The Opportunity
Adobe's Firefly Scientific Evaluation Team is building the capability to systematically understand, track, and leverage the rapidly evolving third-party generative AI landscape. We are looking for a Principal Product Manager who will serve as Adobe's foremost authority on 3P GenAI models across creative asset types and workflows. This is a rare, high-impact role at the intersection of competitive intelligence, partner engagement, and strategic consultation. You will be the single PM who is out in the field - meeting with AI model providers directly, running rigorous evaluations, and translating insights into actionable strategy for Firefly product teams and Adobe's broader creative organization.
What you will do:
3P GenAI Landscape Ownership
• Maintain a comprehensive, always-current view of the third-party generative AI landscape across image, video, audio, vector, 3D, and document modalities.
• Develop and continuously refine a structured evaluation framework that maps model capabilities to specific user needs and creative workflow stages.
• Track model releases, capability changes, pricing shifts, and licensing terms across all major and emerging 3P providers.
Field Engagement & Partner Intelligence
• Build and maintain direct relationships with 3P AI model providers, attending briefings, early- access programs, and industry events.
• Conduct primary research through hands-on model testing, structured benchmarking, and qualitative user research to validate provider claims.
• Represent Adobe as a sophisticated, credible evaluator in conversations with external AI labs and emerging startups.
Proactive Insights Publishing
• Author and distribute high-quality intelligence reports - including landscape overviews, model spotlights, and head-to-head comparisons - consumed by senior leadership and product teams.
• Operate a regular cadence of insights delivery (e.g., monthly landscape digest, quarterly deep- dives) that keeps Adobe ahead of market shifts.
• Build internal tools or systems to prioritize and surface model intelligence efficiently across the organization.
Strategic Product Consultation
• Serve as an embedded advisor to Firefly and Creative Cloud product teams evaluating 3P model integration opportunities.
• Provide concrete, data-backed recommendations on which models are best suited for specific user jobs-to-be-done.
What you need:
• 8+ years of product management experience, with at least 3 years at the Principal or equivalent senior-IC level.
• Deep, hands-on familiarity with the generative AI ecosystem - you can speak fluently about model architectures, capabilities, and tradeoffs without relying on vendor talking points.
• Demonstrated experience conducting rigorous comparative model evaluations or competitive analysis, ideally across multiple creative modalities.
• Proven track record of producing high-quality written intelligence or research artifacts consumed by executive and cross-functional audiences.
• Strong external relationship-building skills; comfortable representing Adobe in direct partner and vendor conversations.
• Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, design, legal, and business development partners.
Preferred Experience
• Prior experience in an AI research, applied science, or technical PM role within a creative software or media technology company.
• Familiarity with creative professional workflows across design, photography, video, illustration, or similar subject areas.
• Experience with structured data analysis or lightweight tooling (e.g., Python, SQL, no-code platforms) to support intelligence synthesis.
• Background in competitive intelligence, market research, or technology analyst roles.
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 $148,100 -- $282,100 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 $194,800 - $282,100In New York, the pay range for this position is $194,800 - $282,100
At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).
In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.
