Senior Design Program Manager, Strava
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3+ days a week in office
Social network for tracking run and cycle routes
Open for applications
Social network for tracking run and cycle routes
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create the most committed, close, and engaged athlete community on the internet.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate thrives on finding clarity in ambiguity, understands how to build positive working frameworks, and has a passion for efficiency
- We are looking for a self-motivated, driven candidate who is adaptable, excited to dive in and help solve problems, and excels in a highly collaborative team culture
- 5-7+ years of operational experience in a creative or design setting
- Understanding of product and research life cycles with the common roadblocks and challenges teams encounter
- Capacity to ask questions, synthesize critical information, put ideas into action, and share findings
- Ability to lead multiple initiatives and portfolios of work
- Proven ability to define, map, and implement processes in a complex stakeholder environment
- Strong communication skills and an ability to lead with empathy and clarity
- Experience facilitating diverse stakeholder group input
- Ability to connect business objectives to team output and planning
- Eagerness for new challenges, a growth-oriented approach,
- Experience in a digital startup environment is preferred but not required
- Familiarity with PM and operational methodologies and frameworks such as Agile, Six Sigma, and Waterfall is a plus
- Formalized project management certification, PMP, IMPA, PRINCE2, and SCRUM are also an advantage but not required
What the job involves
- In this role, you will collaborate across the design organization and build relationships with our cross-functional partners
- You will be responsible for shaping new ways of working and helping teams realize the best outcomes of their work
- Drive operational methodologies to set up projects and teams for success
- Develop, evolve, and coach Design and Research team process
- Build ways of working to drive impact
- Promote and develop cross-functional relationships
- Lead multiple work streams and programs that span the entire Design org
- Define project scope and constraints across product and research projects
- Adeptly manage project risk
- Facilitate timely and successful execution of project deliverables for initiatives across brand, product and research programs
- Build, grow and maintain clear cross-functional alignment and coordination throughout project lifecycles
- Be the essential partner that Design and cross-functional leadership need to propel team and company initiatives forward, while championing and guiding effective decision-making
- Support the planning, intake, and resourcing to ensure alignment on team priorities
- Manage tools, budgets, vendors, and documentation
- Support team collaboration rituals
- You will be successful here by:
- Adapting to opportunities and change
- Breaking down complexities and helping the team see through ambiguity
- Looking broadly at comprehensive needs and blockers across teams to identify the right solutions
- Creating actionable plans from complex inputs
- Fostering, growing, and maintaining strong relationships with our key partners, ensuring they are healthy, honest, and productive
- Ensuring a supportive, invested, and empathetic stakeholder environment where Design can truly thrive
- Envisioning and leading change
- Creating space for and navigating through a diverse set of perspectives
Our take
Strava has created an online network where runners, swimmers and cyclists can record fitness activities, and compare and compete with their community. It offers both a free and premium subscription service with added features. The company also partners with local councils and urban planners who purchase valuable journey data from Strava which can be used to map out cities and develop safer cycle paths.
The platform helps members discover and plan workouts, as well as offering a leaderboard which is updated using GPS as users compete for the top spot on particular fitness segments.
With over 125 million athletes and growing, Strava released several new product rollouts in 2024, including an AI-enabled leaderboard. A partnership with the wearable fitness tracker Oura will mean Strava software is available on wearables, taking Strava into fresh competition with the likes of Peloton and Apple.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Nov 2020
$110m
SERIES F
Oct 2014
$18m
LATE VC
Total funding: $151.4m
Company benefits
- Competitive base salary & stock options
- 100% company paid benefits for employees and families
- Flexible paid time off
- $2,000 annual professional development stipend
- Paid time off for volunteering
- 401(k) plan - with company matching
- $1000 annual gear stipend
- $500 annual gym or coaching reimbursement
- On-site fitness rooms with showers, lockers, and towel service
- Weekly team workouts – including remote employees
- Safe and secure bike storage on-site
- Weekly all hands meetings
- Employee resource groups
- Anti-racism nonprofit company matching program
- Free lunch on Wednesdays on-site
- Regular team happy hours
- Team offsites and company retreats
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Generous industry discounts on gear and activities
- Race entries to events we sponsor
- Snacks and stocked kitchens on-site
- Strava gear
Company values
- Antiracism
- Authenticity
- Balance
- Craftsmanship
- Camaraderie
- Commitment
Company HQ
Mission District, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Mark Gainey
(Chairman)Having studied at Harvard, Mark started their career as a TA Associates Associate before co-founding Kana Communications and several Board Membership roles. They co-founded Strava in 2007, serving since as Chairman.
Michael Horvath
(CEO & Board Member)Michael co-founded Kana with Mark before working as an Economics Professor at Stanford and Dartmouth. They worked for 4 years as CFO of GlycoFi before co-founding Strava, serving initially as CEO and since 2017 as a Board Member.
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