Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Sr. Design Program Manager for a contract assignment with one of our premier SaaS clients in San Francisco, CA. This is a hybrid role.
We are looking for a Senior Design Program Manager to join our Design's Creative Pro Application space. You will be embedded across multiple new projects and supporting horizontal initiatives, working closely with the Design Director of 3D and Emerging Technologies, helping to organize processes into programs that can scale and bring key business impact.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with Design Directors, principals and design leads to translate ambiguous early-stage strategic work into structured programs with clear owners, milestones, and success criteria
- Manage programs spanning multiple product teams, tracking dependencies, surfacing blockers, and keeping work moving across organizational boundaries
- Drive cross functional working models across multiple disciplines including design, product, engineering, and research and more to ensure the right people have the right information at the right time
- Support rituals and reviews across a multi-team design organization, including scheduling, facilitation, documentation, and follow-through
- Maintain systems for tracking and reporting on design work at the portfolio level, including project status, priorities, and key decisions
- Manage, drive and communicate cross organization design decisions.
- Coordinate between design, product, engineering, and research to ensure the right people have the right information at the right time
- Create visibility into the team's work for design, product, and engineering leadership across Adobe, establishing reporting cadences and communication structures that may not yet exist
- Collaborate with Program Managers and PMs to build and own the operational infrastructure for different teams, including rituals, documentation standards, intake processes, and cross-team coordination frameworks
- Manage programs spanning multiple product teams, tracking dependencies, surfacing blockers, and keeping work moving across organizational boundaries
- Apply AI tooling to program management workflows to improve how the team tracks, reports, and communicates its work
Required Skills:
- 5+ years of experience in design operations or program management within a design and technology environment
- Experience standing up operational processes in a team or org that had none, you are comfortable building programs before there is a clear path
- Proven ability to manage programs that span multiple teams, platforms, or systems with no single owner and competing priorities
- Strong instincts for creating just enough structure to move work forward without over-engineering or slowing teams down
- Demonstrated ability to work horizontally across a large organization, earning trust and building alignment with teams that operate independently
- Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make complex multi-threaded work legible to senior leadership
- Comfortable operating in environments where the product, the team, and the process are all evolving at the same time
- Familiarity with AI tools and genuine curiosity about applying them to design or program management workflows
- Familiarity with 2D and 3D workspaces enough to navigate conversations, ask the right questions, and make the content legible to stakeholders
SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .
SGA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of Race, Color, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Religion, National Origin, Disability, Veteran Status, Age, Marital Status, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, or Other Legally Protected Status. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, and our services, programs, and activities. Please visit our company to request an accommodation or assistance regarding our policy.
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