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Dir, Product Management Business Applications

San Jose, US · On-site

The Opportunity The Creativity & Productivity Business Capability, Design & Delivery team is looking for an experienced Director of Product Management, responsible for delivering business outcomes that matter, building trusted relationships, driving a meticulous product and AI-first perspective into the product management team, and simplifying processes in a matrixed organization. You will be able to articulate and influence at the executive level (VP, Senior Director) to effect meaningful business transformation and GenAI/Agentic AI innovation. You will collaborate with architecture and program management to rapidly conceptualize, prototype, validate, deploy and operate technical solutions. Making thoughtful trade-offs to balance quality, value and schedule are foundational to the success of this role. Your research and analysis will help proactively identify and prioritize features in product and program roadmaps. You will build impactful arguments factoring in revenue, cost and organizational change, and will partner on the best implementation method and schedule while instilling a service and operations attitude. You’ll act as the technical forward-thinking leader to develop and promote scalable processes with an emphasis on business value outcomes and efficiency. We expect you to lead by example, improve and optimize processes, address technical debt head-on and encourage and promote self-service platform features wherever possible.

What you'll Do

Work with the Integrated Customer Experience (ICX) business unit to simplify processes and efficiently deliver business value.
Own the effort to instill product management standards and a focused approach to building an innovative product roadmap bringing to bear strategic enterprise vendor partners such as Microsoft (Dynamics) and Amazon (Connect) as well as Adobe’s own Experience Platform and Experience Management solutions.
Present to VP/Sr. Director level partners every quarter on product roadmap attainment and service management based on data and insight.
Partner with Business Unit, Marketing Ops, Sales Ops, Revenue Ops and Legal Ops to understand end-to-end requirements and distill into a relevant, actionable roadmap
Identify talent development opportunities and drive an agenda of constant learning and improvement.

What you need to succeed

10+ years proven track record in software product management and business development.
Excellent communications skills both written and spoken, and consistent record to influence executive partners.
MBA or Masters degree preferred.
Practical knowledge of B2C and B2B Routes-to-Market, business processes, applications (Marketing, Sales, