Principal Engineering Program Manager at Adobe

San Jose, California, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, Software, Digital MarketingIndustries

Requirements

  • Relentless in the pursuit of excellence
  • Ability to engage directly with internal partners and customers to drive-up their value/utilization
  • Ability to lead teams in a matrixed, multi-geo engineering team
  • Outstanding attention to detail; understands the what, why, when, how and who to drive better solutions
  • Self-starter with 10+ years of progressive project/program management experience on large scale, product development/product engineering work
  • Experience in an always-on, services-based infrastructure/architecture, ensuring seamless customer experiences; scaled to address future demands
  • Must know their audience; be comfortable presenting to everyone from C-level to the Individual Contributor assigned to the project/program; influence parties and lead data-driven conversations
  • Experience with applications such as Workfront, Jira, or other workload (Backlog) management tools
  • Bachelor Degree or equivalent experience managing large SaaS-based programs

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Product Management, Design teams, Architecture, Engineering and business enablement groups planning and delivering our product roadmap
  • Maintain a deep, technical end-to-end understanding of the solution being built, its upstream and downstream dependencies and impacts, and proliferate the awareness and necessary changes needed to support the initiative
  • Develop and track all aspects of a program, including: detailed plans, risks/issues and remediations, status reporting, exec updates, roadmap updates, and serve as the “go to” person for details & state of things
  • Represent the state, status, roadmap, risks/issues, and opportunities of in-flight and planned work
  • Proactively identify risks in all assigned areas; work with teams and management to mitigate these risks before they become issues
  • Develop material(s) that can be shared/consumed at various levels of the organization – from executive-level presentations, to finite-level materials to be consumed by project/program teams
  • Engage and influence people at all levels: from front-line team members to VPs, communicating continuously to partners throughout the organization
  • Navigate across competing priorities, tight timelines to get your programs across the finish line

Skills

Program Management
Technical Program Management
Roadmap Planning
Risk Management
Status Reporting
Executive Communication
Cross-functional Collaboration
Product Management
Engineering Coordination
Architecture
Dependency Management

Adobe

Software solutions for content creation and marketing

About Adobe

Adobe provides a range of software solutions focused on digital experiences, catering to creative professionals, businesses, and educational institutions. Its main offerings include Adobe Creative Cloud, which contains tools for photography, graphic design, video editing, illustration, UI/UX design, 3D and augmented reality, and social media content creation. Adobe also offers marketing solutions through Adobe Experience Cloud and document management services via Adobe Document Cloud. The company operates on a subscription-based model, allowing users to access its software through monthly or annual plans, with special pricing available for students, teachers, and businesses. Adobe differentiates itself from competitors by providing a comprehensive suite of tools that cover various aspects of content creation and marketing, all integrated into one platform. The goal of Adobe is to empower users to create, manage, and optimize their digital content effectively.

San Jose, CaliforniaHeadquarters
1994Year Founded
$668.9MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Consumer Software, Enterprise Software, DesignIndustries
10,001+Employees

Benefits

Company Equity
401(k) Company Match

Risks

Emerging AI-driven design tools offer similar functionalities at lower costs.
Open-source alternatives may attract users away from Adobe's subscription model.
Data privacy concerns could affect trust in Adobe's cloud services.

Differentiation

Adobe offers a comprehensive suite for content creation, marketing, and document management.
Adobe's subscription model includes special pricing for students, teachers, and businesses.
Adobe integrates advanced analytics with Experience Cloud for data-driven marketing.

Upsides

Generative AI tools enhance Adobe's content creation and editing efficiency.
Remote work boosts demand for Adobe's cloud-based document management solutions.
AR's popularity in marketing benefits Adobe's 3D and AR tools.

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