Senior Design Programs Leader, UX & Research

Amazon; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon Ads Creative Experiences Design team seeks a Senior Design Program Manager to be a force multiplier for UX Design, Design Technology, and Research. You will partner with design leadership and collaborate across Design, Product, Engineering, and Research to turn strategy into action and move programs forward at scale.

You will drive planning, manage dependencies and risks, and build lightweight mechanisms for planning and reviews.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of design experience.
• Experience translating business and customer needs into design solutions.
• Experience gathering and analyzing large datasets to drive improvements.
• Experience managing UX programs and collaborating with Design and Research.
• Ability to build scalable programs and repeatable processes using various tools.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Design leadership to translate priorities into programs, roadmaps, milestones, resource plans, and operating mechanisms.
• Program manage strategic, design-led initiatives alongside ongoing product delivery.
• Drive design execution across the portfolio with visibility into priorities, dependencies, capacity, risks, and milestones.
• Coordinate with Design, Product, Engineering, and Research to manage dependencies and decisions at the right level.
• Build scalable planning, prioritization, and review mechanisms for cross-team collaboration.
• Plan and facilitate workshops and offsites turning strategy into decisions, ownership, and outcomes.
• Strengthen design culture through transparency, alignment, and measurable success across teams.

Skills

Design leadership

Strategy translation

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven improvements

Job description

Amazon Ads Creative Experiences Design team seeks a Senior Design Program Manager to be a force multiplier for UX Design, Design Technology, and Research. You will partner with design leadership and collaborate across Design, Product, Engineering, and Research to turn strategy into action and move programs forward at scale.

You will drive planning, manage dependencies and risks, and build lightweight mechanisms for planning and reviews.