# Design Program Manager

**Company:** [Everlaw](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/everlaw)
**Location:** Oakland, CA
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Salary:** $140k – $178k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Design Operations, Program Management, Figma, Jira, User-Centered Design, Ux Workflows, Resource Tracking, Design Systems, Accessibility, AI Tools
**Posted:** 2026-09-08

> Design Program Manager establishing operating systems, planning processes, readiness standards, and reporting for a product design team building AI-powered litigation tools. Requires 5+ years in design program management or operations, strong cross-functional coordination, and experience with Figma and Jira.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own the design operating model for planning and delivery, including estimation, sequencing, handoffs, dependencies, and timeline-risk visibility.
- Define design-readiness criteria and coordinate pre-launch quality reviews covering craft, responsiveness, accessibility, and edge cases.
- Establish working interfaces between Design, Product Management, Engineering, User Research, and Technical Writing, including scope alignment, dependency tracking, and conflict resolution.
- Build and champion lightweight design-operations rhythms, frameworks, and templates, including design briefs and critique structures.
- Manage design resourcing and bandwidth tracking to inform staffing decisions and identify capacity constraints.
- Build and maintain reporting on design capacity, throughput, and readiness for product and executive leadership.

## Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in Design Program Management or Design Operations supporting product design teams.
- Experience in complex, enterprise B2B SaaS or data-heavy environments.
- Ability to balance competing priorities across stakeholders and guide teams through ambiguity with structure and prioritization.
- Experience building and scaling design-operations frameworks, delivery plans, and resource-tracking processes.
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills, including translating design progress and trade-offs into business-relevant narratives for leadership.
- Strong understanding of user-centered design methodologies and modern UX workflows.
- Experience with Figma and project-tracking tools such as Jira.
- Authorized to work in the United States without restrictions.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience with emerging AI tools such as Cursor or Claude Design.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Salary range: $140,000–$178,000 annually.
- Eligible for equity.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Mental health and wellness support.
- Paid parental leave.
- Life and disability insurance.
- 401(k) with company matching of up to 4% of eligible annual compensation.
- Paid vacation, federal holidays, sick leave, and additional company-wide days off.
- Learning and development allowance and professional membership dues.
- Hybrid work with work-from-home days and flexibility.
- Home internet reimbursement and desk-setup stipend.
- Catered lunches, snacks, and company events.

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