Design Ops Leader, AI Systems & Enablement (Hybrid)

Yahoo Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,750 - 188,750; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k

Backup childcare

Education stipends

Job summary

Yahoo Inc. seeks a Design Operations Manager to lead systems operations and AI tooling strategy across Yahoo Design.

You will partner with Design Systems and Central Design Leadership to drive planning, governance, tooling, and AI enablement. The role blends program management with design fluency, requiring experience building scalable processes, managing vendors, and coordinating across Design, Engineering, Product, Legal, and Compliance to deliver measured impact and adoption of AI-powered

Qualifications

• 7+ years in design operations or program management.
• Experience leading cross-functional programs.
• Strong governance and adoption strategies for design systems.
• Experience scaling tooling, including AI-powered tools.
• Vendor management and procurement experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead design systems program operations for Yahoo OS and related systems.
• Manage AI tooling rollout and adoption across Design.
• Coordinate cross-functional governance across teams.
• Automate program tracking using AI-enabled features.
• Oversee tooling governance and licensing.

Skills

Design Operations

Program Management

Cross-functional Leadership

Governance

AI Tooling

Vendor Management

Tools

Asana

Monotype

Mobbin

Anthropic Claude

Job description

Yahoo Inc. seeks a Design Operations Manager to lead systems operations and AI tooling strategy across Yahoo Design.

You will partner with Design Systems and Central Design Leadership to drive planning, governance, tooling, and AI enablement. The role blends program management with design fluency, requiring experience building scalable processes, managing vendors, and coordinating across Design, Engineering, Product, Legal, and Compliance to deliver measured impact and adoption of AI-powered