Design Program Manager - Metaverse
Company: Aquent
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: May 16, 2022
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Job Description:
This team is building a social User Generated Content (UCG)
platform where people can find people, places, and things they care
about -- a place without constraints where people have freedom of
identity and expression, and can experience living virtual worlds
that could not exist in the real world. Our vision is to build a
global-scale UGC platform where the world's creators, performers,
entrepreneurs and more will be able to create their place, and
enable their communities to connect, engage and play in all kinds
of ways. We are driven to create a safe and compelling place for
never-ending exploration -- our journey is just the beginning, come
join us.
Role Overview:
Design Program Managers -at this company are passionate connectors
and problem solvers. By supporting the various aspects of the
Creative team, you will enable Product Designers, Game Designers,
and Prototypers to focus their time on designing, building, and
shipping products. You will improve team communication,
collaboration, remove roadblocks, and help keep your team on
track.
Responsibilities:
1. This role will focus on supporting hte company's efforts to
bring this program to mobile devices and other surfaces beyond
VR.
2. Provide leadership and ongoing operational support for projects
from ideation through execution. Includes roadmap planning,
milestone breakdown, resource management, facilitating Design
Reviews, and driving collaboration within cross-functional
teams
3. Drive large, cross-company design sprints. Responsibilities
include sprint planning, recruiting participants, managing and
assigning design tasks, coordinating across disciplines,
identifying deliverables required for execution, playtesting,
publishing sprint outcomes, and ensuring timely follow-up and
completion of work
4. Help teams improve their operational effectiveness by
identifying and addressing issues with workflows or tooling, set
and measure performance goals, and fostering a collaborative and
creative community
5. Facilitate meetings to drive progress against goals and
objectives, and establish clear next steps and owners while
resolving blocks that impede progress
6. Proactively assess risk, raise flags, and resolve issues before
they become problems for the larger teams 7.
7. Define and measure impact of programs and initiatives both
qualitatively and quantitatively
8. Source and manage operational budgets, vendor relationships, and
contracts
Minimum Qualifications:
1. Minimum 10 years of experience as a program manager, digital
producer, or project manager working on digital products
2. Experience as a Producer or Program Manager at a mobile, AR, or
VR game studio preferred
3. Experience working on 0-to-1 products, executing design sprints
with many stakeholders, supporting roadmapping, prototyping, user
research, and resource planning
4. Track record of operating independently and without
oversight
5. Experience working in a fast-paced environment with lots of
ambiguity
6. Experience using data to identify problems and communicate
solutions
Keywords: Aquent, San Francisco , Design Program Manager - Metaverse, Executive , San Francisco, California
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