Position Overview

The Design Program Manager will help our Experience Design (XD) team in Asia Pacific operate and collaborate with other global design colleagues and stakeholder teams as they develop critical experience foundations to underpin the Autodesk Fusion cloud product.

You are a systems thinker who has had experience maturing complex, global design systems and building programs to ensure that they operate efficiently. This includes identifying where connections and processes need to be established to support critical design work that is happening between teams in the USA and Asia Pacific and ensuring that these teams are well set up to collaboratively design critical components, layouts and signature experiences that are essential for success. You are equally experienced in both managing established programs, which require strong organization, communication, and task management skills, and in identifying opportunities for improvement, applying design thinking to create successful solutions.

This is a hybrid position in Kilsyth, Melbourne. You will report to Director User Experience.

Responsibilities

• Design Program Management focused on enabling the design of critical experience building blocks to form the foundation of Autodesk Fusion's device independent future
• Develop project plans, scope and schedule. Assist team members in planning, estimating, and controlling tasks. Develop action plans to mitigate risks. Identify alternative solutions
• Drive communication and collaboration across offices and time zones and across multiple teams including Designers, Engineers, Product Owners, Product Managers, Software Architects / Tech Leads, and key stakeholders within other organizations
• Monitor program to ensure completion within defined schedule, budget, and quality parameters. Prepare and distribute various reports and updates on the status of the program to multiple audiences, including executive management, functional management
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure satisfaction with program management services and deliverables. Work proactively to resolve critical issues. Develop strong relationships and maintain effective communication channels
• Organize program team meetings and communications to keep team members informed and engaged
• Owning and managing programs and initiatives focused on ensuring design system maturity, design efficiency, and design impact
• Promote design-focused collaboration within the PDMS XD (Design) team and with peer organizations
• Coordinating programs to help design extensions to the core Autodesk Design System
• Design and run the governance program for the extensions to the Autodesk Design System
• Work with the Platform XD Director to design programs to support team health

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years design program management experience within a software environment
• Familiarity with user-centered design practices, UX tools and techniques, and software development methods, primarily Agile
• Strong track record of managing and completing initiatives successfully
• Experience working with and influencing cross-functional teams to align goals and efforts
• Demonstrated strong writing, reporting, and documentation skills (examples may be required)
• Strong verbal and presentation skills
• Ability to travel as needed

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KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supporting the sales organisation with data analysis, designs and simulations for customer projects
• Review, optimise and support partners on customer concepts
• Support with new releases of test, improvements and documentation of design tools
• Deliver technical training on best practice when using design software to global distributors and internal sales team
• Improving internal operations and processes through automation of simple tasks etc.
• Proactively provide technical support for the sales organisation internally and externally

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:

• Degree in industrial, mechanical or electrical Engineering, mechatronics other technical sciences or logistics and supply chain management
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PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

• Support and communicates both internally and externally with good quality and time-management
• Willingness to do some travel
• Accountable, proactive and flexible
• Innovative, knowledge-seeking and curious
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Problem-solving skills and ability to work independently
• Analytical, accurate and systematic
• Team player

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Show your interest in the position by registering your CV and application as soon as possible. Certificates and diplomas are attached to the application. All inquiries are treated confidentially.  

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About Us

KBR is a global business employing approximately 30,000 employees worldwide and is made up of some of the best and brightest minds.  We are multi-disciplinary and constantly evolving, delivering some of the world’s most complex projects in engineering, science, and technology.

In Australia our focus is Infrastructure Solutions. We have a talented and growing team of 900 people delivering solutions across Transport, Water and Environment, Buildings, Defence Infrastructure as well as Program Management and Construction consultancy markets.  We realise that our key differentiator are our people. We strive to create an agile environment where staff can collaborate, be creative, be innovate and have access to cutting edge technologies that keep people at the forefront of their specialisation.

The Role

As part of our growing team based in Perth, we are looking for a Transport industry professional who wants to grow with us and play an integral part in reshaping our business. As a Senior Design Manager, you will have exposure to every stage of the project cycle from winning work and leading bids through to design delivery and execution. Your transport infrastructure design expertise and multidisciplinary management skills will be key in shaping our capability, one that is renowned for achieving exceptional outcomes and providing clients with sound engineering advice.

Responsibilities:

• Design Management, Design reviews of transport infrastructure projects
• Identify value-adds, innovations and other points of difference that KBR can deliver or develop further and connect these with KBR’s clients via regular discussion / engagement.
• Client relationship management, pursuit planning and bid/tender support
• Form and nurture relationships within the market to support development of new and ongoing repeat work for the business
• Involvement in early-game positioning and complete pre-tender plans so as to improve the company’s probability of success prior to the tender brief arriving (via points of differences and value-adds).
• Project delivery and engineering excellence
• Accountable, typically as a Design manager/Project leader, for the successful project delivery of KBR’s contracted services to the client against cost, time, and quality objectives
• Work closely with the client and internal staff to effectively manage expectations, contract compliance, and Design criteria and achieve compliance with KBR systems and processes
• Lead and manage a multi-disciplinary team (both internal KBR disciplines as well as external sub-consultant partners)

Qualifications and Experience

• A solid track record and demonstrated experience within the Transport Infrastructure sector, preferably in WA
• Road or rail design experience will be highly regarded.
• Strong technical design ability
• Degree qualified and CPEng (or eligible to attain)
• Significant experience in an engineering consulting environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated experience in developing, managing, and maintaining positive industry relationships that result in opportunities converted into projects
• Strong client contacts within the road and rail sector
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Working knowledge of commercial arrangements and relationships
• Strong practical knowledge of and commitment to health and safety

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The salary package on offer will be commensurate with your experience and you will also receive a range of industry leading benefits that include, flexible working arrangements to fit in with your lifestyle, WFH and the ability to take an additional to take an extra day off per month (12 in total) in addition to your annual leave. This is just a selection of our benefits and is indicative of the culture we are building,

If you would like to find out more about this role and what it’s like to work at KBR, please contact Paul Hansford at paul.hansford@kbr.com or send your CV using the link provided.

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