Staff Design Program Manager: Global Growth & AI-Driven

Lyft; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 143,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great medical, dental, and vision 보험

Mental health benefits

Family building benefits

Child care and pet benefits

401(k) plan with company match

Discretionary paid time off

18 weeks of paid parental leave

Subsidized commuter benefits

Lyft credits and Lyft Pink membership

Job summary

Lyft is seeking a Staff Design Program Manager for the Global Growth organization in San Francisco. You will lead end-to-end roadmap delivery for design programs and drive cross-functional collaboration with design, engineering, marketing, legal, and product teams.

You will shape workflows, enable faster decision-making, and bring AI-enabled approaches to streamline processes. The role emphasizes strong communication, ambiguity tolerance, and leadership within the design organization.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in design program management, product design, or a relevant design industry role.
• Demonstrated ability to drive complex, cross-functional programs with multiple stakeholders and workstreams.
• Comfort with ambiguity — you can take a loosely defined problem, build a plan, and move without heavy oversight.
• Strong written and verbal communication; you know how to give direction clearly and tailor it to the audience.
• Hands-on familiarity with AI tools and a genuine interest in how they change the way design teams work.
• Experience with Figma, Jira, and GitHub a plus.
• Attention to detail and organizational rigor; you don't let things fall through the cracks.
• Resilience — design orgs are dynamic, priorities shift, and this role requires someone who stays grounded.

Responsibilities

• Own roadmap and execution for projects end-to-end
• Drive program management for the Global Growth design team
• Shape and document workflows and processes that make the team faster and more effective
• Partner with design, engineering, marketing, legal, and product to scope work, set timelines, and manage delivery
• Build and maintain visibility into project health, team utilization, and priorities for design leadership
• Lead planning and prioritization across cross-functional teams — balancing competing inputs without losing sight of the goal
• Facilitate design reviews, retros, and planning sessions
• Bring AI fluency to program management work — use tools like Figma, Jira, and AI assistants to accelerate your own workflow, and help the team adopt new tools effectively

Skills

Design program management

Cross-functional leadership

AI fluency

Figma

Jira

GitHub

Communication

Tools

Figma

Jira

GitHub

Job description

Lyft is seeking a Staff Design Program Manager for the Global Growth organization in San Francisco. You will lead end-to-end roadmap delivery for design programs and drive cross-functional collaboration with design, engineering, marketing, legal, and product teams.

You will shape workflows, enable faster decision-making, and bring AI-enabled approaches to streamline processes. The role emphasizes strong communication, ambiguity tolerance, and leadership within the design organization.