Lead Design Program Manager, Pinterest
SCAI
$116.5-240k
+ Equity
More information about location
Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
Job no longer available
Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$116.5-240k
+ Equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love.
Role
Who you are
- They are experts at balancing strategic planning alongside execution, and know how to leverage stakeholders and partners to move programs forward
- They are strong creative thinkers, who can break down complex problems and provide solutions to support their programs and the teams
- 5+ years product design program management experience or equivalent
- Proficient in JIRA, other project management software a plus
- SCRUM, Agile, or PMP certifications
- Demonstrated proficiency in design program management across multiple product surfaces
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, as well as exceptional organizational and time management skills
What the job involves
- Design Program Managers own and execute design programs that drive team impact and product initiatives forward at Pinterest
- They develop programming focused on holistic product vision for the design team experience
- They partner with design leadership to focus on delivery operations
- At Pinterest, the DPM will be responsible for managing operations, processes, and projects for a multidisciplinary team of designers
- DPMs are assigned across various areas of the Design team, with this position focusing on the “SCAI” (Shopping, Content, and AI) organization
- The goal of the DPM is to elevate the quality of work and the agility of team members by building and facilitating processes that increase Design Team efficiency, consistency, and visibility through:
- Design Operations: drive operational efficiencies at the Design Org level to create process predictability and repeatability
- Communication Excellence: steward the project goals by creating cross-functional clarity and organizational visibility through regularly communicating in-project updates and overall design program bandwidth and prioritization
- Project Management: proactively plan and manage the day to day design program operations
- Partner with Design leadership and primary stakeholder to create a strategic project plan for the assigned design team based on a business need
- Partner with Design leads to define primary stakeholders, determine scope, and gain leadership and xfn support for design programs based on the predefined project goals
- Execute design programs ensuring the program team meets deadlines, tracking against design milestones and following up on action items through owning all program documentation and operations including communication plans, forums, and meeting cadences as required
- Work cross functionally with teams internal and external to Design to turn ambiguous opportunities into actionable outcomes
- Define and standardize new processes from the ground up to streamline collaboration between stakeholders and manage design partnerships across multiple teams
- Advocate for the customer, ensure design, content & research is part of the product development process
- Manage risk by proactively raising issues around programs before they become a roadblock, and work quickly to resolve any issues that may arise
- Create transparency by acting as the point of contact for programs, providing regular updates and decisions to stakeholders and ensuring updates are visible within the company
- Report on the success of programs and completing project closeout steps, post-mortems, and/or leading any followup iterative work
Our take
Inspiration and ideas can pop into your head at any time, and with the growth of social media and networking, sharing these interests and gaining exposure has never been easier. Pinterest exists to display these moments visually, as a kind of digital pinboard allowing users to save and share digital images which have inspired them.
Pinterest's emphasis on visual discovery has differentiated it from competitors and created a more positive and fulfilling experience for its users. Pinterest in many ways provides a respite from the ceaseless negativity that plagues social media such as Facebook and X, and this is perhaps responsible for its userbase expanding to 600M by late 2025.
With this type of success, Pinterest's future feels full of possibility. Recent industry chatter suggests that OpenAI may be eyeing the platform, which has sparked exciement for some and concern for others. While nothing is confirmed, the discussion highlights just how valuable Pinterest has become. Whether through potential partnerships or continues independent growth, Pinterest is very much going to keep on innovation and growing.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Bill Ready
(CEO)Prior to joining Pinterest in 2022, Bill was the President of Commerce, Payments & Emerging Markets at Google.
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