Senior Level Design Operations Manager Jobs
Senior level design operations manager jobs put experienced professionals in charge of design systems, cross-functional workflows, and the operational frameworks that allow design organizations to scale with consistency. Openings concentrate across Education and Investment & Asset Management, with a mix of on-site, remote, and hybrid settings, and employers like Amazon, Thrivent, and Excelsior University hiring at this level now.
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Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Do you want to define the next generation of how and what Amazon customers are watching? Prime Video is changing the way people watch movies and TV. From one service, we're delivering versatile ways to watch hundreds of thousands of movies, TV series, and live events on the web, mobile, and TV. Our service is available in 240+ territories globally, and we're just getting started.
The Amazon Prime Video UX team is seeking a self-motivated, ownership-minded, and nimble Senior Design Operations partner to be a force-multiplier for our UX Design & Research team, amplifying our efforts and impact. We design innovative experiences allowing customers around the world to discover, purchase, and watch the latest digital video content live and on demand.
You will collaborate closely with designers, researchers, engineers, product managers, and program managers leading projects throughout the planning, design, and development cycle. Your emphasis will be on planning and prioritization of design deliverables, resource management, schedule tracking, mitigating project risks, and collaborating with design leadership to deliver innovative solutions across workstreams. You will be a key part of a UX Design and Research team collaborating across all aspects of the Prime Video service. Come build the future of entertainment with us!
Key job responsibilities
- Own the operational strategy for complex, ambiguous design programs end to end, where the strategy and often the operating model are not yet defined and there is no precedent to copy
- Partner with UX leadership on key decisions and own the design roadmap for the organization: requirements gathering, scheduling, prioritization, capacity and resource planning, contracting and budget, and coordination of teams and reviews
- Own programs and portfolios of programs from concept to delivery, including the design decisions and escalations along the way
- Define the operational tool and AI strategy for the organization: govern adoption, set responsible-use guidelines, and decide where AI-augmented workflows are appropriate and where the work stays human-led
- Build automated workflows that scale design and research operations, and evaluate emerging tools against clear criteria and measurable outcomes
- Lead design delivery by managing team backlogs and removing obstacles, coordinating reviews with stakeholders and leadership, and empowering designers to own their timelines
- Design change strategies for org-wide operational shifts: build coalition before rollout, measure adoption, iterate, and balance the pace of change against the team's capacity
- Standardize, socialize, and continuously improve our user-centered design process, and build the operational infrastructure behind it, including research repositories, tooling, and how insights reach the people who need them
- Act as a bridge between UX, Engineering, Product Management, and other cross-functional partners, making sure interdependencies are understood and planned for, and influencing priorities without direct authority
- Anticipate bottlenecks, manage escalations, and balance customer needs against business goals and technical constraints, mitigating long-term risk and not only the immediate kind
- Define success metrics and own their implementation across our work, and craft the strategic narratives that connect it to business outcomes for senior leaders in yearly planning and business reviews
- Enable creative solutions through design acumen and high judgment, distinguishing one-way doors from two-way doors
- Promote transparency, visibility, and community across the team
About the team
Prime Video's vision is to be the world's most loved premium video service, and in doing so to become the default entertainment hub, globally for customers. The Prime Video Experience Design (PVXD) team's role is to reduce complexity and design fun, easy-to-use apps, where customers love to watch our content.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 6+ years of design program management experience
- Experience understanding needs of business and end customers and translating them into right solutions
- Experience gathering and analyzing large amounts of data and delivering continuous business improvements
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of project management tools and methodologies (agile to waterfall)
- Experience working and contributing to project playbooks, building schedules, managing issues/risks, establishing communication plans and stakeholder management
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
LOCATION
USA, CA, Culver City - 129,500.00 - 175,100.00 USD annually
USA, CA, San Francisco - 142,400.00 - 192,600.00 USD annually
USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 142,400.00 - 192,600.00 USD annually
USA, WA, SEATTLE - 129,500.00 - 175,100.00 USD annually
DESCRIPTION
Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Do you want to define the next generation of how and what Amazon customers are watching? Prime Video is changing the way people watch movies and TV. From one service, we're delivering versatile ways to watch hundreds of thousands of movies, TV series, and live events on the web, mobile, and TV. Our service is available in 240+ territories globally, and we're just getting started.
The Amazon Prime Video UX team is seeking a self-motivated, ownership-minded, and nimble Senior Design Operations partner to be a force-multiplier for our UX Design & Research team, amplifying our efforts and impact. We design innovative experiences allowing customers around the world to discover, purchase, and watch the latest digital video content live and on demand.
