Job Description

Job Title: Sr Design Ops Manager

Location: Glendale, CA OR Orlando, FL – Onsite 2x a week

The Company

Headquartered in Los Angeles, this leader in the Entertainment & Media space is focused on delivering world-class stories and experiences to its global audience. To offer the best entertainment experiences, their technology teams focus on continued innovation and utilization of cutting-edge technology.

Platform / Stack

You will work with technologies that include Figma, Native Mobile Apps, Design Systems.

Compensation Expectation : $45 – 60/hr

What You'll Do as a Sr Design Ops Manager:

• Develop and improve DesignOps processes for effective throughput across teams & broader workstreams
• Maintain processes that streamline processes such as work intake for new projects, prioritization, roadmapping & forecasting, and tracking design and content debt across our LOBs and horizontal teams
• Identify design team needs with regards to process, tools, documentation, asset management, etc. Partner with other DesignOps team members to drive changes to make sure designers can be efficient and successful.
• Manage the activities of large or strategically important design efforts by being an active advisor for multiple teams
• Own Product Design & Creative team’s resourcing, tracking designer allocation and product design health for your assigned portfolio.
• Manage communication from working teams up to design leadership, and outward to cross-functional partners
• Act as strategic point-of-contact for design management team, partner with them in gathering project requirements, providing estimations, tracking action items, and affirming commitments by our partners outside design.
• Maintain metrics that help gauge the impact and health of the design team.
• Ensure the design teams in all locations are in collaboration with one another and all working towards a consistent goal throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support a strong design community through events, routines, and practices that amplify the voice of design

Qualifications:

You could be a great fit if you have:

• 5+ years of related experience, preferably in a DesignOps role
• Skilled with project management tools, including JIRA and Smartsheets. Your expertise is not only in how to use them but in how to build out systems
• Skilled in excel and Tableau
• Experience in user-centered design process, methodologies, and standards
• Ability to interact with a diverse set of technical and non-technical partners
• Skilled at influencing and building relationships across a highly matrixed organization
• Experience working within technical and engineering organizations and keeping them updated on design progress
• Demonstrated proactiveness in operational improvements within and outside of your team
• Ability to multitask, analyze opportunities, define successful approaches, and tackle problems
• Familiarity with design tools, process, and technologies

Strong communication and presentation skills: ability to articulate questions, strategy, design decisions, and updates to leaders and project team members as needed; strong

This client requires that a background check be completed. A background check is required to protect our company/client and its stakeholders by ensuring that we hire individuals with a trustworthy history, which helps maintain a safe and secure workplace. This proactive measure minimizes potential risks and promotes a culture of integrity within the organization.

Benefits Offered:

Employer provides access to:

• 3 levels of medical insurance for you and your family
• Dental insurance for you and your family
• 401k
• Overtime
• California has the following sick leave policy: accrue 1 hour for every 30 hours worked up to 48 hours. If you are based in a different state, please inquire about that state’s sick leave policy.

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