Design Ops Lead: D2C Product & Brand Experience

Bezos Academy; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 113,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with 4% match

Paid time off and holidays

Relocation support

Parental leave

Job summary

Bezos Academy is building a direct-to-consumer initiative combining a mobile app, personalized learning, and physical materials to support early childhood development. The Design Operations Manager will shape how the product and brand come to life, unifying design across digital and print touchpoints in a fast-moving, collaborative environment.

You will partner with design, product, research, and marketing teams, and work with external partners while aligning priorities with product and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Five+ years of experience, including 2+ in design operations for a digital product.
• Experience working with product and design teams through full product lifecycle.
• Proven ability to manage complex cross-functional workstreams and priorities.
• Experience building or improving team workflows in fast-paced environments.
• Experience using tools like Asana, Bynder, GitLab, Jira to manage design processes.

Responsibilities

• Shape design operations for a new direct-to-consumer product at Bezos Academy.
• Bring structure to ambiguity and anticipate needs to support high-quality work.
• Collaborate with design, product, research, brand, and external partners across digital and physical touchpoints.
• Coordinate with product and engineering to align priorities, timelines and clarity across initiatives.
• Explore new tools and AI approaches to strengthen design processes and team efficiency.

Skills

Design operations

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Design tooling

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Asana

Bynder

GitLab

Jira

Job description

Bezos Academy is building a direct-to-consumer initiative combining a mobile app, personalized learning, and physical materials to support early childhood development. The Design Operations Manager will shape how the product and brand come to life, unifying design across digital and print touchpoints in a fast-moving, collaborative environment.

You will partner with design, product, research, and marketing teams, and work with external partners while aligning priorities with product and