About the Role

Uber Design teams are focused not just on the functional, but also on joy and delight. Our work ignites opportunity and changes the way the world moves, and we design for people around the world of all backgrounds and abilities.

Uber is seeking a Senior Design Program Manager to join the Earner, Fleets, & Safety Design Team. In this role, you will drive operational excellence across a complex and high-impact portfolio, partnering closely with Design, Product, and Engineering leadership to translate strategy into scalable systems.

This role operates at both the forest and tree level, shaping portfolio health, influencing roadmap planning, and building mechanisms that enable teams to deliver high-quality, inclusive, and scalable product experiences.

You will own large, ambiguous initiatives end-to-end and establish frameworks that improve predictability, quality, and business impact across the portfolio.

This role requires systems thinking, executive-level communication, operational rigor, bold innovation, and a deep commitment to solving customer challenges for Earners and Safety-critical use cases globally.

What You Will Do

• Lead recurring and ad hoc portfolio planning in partnership with Design Managers and Product leadership, ensuring alignment to company priorities
• Partner with peers and Design Managers to balance resourcing across portfolios, identifying efficiencies and tradeoffs
• Translate business strategy into operational frameworks that improve focus, predictability, and impact
• Influence roadmap shaping and planning processes across multiple areas
• Define and maintain mechanisms to assess capacity, portfolio health, and performance
• Drive project management and resourcing methods, tools, and processes for the Earner & Safety portfolio
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI and automation to streamline design operations
• Provide mentorship to more junior team members, setting the standard for operational excellence and systems thinking
• Raise the bar for program management craft across the Design org
• Advocate for the work of the DPM team and connect operational excellence to business outcomes

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years experience as a project manager, program manager, or producer in a design consultancy or in-house product design/UX team
• Experience leading large, complex design initiatives across multiple product areas
• Proven ability to drive portfolio-level planning, roadmap alignment, and resourcing strategies
• Experience partnering with Design, Product, and Engineering leadership to ship consumer-facing products
• Experience creating scalable workflows and implementing process improvements across multiple teams
• Proficiency with project and asset management tools (e.g., Jira, Asana, Lucidchart, Google Workspace, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Exceptional written, verbal, and visual communication skills, including experience presenting to leadership forums
• Strong analytical ability. Able to define and leverage metrics to assess portfolio health and team performance
• Skilled in conflict resolution, tradeoff navigation, and influencing without authority
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving clarity in evolving environments
• Demonstrated ability to operate autonomously while influencing across functions
• Experience embedding accessibility, inclusive design, and scalable design systems into workflows
• Experience leveraging AI tools and automations to increase design velocity and operational efficiency

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$167,000 per year - USD$185,500 per year.

You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits.

Uber's mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. Here, bold ideas create real-world impact, challenges drive growth, and speed fuels progress. What moves us, moves the world - let's move it forward, together.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber's cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.