Overview Senior Talent Specialist | Direct Hire & Contract Hiring | Connecting Top Talent with Game-Changing Opportunities. Base pay range: $70.00/hr - $80.00/hr. This range is provided by IFG - International Financial Group. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.
Key projects This role will primarily focus on two areas:
Creative Operations: Collaborate with design leaders and work closely with design teams to create and refine project briefs, prioritize tasks, and facilitate reviews to ensure alignment and optimize processes for achieving objectives.
Production Operations: Create efficiencies in the design and production process, enabling designers to deliver high-quality work on time. Responsibilities include staff and resource planning, vendor management, and overseeing all aspects of delivering the team's work.
Responsibilities Partner with Design, Product, and Engineering leadership to develop understanding of product vision
Drive design deliverables for each product cycle
Refine Studio’s design process for maximum efficiency and quality output
Operationalize design process and efficiency to increase productivity
Manage design work items, scope and requirements
Identify capacity and forecast for design workloads




Partner with Design Managers to negotiate scope with partners and leadership according to bandwidth
Facilitate design reviews and ensure actions are captured and communicated
Review tools and processes to optimize cross-team collaboration
Help track resourcing needs and initiate conversations on asks with Design Managers
Candidate requirements Experience: 6+ years in the field
Education: Degree or certification in interface business, engineering, design, or related field with significant industry experience
Proficiency: Solid Microsoft Office/M365 tools, especially Excel
Top hard skills & experience Minimum 6+ years experience with program management; prior experience in design ops preferred
Minimum 6+ years experience with modern project tracking software and Microsoft Office/M365 suite
Minimum 6+ years experience with project management skills, including capacity tracking and prioritization
Performance indicators Performance will be assessed based on feedback from the design leader, focusing on quality, timeliness, proactivity, and relationship building.
Seniority level Mid-Senior level
Employment type Contract
Job function Design
Industries Staffing and Recruiting
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📌 Design operation Program Manager (Manitoba)
🏢 IFG - International Financial Group
📍 Manitoba