You will collaborate closely with designers, researchers, engineers, product managers, and program managers leading projects throughout the planning, design, and development cycle. Your emphasis will be on planning and prioritization of design deliverables, resource management, schedule tracking, mitigating project risks, and collaborating with design leadership to deliver innovative solutions across workstreams. You will be a key part of a UX Design and Research team collaborating across all aspects of the Prime Video service. Come build the future of entertainment with us!
Key job responsibilities
- Own the operational strategy for complex, ambiguous design programs end to end, where the strategy and often the operating model are not yet defined and there is no precedent to copy
- Partner with UX leadership on key decisions and own the design roadmap for the organization: requirements gathering, scheduling, prioritization, capacity and resource planning, contracting and budget, and coordination of teams and reviews
- Own programs and portfolios of programs from concept to delivery, including the design decisions and escalations along the way
- Define the operational tool and AI strategy for the organization: govern adoption, set responsible-use guidelines, and decide where AI-augmented workflows are appropriate and where the work stays human-led
- Build automated workflows that scale design and research operations, and evaluate emerging tools against clear criteria and measurable outcomes
- Lead design delivery by managing team backlogs and removing obstacles, coordinating reviews with stakeholders and leadership, and empowering designers to own their timelines
- Design change strategies for org-wide operational shifts: build coalition before rollout, measure adoption, iterate, and balance the pace of change against the team's capacity
- Standardize, socialize, and continuously improve our user-centered design process, and build the operational infrastructure behind it, including research repositories, tooling, and how insights reach the people who need them
- Act as a bridge between UX, Engineering, Product Management, and other cross-functional partners, making sure interdependencies are understood and planned for, and influencing priorities without direct authority
- Anticipate bottlenecks, manage escalations, and balance customer needs against business goals and technical constraints, mitigating long-term risk and not only the immediate kind
- Define success metrics and own their implementation across our work, and craft the strategic narratives that connect it to business outcomes for senior leaders in yearly planning and business reviews
- Enable creative solutions through design acumen and high judgment, distinguishing one-way doors from two-way doors
- Promote transparency, visibility, and community across the team
About the team
Prime Video's vision is to be the world's most loved premium video service, and in doing so to become the default entertainment hub, globally for customers. The Prime Video Experience Design (PVXD) team's role is to reduce complexity and design fun, easy-to-use apps, where customers love to watch our content.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 6+ years of design program management experience
- Experience understanding needs of business and end customers and translating them into right solutions
- Experience gathering and analyzing large amounts of data and delivering continuous business improvements
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of project management tools and methodologies (agile to waterfall)
- Experience working and contributing to project playbooks, building schedules, managing issues/risks, establishing communication plans and stakeholder management
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
LOCATION
USA, CA, Culver City - 129,500.00 - 175,100.00 USD annually
USA, CA, San Francisco - 142,400.00 - 192,600.00 USD annually
USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 142,400.00 - 192,600.00 USD annually
USA, WA, SEATTLE - 129,500.00 - 175,100.00 USD annually
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Senior Level Design Operations Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a senior level design operations manager job?
Employers hiring at this level look for candidates who have owned design operations end-to-end, not just contributed to it. That means demonstrated experience building or overhauling design systems, leading tooling and process decisions across large teams, and influencing how design integrates with product and engineering. A portfolio of measurable operational improvements and evidence of mentoring junior team members will set you apart from mid-level candidates.
Which companies hire senior level design operations managers?
Companies hiring senior level design operations managers right now include Amazon, Thrivent, and Excelsior University, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. At this level, hiring tends to come from organizations with mature design practices, including enterprise technology companies, large consumer brands, and professional services firms that have scaled their design functions significantly.
Are there remote senior level design operations manager jobs?
Yes, though availability varies by employer and industry. About 40% of senior level design operations manager openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting broad adoption of distributed design teams at large organizations. Senior roles that involve close collaboration with executive stakeholders or cross-functional leadership sometimes carry an on-site or hybrid expectation, so checking each listing directly is worthwhile.
What makes a design operations manager role senior level?
Senior level design operations manager roles are defined by scope and ownership. Where mid-level roles execute within established systems, senior roles set the operational direction, own the design tooling and workflow strategy, and are accountable for how the entire design organization functions. Mentoring junior operations staff, leading cross-functional initiatives, and presenting recommendations to design leadership are standard expectations at this stage.
Which industries hire the most senior level design operations managers?
Senior level design operations manager roles concentrate in Education and Investment & Asset Management, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors tend to employ large, multi-disciplinary design teams where operational complexity is high enough to justify dedicated senior leadership focused on systems, tooling, and process at scale.