Sr Design Program Manager

Job description

Overview

Our Company Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about.

We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences.

We’re passionate about empowering people to create images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity.

We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and the next big idea could be yours.

The Opportunity

Are you interested in impacting design in the world’s leading design company?

We’re seeking a Senior Design Program Manager to partner with the Adobe.com design leadership team to help build the best user experiences on Adobe's marketing sites.

You will join a group of designers and design program managers across the Ecosystem & Collaboration design org that focuses on Adobe’s Marketing Sites and Home surfaces.

What you’ll do

Lead and optimize design operations across Adobe’s Marketing Sites by driving scalable systems, processes, and programs.

You’ll guide team-level workflows and lead cross-functional initiatives that elevate execution and collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

• Standardize core operational frameworks across design workstreams: briefs, project management, resourcing, and tracking
• Partner with fellow program managers to ensure consistency across the Adobe.com design organization
• Develop clear documentation, playbooks, and guidelines for internal teams and external partners
• Collaborate with design leadership to manage workload, streamline processes, and foster a strong team culture
• Communicate effectively across teams and stakeholders, translating ambiguity into actionable plans and proactively surfacing risks and updates to executive partners
• Delegate execution support to contractors, with a focus on systems-building

What you need to succeed

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of applicable experience in a design and technology environment, preferably working on marketing sites
• Demonstrated delivery of large-scale programs and projects
• Passion for user experience and design with an understanding of design process
• Strong systems thinking and analytical skills to establish and configure design programs, tools, and processes
• Ability to present complex processes to stakeholders, roll them out to cross-functional partners, and encourage alignment across functions and departments
• Consistently focuses themselves and the team on the highest-impact activities to foster growth, collaboration, culture, and positive business outcomes
• Strong verbal, presentation, and written communication skills
• Exceptionally organized and diligent; skilled at navigating ambiguity to bring clarity and structure across multiple initiatives
• Strong conflict resolution and negotiation skills, with the ability to lead and build alignment among diverse partners

How to apply

To be considered for this role, please submit your resume.

We’d especially like to see examples of high-stakes, ambiguous projects that you’ve driven from start-to-finish, and any experience working across teams and partners.

About Adobe Design

Adobe Design builds tools that amplify the world’s ability to create and communicate.

We’re a distributed team of designers, researchers, prototypers, content strategists, program managers, and more who work across Adobe's three product lines: Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, and Experience Cloud.

At Adobe, you will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized throughout the world on Best Companies lists.

You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our Check-In approach where ongoing feedback flows freely.

If you’re looking to make an impact, Adobe's the place for you.

Discover what our employees are saying about their career experiences on the Adobe Life blog and explore the meaningful benefits we offer.

Adobe is an equal opportunity employer.

We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or veteran status.

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 -- $228,400 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 addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

State-Specific Notices

California: Fair Chance Ordinances.

Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.

Colorado: Application Window Notice.

If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations.

If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts: Massachusetts Legal Notice.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.

An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.

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