UI/UX Designer/Product Designer

Responsibilities

• We’re seeking a highly experienced Senior Design Project Manager to drive the orchestration of design activities across a major app redesign
• This contract role is critical to ensuring our design team is set up for success across strategy, execution, and delivery
• You will act as a central connector between design, product, engineering, and business stakeholders to keep work on track, on time, and aligned with our broader product goals
• Program & Project Management
  • Own and manage the full schedule of design tasks, deliverables, dependencies, and hand-offs across the app redesign
  • Oversee capacity planning and resource allocation across design contributors, balancing workloads and adjusting to changing priorities
  • Proactively identify, track, and mitigate risks related to schedule, resources, or quality
  • Manage and streamline the design review and approval process with clear checkpoints and decision gates
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Serve as the liaison between design and cross-functional partners including product, engineering, marketing, and leadership
  • Participate in PI planning, roadmap discussions, and alignment meetings to ensure design timelines and dependencies are accounted for
  • Represent design in stakeholder meetings and program reviews
• Agile & Workflow Operations
  • Lead and facilitate design-specific ceremonies such as stand-ups, sprint planning, design reviews, and retrospectives
  • Collaborate closely with product managers and scrum teams to ensure design work is reflected in roadmaps, Jira tickets, and sprint plans
  • Translate product and stakeholder inputs into clear design user stories with defined acceptance criteria
• UX, UI, & Design Systems Support
  • Partner with design and research leads to support UX research, usability testing, and user validation activities within the sprint cadence
  • Maintain a strong understanding of UX and UI practices to intelligently advocate for design quality and feasibility
  • Ensure high-quality delivery of design assets and documentation via tools such as Figma and Zero Height
  • Champion consistency through oversight of design systems and adherence to established patterns and component governance
• Communication & Governance
  • Create clear documentation, meeting notes, and executive-level updates to support decision-making and visibility
  • Maintain accountability across the design team by tracking responsibilities, deadlines, and outcomes
  • Help shape and enforce design operations best practices that enable efficiency, clarity, and strong team collaboration

Skills

• Note: Candidates must have recent experience working in quick-service restaurants or any other restaurant environment
• UX, UI, & Design Systems Support
• 5+ years of experience in digital project or program management, with at least 3 years supporting UX/UI or product design teams
• Deep proficiency with Jira, Confluence, Figma, and Zero Height
• Strong working knowledge of agile and waterfall methodologies, and ability to flex between them
• Proven ability to manage complex, multi-track digital design projects from initiation through delivery
• Clear understanding of the UX and UI design lifecycle, including research, interaction design, visual design, and design systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to confidently engage with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams
• Detail-oriented, organized, and adept at keeping multiple threads moving without letting quality slip

Benefits

• 💼 Project Duration : 6+ Months Contract with potential to extend
• 💰 Pay Rate : $58/hr. on W2