Senior Design Program/Project Manager (fixed term project)

Proxiad SEE is an IT Consulting and Software Development company, part of Proxiad Group France, with headquarters in Paris, over 25 years of industry experience, and 1300 + specialists. The Southeast Europe (SEE) branch employs 250+ professionals, operates in Bulgaria and North Macedonia, and has provided services in various sectors (Healthcare, Fintech, Banking, Insurance, E-commerce and Retail, Procurement, etc.) for over 20 years.

In 2022 we stepped above and introduced two innovative software products: Desk Buddy and GROW.

We have implemented a hybrid work model and offer opportunities for learning, development, and CSR activities, following and incorporating ESG elements.

We are seeking a Senior Design Program/Project Manager to join our partners’ SAP Design System team with a focus on maintaining design project momentum, processes, and fostering a creative environment for cross-functional teams. Reporting to the Head of SAP Design in Bulgaria. The Senior Design Program/Project Manager plays a key role in collaborative strategic problem solving, wholistic systems thinking, and efficiency. The Senior Design Program/Project Manager will have a wide reach across several projects and Design System Teams, spearheading end-to-end design roadmap definition, execution, and delivery.

Helping people work better is core to our business. As such, this role requires a candidate to be a master of stakeholder engagement, issue resolution and design championing. The right person in this role will be a catalyst for continuous improvement, an empathetic connector and action-biased – thriving in a culture of ownership, and creative solutions resulting in maintaining alignment with overall objectives.

Job Description for the Short-Term Mission Planned Until the End of 2025:

• Partner closely with design stakeholders, leaders and design teams throughout the design lifecycle with a focus on managing priorities, resolving issues and fostering collaboration.
• Manage risks proactively, anticipate potential issues, implement appropriate mitigations and remove blockers or escalate accordingly.
• Apply in-depth knowledge and understanding of project management concepts, methodologies and tools and wielding them to support cross functional design team.
• Expertise analyzing and aggregating project and program-level metrics into executive-level dashboards and/or status reports.
• Ability to prioritize and lead prioritization of work with minimum direction in a complex and diverse environment with rapidly changing priorities.
• Leverage design knowledge to collaborate with stakeholders to define, plan, and design the appropriate end-to-end experiences and solutions to achieve design & product desired outcomes.
• Apply and promote Project management best practices in design context
• Experience delivering multiple parallel releases across complex landscape, in which several product teams are building product features and managing designs.
• Optimize the operations of design teams including capacity planning, scrum ceremonies and agile approaches and Jira management.
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years experience in Product Design / Design Systems Design Leading Program/Projects and shaping Design Products
• 3+ years experience in Project Management for Design Teams and Projects
• Experience working with Remote Design Teams across projects
• Passion for process, innovation and experience operationalizing scalable solutions

We’d Love To Hear From You If:

• You have strong understanding of design processes and have hand-on experience in product design or/and design systems.
• You have comprehensive knowledge of product development and design processes including how to manage design roadmaps, milestones and delivery.
• You are a strong strategic thinker with extensive experience improving processes and shaping solutions in ambiguous environments.
• You are highly motivated, results-oriented and user-focused with a proven record of successfully handling multiple projects in fast-paced environments.
• You are highly organized with creative ways to bring definition and alignment.
• You manage multiple priorities and deadlines with context switching between projects without missing a beat.
• You are a keen relationship builder at all levels of the organization, across many different technical, business, operational, design and other roles to bring the right groups into alignment in order to drive successful outcomes.
• You are a self-starter with passion and expertise for leveraging available resources to establish standards and processes that support cross-functional teams and continuously seek improvement.
• You agree to complete the onboarding onsite at the client’s location in Sofia, which is estimated to last for 3 weeks.

Benefits:

• 25 days of paid annual leave; we value your leisure time.
• Flexible and liberal work policy, with options for remote or hybrid office space.
• Additional health insurance package (including medical, dental, optical, and other expenses), effective from the first day of the month following your start date.
• Training and development programs, knowledge exchange sessions, certification programs, and international conferences.
• Internal recognition through a Success Card system with various levels of bonuses.
• Participation in socially responsible events.
• Gifts for your Proxiad work anniversary, birthday, etc.; Refer-a-Friend program; employee discounts.
• Proxiad Summer Camp, team-building activities, and other exciting social events!

All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.