectations
  • Source and manage operational budgets, vendor relationships and contracts

Requirements

  • Minimum of 7 years of experience in program or project management
  • Experience handling complexity and navigating ambiguity with teams on large scale 0 to 1 projects from concept to execution
  • Experience working with product teams or programs from roadmapping through delivery
  • Experience working directly with product designers, user experience researchers, and content designers
  • Track record of operating independently and without oversight
  • Experience leading product or business strategy in a time-sensitive environment
  • Experience managing vendors and contractors
  • Experience using data to identify problems and communicate solutions

What we offer

  • bonus
  • equity
  • benefits
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