Program Manager

2 days ago

Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Sweden Digisourced. Full time 60,000 - 120,000 per year

Design Program Manager:

Duration: 4 months + chance of extensions

Location: Gothenburg Onsite

Pay Rate: Negotiable

About the assignment:

  • We are seeking a highly organized and strategic Design Program Manager (DPM) to join our Technology & innovation team.
  • The DPM acts as the operational backbone for our design team, managing the design lifecycle for all our product initiatives.
  • This strategic role ensures that design projects are well-planned, resourced, and delivered on time while maintaining a high standard of design quality.
  • You'll be a key partner to our department leadership, translating high-level goals and requirements into clear, actionable deliverables that teams can confidently execute.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Build and maintain clear project plans, timelines, and milestones for design initiatives.
  • Coordinate dependencies across design and development teams.
  • Facilitate smooth intake and prioritization of design requests.
  • Identify bottlenecks early, propose solutions, and keep projects unblocked.
  • Ensure teams have the right resources and information at the right time.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for project status, risks, and decisions.
  • Align stakeholders around goals, deliverables, and success metrics.
  • Document and share program updates, roadmaps, and retrospectives.
  • Track progress and ensure work is delivered with quality and on schedule.
  • Create a healthy environment for designers to focus and do their best work.

Qualifications and skills required for the role:

  • 5+ years of experience in Program Management, Project Management, Design Operations, or a similar role, ideally within a design, UX, or digital product development organization.
  • Proven track record of successfully managing complex, cross-functional projects and programs from concept to launch.
  • In-depth understanding of design and development process (e.g., user research, ideation, prototyping, testing, engineering handoff).
  • Strong organizational skills, with the ability to keep multiple projects in motion.
  • Expertise with project management and collaboration tools (Jira, Figma, Excel).
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority.
  • Highly organized, proactive, and comfortable navigating ambiguity and rapid change.

Good to have:

  • Experience in automotive, software, consumer tech, or innovation environments.
  • Familiarity with agile methodologies and product development lifecycles.
  • Experience with headcount and capacity planning for design teams.
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field (e.g., Design, Business, Communications, Computer Science).

Other:

  • The assignment will take place in our studio in Gothenburg, and we have an 'office first' environment with some flexibility to WFH.
  • Travel to China may be needed (approx. 2-3 trips per year).
  • Fluent in English, spoken and written

If interested, or you know someone that could be, please reach out and we can arrange a time to speak?

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