About the RoleAdobe Express ranks among Adobe's most quickly growing creative tools, reaching millions on web and mobile. We seek a lead program manager to serve as the operational foundation for a fast paced, multidisciplinary team. This role suits someone who excels in zero-to-one environments and ensures diverse teams stay aligned, informed, and agile.
This position is central to the roadmap, rituals, and cross-functional relationships that enable the team to ship ambitious work on tight timelines. You will work closely with engineering, product, build, data science, research, and go-to-market partners.
This role is a great fit if you can operationalize at scale-improving how teams build, ship, and iterate on products. You will align initiatives with business outcomes, lead complex cross-functional programs, and integrate automated efficiency into planning, execution, and delivery.
What You'll DoManage End-to-End Delivery
- Drive end-to-end execution of initiatives, translating strategic partnerships and platform opportunities into shipped, high-quality integrations that expand Adobe's reach and impact.
- Build and run scalable program frameworks (roadmaps, release trains, dependency tracking, risk mitigation, and change communication) to support high-velocity, multi-partner delivery.
- Partner closely with product, engineering, research, build, and GTM teams to align execution with longer-term strategy.
- Provide executive-ready visibility and decision support, surfacing risks, tradeoffs, and progress through clear, concise narratives that enable timely leadership decisions.
- Promote a Product-led growth approach committed to iterative launches, experimentation, and learning loops while maintaining cohesion with Express roadmap.
Apply AI Innovation- Promote adopting Gen AI and Agentic AI to boost speed, quality, and scalability.
- Apply AI to real-world challenges and drive cross-functional efficiency through AI-powered workflows, automation, and intelligent decision-making.
- Build a culture of continuous improvement through AI-enabled automation and intelligence.
- Stay current on AI/ML advancements and translate new technologies into actionable solutions.
What You'll Bring- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, technical program management, or technical product management.
- Experience in leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives across diverse teams in the SaaS, subscription, or customer-focused environments preferred.
- Ability to build relationships and influence across a globally distributed organization.
- History of implementing AI to increase operational efficiency between functions and cut down process time.
- Experience integrating AI into products and/or internal tools with measurable impact.
- Proven experience applying artificial intelligence to improve SDLC processes-such as code generation, testing, planning, or analytics.
- Strong analytical and systems-thinking approach with a focus on optimization and automation.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
Why This Role MattersYou won't just deliver programs-you will redefine how tasks are accomplished by embedding AI into the fabric of product development and cross-functional collaboration. Your impact will be measured by how effectively you scale innovation, accelerate execution, and unlock new levels of efficiency through AI. This is a pivotal role in Adobe's AI-first transformation. Come build the future with us!
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 $146,300 -- $277,400 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 California, the pay range for this position is $191,600 - $277,400
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.
