UX Producer, Global Design Center

Job Description

UX Producer, Global Design Center

San Francisco, CA
• Provides Design program management expertise for various programs across the organization
• Collaborate with members from multiple business units to identify, communicate, and lead:

1. Design program involvement
2. Design program goals
3. Design tasks and timelines
4. Program dependencies
5. Update UX leadership on Design program status
• Guiding regular reviews of landmarks and project goals and identify risks across Design programs
• Establish methods and metrics for tracking & improving performance coupled with making decisions within the Design organization, and the extended Program Management Organization.
• Work closely with Design, Research, Product, and Engineering teams to ensure each department receives the data needed to make informed decisions specific to their team.
• Working with Design Leads to define a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), project scope, and critical path to assist in facilitating Design planning and prioritization.
• Exhibits leadership skills by advocating standards, anticipating future problems and issues, and seeks to improve processes and tools for the program to cultivate a fun, positive, and solution-focused team culture.
• Provides detailed and timely communication on developing issues to relevant executive partners.
• Identifies resource gaps and communicates recommendations to UX Leadership.
• Drive clear proactive communications between all groups involved with Design initiatives.
• Stay aligned with the Design vision, strategy & roadmap to support the successful implementation of cross-platform initiatives.

Experience:
• A motivated self-starter with a strong understanding of user-centered design practices and design life cycle.
• Experience working with globally distributed teams.
• Exhibits meticulous attention to detail, with the ability to make timely decisions.
• Validated ability to shepherd routine and complicated problems effectively and independently.
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills.
• Previous experience utilizing agile methodologies and principles
• Proficiency with agile development tools and experience breaking down complex product needs into UX deliverables and landmarks.
• Ability to lead both vertically and horizontally in a large organization
• Excel in conflict resolution, negotiation, and people management
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment
• Comfortable navigating ambiguous environments
• At least 5 years working in the technology and games industries
• Comfortable working with the Atlassian Suite (JIRA, Confluence), MS Office 360, and other project management software

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gx7jbz-18-119-132-223-42 in your application.