Netflix Staff Design Program Manager - Live 

United States, California, Los Angeles 

524892972

drive strategy to pixels by collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of designers, content designers, design technologists, researchers, product managers, and engineers.

• Optimize the Live XD operations and workflows, so the creative team can focus on innovating on our product effectively and ensure that our partner teams bring innovation to life

• Own and drive initiatives and programs for Live XD. This includes adding clarity to initiatives, teams, and strategies to ensure that XD is deeply connected to the context, optimized to execute & highly aligned

• Develop and own strategic artifacts that drive clarity for the business outcomes at a program level partnering with XFN partners.

• Partner with design leadership & XFN teams to establish roadmaps and maintain them through understanding business priorities and cultivating strong relationships across XD

• Design and drive a complex creative pipeline from end to end, including prioritization and planning, resource management, and program tracking.

• Establish and activate engagement models and cross-functional collaboration channels with key design partners and stakeholders, balancing multiple priorities and business demands

• Support & inform team health & resourcing alongside design leadership

• Successfully influence and collaborate with design leaders, designers, product managers, researchers, and engineers

• Advocate for our user experience by ensuring the design team has time and space to apply rigorous design practices in the product development lifecycle

The Must-Haves

• 10+ years of applicable program management experience in a technology and creative environment

• Experience working with and scaling innovative experience design teams, who are working within 0 to 1 products or new business areas

• Capable of working at multiple altitudes simultaneously, seeing the big picture and aligning design operations with broader business goals

• Relentless in problem solving and driving clarity through strong dot-connecting, communication, pattern spotting and collaboration

• Influential communicator who can effectively convey ideas and drive consensus.

• Adept at navigating complex organizational structures and aligning multiple product stakeholders, including at the VP level.

• Master of building relationships and fostering collaboration across diverse teams, with competing priorities

• Experience and in depth knowledge in the realm of video, agency creative pipeline, content creation, broadcasting, or entertainment

• Experience working in continuous delivery environments where the pace is fast

• A willingness to fail fast and learn

• Earnest, mature, and ego-free. You welcome candid feedback and can constructively give it as well