About Us:
Twitch is the world’s biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. It is where thousands of communities come together for whatever, every day.
We’re about community, inside and out. You’ll find coworkers who are eager to team up, collaborate, and smash (or elegantly solve) problems together. We’re on a quest to empower live communities, so if this sounds good to you, see what we’re up to on LinkedIn and X, and discover the projects we’re solving on our Blog. Be sure to explore our Interviewing Guide to learn how to ace our interview process.
About the Role
We are looking for a thoughtful and collaborative Design Program Manager to join our growing Design Operations team within Platform Design to increase proficiency across the organization. Design Program Management works across the entire team, supporting our biggest projects, defining and tracking our goals, and ensuring that every designer has the support they need to promote creativity and invent customer-focused solutions. If you are excited to join the growing Design Program Management practice, with an aim at developing end-to-end process, routines, rituals, artifacts, engagement across the Product Organization and beyond, all within an inspiring UX team, with a big impact on our customers' experience we'd love to meet you. Our UX organization is mostly on the west coast but we are distributed throughout the United States.
You Will
- Execute, manage and continuously evolve our end-to-end process including activities, artifacts and meetings or routines;
- Stand-up supporting rituals and routines to support elevation of cross-department design projects from discovery to validation into a program of work
- Define and launch various how-we-work 101 methods and training for the design team to leverage, creating practical applications of process to tooling (Figma, JIRA) and across teams (UX Designer to Accessibility PM)
- Be a trusted advisor and strategic partner to Directors of Design supporting roadmap planning, helping galvanize and increase engagement across the team
- Work closely with and be an advocate for key internal teams such as Accessibility, Design Systems
- Be a resource and key collaborator with Product, Engineering and other cross-functional support or control partners; working collectively to identify opportunities to improve the design process and conversely to advocate for the design process across the business
- Develop resourcing, capacity planning and run table stakes program management routines like sprint planning, grooming, walking the board, etc.
- Create meaningful reports and presentations of program details and health for leadership - detailed and at-a-glance
- Build relationships with the designers and raise their concerns to design leadership in a detailed and applicable style
- Develop and seek feedback on solutions to common problems, implement the resulting solution
Perks
- Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
- 401(k)
- Maternity & Parental Leave
- Flexible PTO
- Amazon Employee Discount
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years managing complex projects for a large software business
- Proficiency with project management software especially JIRA / Atlassian tools
- Deep understanding of complex processes, design process standards and practices
- Helped teams of designers create a process to clarify ambiguous problems
- Proficiency in written communication, detailed notes or documentation creator
- Comprehension of common design tools such as Figma and Sketch
- Commitment to following through and helping others make decisions
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Certification in common program management techniques
- Experience as a designer, in service design, in design operations or close alignment with these teams in the past
-Understanding of Accessibility / WCAG best practices
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Twitch. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $137,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $226,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.