Key skills
Adobe Creative SuiteBoxMicrosoft OfficeSmartsheetBuilding codesAccessibility standardsDesign program managementArchitectural designConstruction managementCommercial developmentDigital asset managementProject management toolsAgile methodologyWaterfall methodologyPMP certificationIssue resolutionAgileProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementCommunicationCritical ThinkingProblem Solving
About this role
Amazon is looking for an experienced Senior Design Program Manager to lead the creation and implementation of their Global Signage and Wayfinding Guidelines. The role involves coordinating with cross-functional partners to develop guidelines that ensure design practices align with Amazon's high standards for corporate spaces.
Responsibilities:
- Act as a Guidelines Subject Matter Expert (SME), evaluating change requests and participating in the development of change justifications
- Develop, drive adoption of, and maintain tools and procedures to accelerate the organization’s ability to adapt to changing priorities and urgent requests
- Develop, or work with vendors to develop, standard specifications and guideline documents
- Collaborate with peers across regions to elevate regional differences to a global perspective
- Own the roadmap for developing and publishing Signage and Wayfinding guidelines and standards
Requirements:
- Have an available online portfolio
- Experience understanding needs of business and end customers and translating them into right solutions
- 5+ years of design program management experience
- Experience as an Architect, Engineer, Construction Manager, Development Manager, Owner's project management representative or in other Commercial Development and Construction related disciplines
- Intermediate to advanced experience with Adobe Creative Suite, Box, Microsoft Office, and Smartsheet
- Working knowledge of building codes and accessibility standards
- Strong behaviors in critical thinking, problem solving, issue resolution, risk assessment, and high attention-to-detail
- Experience in managing and updating design standards and guidelines on a global scale
- Experience in digital asset management
- Experience working in a matrixed organization
- Experience working and contributing to project playbooks, building schedules, managing issues/risks, establishing communication plans and stakeholder management
- Knowledge of project management tools and methodologies (agile to waterfall)
- Bachelor's degree in graphic design, industrial design, digital communications design, visual arts, mass communications, art, or equivalent
- PMP, or PMP certificate