JOB LEVEL
P50
EMPLOYEE ROLE
Individual Contributor
Principal Engineering Program Manager
Join Our Photoshop Program Management Team
We invite you to join us at Adobe, where we turn strategy into reality. As a Principal Engineering Program Manager, you will lead exciting projects for our mobile drawing app. Together, we will make an impact to the creative tools used by creative professionals and enthusiasts worldwide!
What you will do:
Drive Cross-Team Collaboration: Leverage your technical knowledge to lead cross-functional projects. Proactively anticipate and mitigate issues, ensuring smooth project progress and preventing potential crises.
Be a Strategic Partner: Work closely with management to address complex challenges, ensuring projects align with Adobe’s overarching strategic goals through effective planning and communication.
Achieve Desired Results: Successfully deliver projects within constraints of scope, quality, time, and budget, balancing trade-offs and getting alignment.
Roadmap and Risk Management: Lead the product roadmap, track dependencies and project schedules, oversee risk management and implement contingency plans, while maintaining clear communication with customers and team members.
Standardize Processes: Enhance and refine processes to improve operational efficiency and consistently deliver outstanding outcomes.
What you will need to succeed:
Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years equivalent experience in leading large-scale projects, demonstrating strategic insight and operational expertise.
Exceptional Communication: Your strong communication skills enable you to engage with diverse audiences and adapt messages to different contexts.
User-Centric Focus: You prioritize user feedback and actionable insights, driving innovations that improve user satisfaction.
Inclusive Leadership: You excel in diverse settings and are adept at encouraging collaboration and ensuring participation among all team members.
Technical Depth: You have solved complex technical problems across various domains, applying an in-depth understanding and evaluation of factors, including technical requirements, to formulate creative solutions.
Continual Learning: Your natural curiosity motivates you to seek out new solutions and continually advance your skills.
Agility Proficiency: You have an understanding of Agile, Lean, and Scrum methodologies, and have applied these practices to achieve desired outcomes.
Tools Proficiency: You have experience with project management tools like Jira, and familiarity with Objective Key Results frameworks is a plus.
Relevant Background: Experience in mobile product development and a passion for imaging or photography will be useful.
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 positionis $146,300 -- $277,400 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand 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.
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.
Internal Opportunities
Creativity, curiosity, and constant learning are celebrated aspects of your career growth journey. We’re glad that you’re pursuing a new opportunity at Adobe!
Put your best foot forward:
1. Update your Resume/CV and Workday profile - don’t forget to include your uniquely ‘Adobe’ experiences and volunteer work.
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Once you apply for a role via Workday, the Talent Team will reach out to you within 2 weeks. If you move into the official interview process with the hiring team, make sure you inform your manager so they can champion your career growth.
At Adobe, you will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized around the world. You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our unique 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.
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Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.
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