# Work Design Architect

**Company:** [Upside](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/upside)
**Location:** Austin, TX, Chicago, IL, Washington, DC, New York, NY
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Salary:** $198k – $215k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Organizational Design, Operating Model Design, Program Management, Ai-Native Process Design, Systems Thinking, Forum Design, Process Legibility
**Posted:** 2026-06-03

> Senior IC role designing and stewarding an AI-accessible R&D operating system and blueprint. Requires deep experience in organizational design and operating models within technical environments.

## Job Description

## Ongoing Responsibilities
- Own and steward the R&D Operating Blueprint — keep it current as the organization evolves, run periodic health checks, and make redesign calls when something isn't working
- Lead operating rhythm work: forum design, cadence changes, redesigns, and post-mortems — the ongoing drumbeat of keeping the operating model healthy
- Serve as the internal expert on AI-native process design — the go-to voice for "how do we build this as a system, not a document"

## What you should have
- Deep experience in program management, organizational design, or operating model work — you think in systems, not projects
- A genuine point of view on how AI changes organizational dynamics, not just individual workflows — "decisions are now the bottleneck" should land immediately
- Demonstrated ability to design and implement operating models, not just document existing ones
- Experience working across a technical organization without authority — your influence comes from craft and accessibility, not the org chart
- Comfort making complex systems thinking legible to skeptical, busy audiences
- A "first-hire" mindset — you build structure where none exists and don't wait for permission to start

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