Design Program Manager
Posted Today by Gale & Co.
£50 Per hour
Outside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Design Delivery Lead / Design Programme Manager will oversee the design work's scoping, prioritization, and delivery within a global cybersecurity firm. This role focuses on enhancing the adoption of existing design standards and improving the overall workflow of the design team. The contractor will work closely with design leadership to ensure effective delivery practices are followed. The position is primarily remote with one day a week in London, and it is set for a 6-month contract.
Key Responsibilities:
- Join a specific product area and support a programme of work.
- Drive adoption of existing briefs, standards, and delivery touchpoints.
- Help designers scope work realistically, focusing on timelines and effort.
- Improve delivery planning, status communication, and overall workflow.
- Bring rigour to feedback and iteration conversations.
- Maintain energy and momentum across longer-running projects to completion.
Key Skills:
- Experience in design ops, design delivery, or as a design producer.
- Deep understanding of the Product Development Lifecycle.
- Strong background in supporting design teams rather than purely technical delivery.
- Proficient in scoping and delivery discipline.
- Ability to challenge weak briefs, unclear feedback, and unrealistic timelines.
- Agency backgrounds or strong in-house design ops experience preferred.
Salary (Rate): £50.00/hr
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Design Delivery Lead / Design Programme Manager 6-Month Contract Mostly remote (1 day/week in London) £400/day Outside Start: ASAP A global cybersecurity business protecting hundreds of millions of people online is looking for a Design Delivery contractor to help tighten up how design work gets scoped, prioritised and shipped.
About the client: They're a well-established name in consumer digital safety, operating at real scale across a broad product portfolio. The design team is in a phase of tightening its ways of working; most of the standards and structure already exist, but adoption and rigour haven't caught up yet.
About the opportunity: This isn't about building a new operating model from scratch. It's about getting in close to the design team, driving adoption of what's already there, and keeping delivery honest and moving. You'll be working alongside design leadership through a period of evolving delivery norms.
- You'll be: Joining a specific product area in their portfolio and supporting a programme of work. (This is not about setting up new delivery practices and frameworks from scratch).
- Driving adoption of existing briefs, standards and delivery touchpoints.
- Helping designers scope work realistically, with more honesty around timelines and effort.
- Improving delivery planning, status communication and the overall flow of work.
- Bringing rigour to feedback and iteration conversations (what's actually needed to ship).
- Keeping energy and momentum across longer-running projects through to completion.
About you: This is a design ops / design delivery / design producer type profile rather than a technical programme manager. You'll also have a deep understanding of the Product Development Lifecycle. You'll likely have supported design teams rather than purely technical delivery, have a strong grip on scoping and delivery discipline, and be confident enough to challenge weak briefs, unclear feedback and unrealistic timelines. Agency backgrounds are especially welcome; strong in-house design ops experience with a clear delivery lean also fits well.