Senior Design Producer

Role Overview

• Serves as primary point of contact for Association business partners and stakeholders to define the business and design requirements for moderately complex to complex projects.
• Evaluates, plans, and organizes work and resources for the execution of design solutions from concept to production release, accountable for meeting quality targets and achieving program and project milestones within established timeframes and budget.
• Oversees team meetings, rituals, and activities to keep project efforts on track and creates communications that provide insight on progress against key project deliverables, milestones, and metrics.
• Monitors projects for issues or documented risk and oversees risk management by using established project management processes that address execution challenges associated with quality, schedule and costs.
• Facilitates the removal of obstacles and impediments to the design team and facilitates the resolution of design issues through an understanding of business and design objectives.
• Facilitates the alignment of stakeholders across projects, teams, and functions by identifying and responding to stakeholder needs and guides approvals with cross-functional partners and stakeholders.
• Manages design research efforts and contributes to the creation of design solutions by generating ideas and creating design artifacts informed by advanced knowledge in human-centered design process and methodologies.
• Oversees multiple design solutions through appropriate quality and compliance controls and check points and contributes to the development or continuous improvement of design processes, procedures, standards and guidelines to optimize organizational performance in the delivery of business value to members and employees.
• Serves as a mentor to peers and oversees the efforts of team members.
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

Requirements

• 6 years of experience with business analysis or project and program management in a relevant design field, such as User Experience, User Interface Design, Digital Product Design, or Web Design.
• Advanced facilitation, negotiation and consensus building skills.
• Advanced communication skills experienced in presenting to Senior and Executive leaders.
• Demonstrated experience with Agile frameworks and methodologies such as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Scrum, and Kanban.
• Advanced experience with Program and/or Project Management methods and tools.

Benefits

• comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
• 401(k)
• pension
• life insurance
• parental benefits
• adoption assistance
• paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours
• various wellness programs
• career path planning and continuing education