Senior Engineering Program Manager
Adobe · San Jose, United States · 6d ago
About the Role
The Document Cloud organization is looking for an experienced Senior Program Manager to own the end-to-end delivery of the Scan app. The role requires an individual with excellent project management abilities and an outstanding track record of delivering results. You'll operate at the intersection of product strategy, integration of AI technologies, and driving initiatives across diverse teams.
What You’ll Do
Drive strategic and tactical decisions which ensures the successful delivery of projects.
Closely partner across product, marketing, business, engineering and other partner teams to handle dependencies, define schedules, plans, and drive alignment.
Be a change agent: Identifying and implementing ways to improve processes and remove bottlenecks to systemically improve how we deliver value to our customers.
Effectively handle change and risk, collaborate with colleagues to ensure the right decisions are made at the right time, appropriate communication occurs, and plans are thoughtfully adjusted to reflect vital fluctuations in goals and requirements.
Manage and drive sophisticated decision-making and problem solving in a decisive, confident and timely manner.
Evaluate existing processes and procedures. Make recommendations and drive process improvement and adoption methodologies (processes, tools, etc.) to improve team efficiency and effectiveness.
Own Outcome Metrics - Define success metrics and instrumentation pre-launch; monitor post-launch performance against engagement, quality, and business-impact targets, and course-correct based on data.
What We're Looking For
6+ years’ experience as a Program Manager in SaaS and/or related industry. A combined history of product management, Dev or quality engineering work with customer support experience.
BS/BA or equivalent relevant years experience
Bias toward direct, risk-calibrated judgment over neutral status reporting — you flag what's actually at risk, not just what's on track
Demonstrable record to lead multi-functional teams through influence versus direct management.
Experience with development methodologies and tactics for roadmap, backlog and development management are required.
Customer focus and ability to demonstrate intuition, customer feedback and data to rapidly test and validate products and features.
Ambitious and not afraid to tackle unknowns, demonstrates a strong bias to action
Strong executive presentation skills; comfortable distilling technical complexity into clear risk and status narratives for leadership
- Good interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
About Adobe
Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.
Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.
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Expected Pay Range:
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $124,300 -- $234,600 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

In California, the pay range for this position is $162,000 - $234,600
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In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.
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