Design Program Manager, Avatars Responsibilities:Identify and drive product initiatives forward that have multiple stakeholders, competing deadlines, and many moving parts.Define and manage strategic initiatives that improve product team efficiency and impact.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 the larger teams.Define and measure impact of programs and initiatives both qualitatively and quantitatively.Track the overall design program, inside and outside the team, identify and solve issues before others can see them.Manage the design team's operations, ranging from onboarding programs to acquiring prototyper hardware.Identify opportunities for operational and people improvements and drive them to resolution.Represent design in a variety of forums with product, engineering, or other XFN.Set the bar for what organizational and operational excellence looks like.Minimum Qualifications:Experience working with product teams or programs from roadmapping through delivery.Understanding of the product development and design process, especially in the 0-1 space.Strong experience as a digital producer, project manager, or program manager with experience establishing programs, supporting design teams, and developing relationships.Experience leading product or business strategy in a fast-paced environment.Experience using data to identify problems and communicate solutions.Critical eye for high-craft design.Track record of operating independently and without oversight.Experience working directly with product designers, UX researchers, and content strategists.Preferred Qualifications:Willingness and passion to deeply understand the product space and Avatars platform we are building.Passion to work on emerging technologies.#J-18808-Ljbffr