Design Program Manager jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-30, Skillenai has indexed 21 job postings with the title “Design Program Manager” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is program management.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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+How many Design Program Manager jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 21 job postings with the title “Design Program Manager” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30.
+What skills do Design Program Manager jobs require?
Across Design Program Manager postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, the skills mentioned most often are program management, Figma, project management, JIRA, User Experience.
+Which cities are hiring the most Design Program Manager?
As of 2026-09-30, Design Program Manager postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Brooklyn, New York City, St. Petersburg, Austin, Denver.
+Is Design Program Manager a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 21 Design Program Manager postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. The skill mentioned most often in Design Program Manager postings is program management, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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+What roles do people move into and out of Design Program Manager?
The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.
Weekly indexed Design Program Manager postings — last 90 days
Career paths through Design Program Manager
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
9 employer moves kept the same role.
Roles before Design Program Manager
Roles after Design Program Manager
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Design Program Manager (different employer) | 9 |
| Before: Project Manager | 7 |
| Before: Program Manager | 2 |
| Before: UX Program Manager | 2 |
| Before: Graphic Designer | 1 |
| Before: Mechanical Engineer | 1 |
| Before: Creative Producer | 1 |
| After: Design Program Manager (different employer) | 9 |
| After: UX Program Manager | 3 |
| After: Program Manager | 2 |
| After: Talent Program Manager | 1 |
| After: Project Manager | 1 |
| After: Chief Executive Officer | 1 |
Skills most often required for Design Program Manager
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| program management | 16 | 76.2% |
| Figma | 11 | 52.4% |
| project management | 7 | 33.3% |
| JIRA | 7 | 33.3% |
| User Experience | 4 | 19.0% |
| Automations | 4 | 19.0% |
| design systems | 4 | 19.0% |
| Risk Management | 4 | 19.0% |
| stakeholder management | 4 | 19.0% |
| AI-powered tools | 4 | 19.0% |
| Design Thinking | 4 | 19.0% |
| agentic workflows | 4 | 19.0% |
| budgeting | 4 | 19.0% |
| Design operations | 4 | 19.0% |
| Roadmap planning | 3 | 14.3% |
Top companies posting Design Program Manager jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Stripe | 4 |
| Jabil | 3 |
| Etsy | 3 |
| Lyft | 2 |
| Adobe | 2 |
| City of New York | 1 |
| Everlaw | 1 |
| NBCUniversal | 1 |
| DoorDash | 1 |
| Netflix | 1 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring Design Program Manager
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn | 3 | 14.3% |
| New York City | 2 | 9.5% |
| St. Petersburg | 2 | 9.5% |
| Austin | 1 | 4.8% |
| Denver | 1 | 4.8% |
| Long Island City | 1 | 4.8% |
| Oakland | 1 | 4.8% |
| San Francisco | 1 | 4.8% |
| Seattle | 1 | 4.8% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, matching postings whose canonical role is “Design Program Manager”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
- role
- Design Program Manager
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-30
- window_days
- 90
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