Description
The Principal Design Operations Program Manager will help the Experience Design (XD) team within the Product Design and Manufacturing Solutions (PDMS) organization operate more effectively by driving and managing programs to enhance team health, improve design efficiency and process, and increase design alignment across teams and with business partners.
This is a remote position open to candidates in US / Canada (PST / MST).
Responsibilities
- Own and/or manage programs and initiatives that improve design team success (team health, design efficiency, and/or design impact)
- Design and lead design sprints to accelerate design of user-facing products and of internal programs and services
- Coach and support design team members, in achievement of design adjacent tasks such as work prioritization, level-of-effort estimating, asset management, and knowledge sharing
- Design and implement new ways of working that further DesignOps effectiveness and goals, using design thinking methods, and collaborating with team members and key stakeholders
- Aid DesignOps scalability through designing, documenting, and sharing best practices and resources
- Help champion the growth of DesignOps, 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
- 4+ years design program management experience within a software environment, ideally at a software company
- Familiarity with user-centered design practices, UX tools and techniques, and software development methods, primarily Agile
- Strong track record in above requirements, particularly in standing up and managing programs and completing significant initiatives successfully and in leading design sprints / workshops
- Excellent project management skills
- Fluency with the SDLC and working with cross-functional teams to improve it, especially the design team’s role
- Solid foundation in AI and experience helping designers improve their AI fluency
- Demonstrated strong writing, reporting, and documentation skills
- Strong verbal and presentation skills
Benefits
- From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, Autodesk gives employees the best, so they can do their best work.