Sr. Design Program Manager, Earner & Safety

Sr. Design Program Manager, Earner & Safety Department: Design Team: Product Design Location: San Francisco, United States Type: Full-Time **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