Design Ops Project Manager
Overview
Placement Type:
Temporary
Salary:
$50 - 60 / hr
Start Date:
04.07.2025
Our paid subscription service client is looking to bring on Design Ops Project Manager to their team.
This is broken down by DesignOps Support (60%) and Tactical Responsibilities (40%)
Responsibilities:
- Organization Tooling and Standards
- Maintain and support Asana boards for organization resourcing, overall set-up, and maintenance. Ensure each team is using Asana properly.
- Ensure Figma standards are being applied across the organization.
- Walkthrough of new hires on how to use Asana and Figma in the organization.
- Ensure that wiki is updated with latest best practices on:
- Setting up Asana.
- What are the mechanisms and best practices we have on using Asana and Figma.
- Ensure that Asana is updated for the Launch Calendar.
- Manage the wiki for the DesignOps team.
- Project/Sprint management support
- Board administration: work as the administrator of the sprint board. Ensure that tasks and milestones are up to date and the sprint tools are working well.
- Planning support for each pod.
- Sprint planning meetings: assist in estimation and subtask creation.
- Meeting representation:
- Assisting with planning meetings and organizing meeting logistics.
- Note-taking, tracking action items.
- Attending meetings where DesignOps representation is needed.
- Providing status updates.
- Reporting back with detailed updates to stakeholders.
- Assisting with planning meetings and organizing meeting logistics.
- Project support:
- Assist in the development of program management documents such as project schedules, scope estimates, and project plans.
- May include meeting with designers and stakeholders on lower-priority initiatives to assess their needs and define design requirements, acceptance criteria, and timelines.
- Help monitor design progress and provide updates to stakeholders.
- Assisting with updating project documentation, keeping project pages up to date, sending out weekly updates to partners and leadership, and assisting with weekly project updates.
- Assist in the development of program management documents such as project schedules, scope estimates, and project plans.
Qualifications:
- 4+ years of experience a Design Ops or similar role (creative operations)
- Preferred: experience with product launches / consumer and/or enterprise products
- Experience in leading projects with a strong organizational mindset.
- Has been able to work with a creative team.
- Strong verbal, presentation, and written communication skills.
- Experience with Asana and/or Figma.
- Experience with Wiki preferred but not mandated
Client Description
Want to work for one of the fastest growing and most admired companies in the world?
Founded in 1995 this client of Aquent’s has grown to one of the largest tech companies in the world. Driven by the excitement of building technologies, inventing products, and providing services that transform the way their customers live their lives and run their businesses. Come join them and work in a place that values innovation, creativity and leadership.
Why work with AQUENT? Check out our awesome benefits: https://aquent.com/find-work/talent-benefits
Aquent is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.