Senior Associate Design Program Manager

Socket.dev; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

On-site wellness centers

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Financial coaching

Job summary

Socket.dev seeks a Senior Associate Design Program Manager for the Chase Card team to plan and manage day-to-day workflow, processes, and reporting across digital and physical design projects. You will partner with design, product, engineering, and research to align work, drive clarity, and ensure delivery in a fast-paced environment.

This role requires coordinating multiple streams, championing process improvements, and leveraging AI tools to accelerate discovery while safeguarding data privacy

Qualifications

• 3+ years of project or program management experience with digital design or marketing teams.
• Understanding of the product development lifecycle at scale.
• Understanding of Waterfall and Agile project methods.
• Experience or familiarity with Monday.com and JIRA.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage a digital and physical product portfolio, including intake, resourcing, execution, tracking, and capacity.
• Partner with Design Leads, Product Owners, Tech Leads, and Scrum Masters on delivery and reporting.
• Facilitate cross-team discussions with multiple design teams and stakeholders.
• Plan capacity and guide project execution with Digital Design and Product teams.
• Track projects, update status, and produce reports; act as traffic manager.

Skills

Project management

Digital design collaboration

Agile methodologies

Waterfall methodologies

Communication

Cross-functional teamwork

AI tools for discovery

Tools

Monday.com

JIRA

Job description

We're investing in innovative ways to attract customers, deepen engagement, and drive satisfaction through delightful digital and physicalproducts and experiences. Our team is at the center of this transformation, building customer-led offerings for the Chase Card business. Here, you'll partner with talented designers, product owners, engineers, content strategists, editors, and researchers to bring clarity and alignment to work that matters. If you thrive in ambiguity, take initiative as a strong self-starter, and apply a strategic mindset to complex challenges, this is where you'll grow. Join us and help shape the future of customer-centric design.

As a Senior Associate Design Program Manager on the Card team, you will plan and manage the day-to-day workflow, processes, and reporting that support our growing digital and physical design project work. You'll bring structure to complex, interdisciplinary work while partnering across design, product, engineering, and research to drive clarity, alignment, and delivery. You'll thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where your organizational strength and strategic mindset make a real impact. This is an opportunity to champion process improvements and serve as a trusted point of connection across teams. If you're passionate about creating customer-centric design, you'll find meaningful growth here.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee and manage a digitaland physicalproduct portfolio, including project intake, assessment, resourcing, execution, tracking, and team capacity
• Partner closely with Design Leads, Product Owners, Tech Leads, and Scrum Masters on execution, delivery, and reporting
• Facilitate cross-impacting project discussions with multiple design teams and stakeholders
• Collaborate with Digital Design, Product, and Line-of-Business teams to understand business demand, plan capacity, and guide project execution
• Track projects to ensure milestones are met, document and update project status regularly, produce reports as requested, and serve as overall traffic manager
• Drive concept readiness and artifact quality in partnership with Digital and other teams
• Consult with design teams to develop clear plans covering size, scope, sequence, and next steps for design activities
• Serve as a single point of contact for project status and issue management
• Ensure all deliverables, often complex and interlinked, are clearly specified, scoped, and agreed between client and internal teams
• Manage small, medium, and large projects for successful delivery
• Champion ongoing firm-wide and design team process improvements

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, CAPABILITIES, AND SKILLS

• 3+ years of project or program management experience working with digital design or marketing teams
• Understanding of the product development lifecycle at scale
• Understanding of Waterfall and Agile project methodologies
• Experience or familiarity withMonday.comand JIRA software tools
• Demonstrated effectiveness developing plans, prioritizing activities, and driving execution
• Experience thriving in a fast-paced, collaborative, cross-disciplinary, and geographically dispersed environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex information clearly and handle sensitive information appropriately
• Strong organizational skills with experience coordinating multiple work streams simultaneously, proactively, and independently
• Flexibility and adaptability to change direction based on team and stakeholder consensus
• Demonstrated ability to use AI tools to accelerate product discovery and delivery while maintaining strong judgment on data privacy, risk, and human oversight.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS, CAPABILITIES, AND SKILLS

• Experience at both a design studio and a large corporate environment
• Passion for creating customer-centric design
• Drive to seek growth across one or more areas
• Strong interpersonal skills for engaging effectively with stakeholders

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America’s households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit ourFAQsfor more information about requesting an accommodation.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. We’re proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most-used digital solutions – all while ranking first in customer satisfaction.

Global Finance & Business Management works to strategically manage capital, drive growth and efficiencies, maintain financial reporting and proactively manage risk. By providing information, analysis and recommendations to improve results and drive decisions, teams ensure the company can navigate all types of market conditions while protecting our fortress balance sheet.