Design Project Manager

We are looking for a Design Project Manager to join our in-house design team. You will manage the client's expectations while overseeing the solution's progress and the UX/UI designers' team. We are pursuing the

following industries (but not limited to): Professional Services, including Financial and Accounting web and mobile applications; Digital Services: Human Resources, Remote work, Productivity related systems; E-

commerce; Logistics and Transportation, and more.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Project management & coordination:

• Manages the end-to-end process of projects, including project plan definition, requirements gathering, steps, backlog management, reviews, design process assistance, cross-team collaboration and related

• Coordinates with clients, UX/UI designers and other involved parties to ensure project success

• Facilitating client calls to present project progress, discuss next steps and ensure alignment on goals and expectations throughout the project lifecycle

• Consolidates and manages project documentation

- Planning & monitoring:

• Develops project plans, timelines and budgets and validates them with the leads

• Monitors project progress, timelines and adjusts plans as needed

• Manages project status reporting

• Manages the risks

- Quality assurance:

• Ensures deliverables are completed on time, meet quality standards validated by the leads and meet goals and expectations in close collaboration with UX/UI designers

• Facilitates leading projects’ retrospectives

• Ensures the content-part of the design is clear and meets the context

• Manages further proposals for the projects in close collaboration with leads

REQUIREMENTS
 

- General:

• You have worked with creative teams and clients before (agency or studio experience will be a huge plus)

• You know how to gather requirements in the way the team expects it — it is better to work with creative briefs rather than with ready-made solutions

• You hear the customer, but you do not let them manage your team

- Practical:

• Design creation and project flow understanding — it is important to us that you know how an interface is created and implemented
• Design background and understanding of the UX principles is a HUGE plus

• Can suggest design solutions when the designer is not available (e.g. on the client call)

• Strong knowledge of PM methodologies (Agile and Waterfall) including project planning, goal setting, risk and time management, evaluation and allocation of the resources and more

• Knowledge of theoretical and practical aspects of SAFe

• Experience in task & time tracking systems

• Experience in board collaboration and mind mapping tools (we mostly use FigJam and Mural)

• Basic knowledge of Figma functionality (we expect that you will be able to navigate, copy and move mockup elements, change UX copy)

• Knowledge of design process methodologies
Will be a plus:

• Understanding of UX Writing principles

• Understanding of WCAG principles

• Basic knowledge of HCD, UCD and other methodologies

• Knowledge of SDLS
 

- Soft:

• Strong organizational and analytical skills with high attention to details

• We work better with goal-oriented person that can adjust the project processes to the actual client needs

• We would love to share the same mindset with you — provide the best solution to the client based on the team expertise & business and user needs

• Be ready to share and follow the team’s values and principles

• Ability to independently maintain tasks, make informed decisions and take responsibility for them

• It is important for you to properly communicate and interact with people including making and receiving productive feedback

• You are passionate to learn and try new ideas

• Be flexible and adaptive to a situatevely fast paced environment

• Be proactive, positive and upbeat, with a sense of ownership

LANGUAGES

• Ukrainian and English. All our clients speak English, so it is crucial for you to have an Advanced/C1 level both written and spoken

WHAT WE OFFER

• Paid training programs and English/Spanish language courses

• Medical insurance, sports program compensation and other benefits compensation program, which

can be selected by each employee according to their personal preferences

• Comfortable working hours

• Awesome team events and a wide variety of knowledge sharing opportunities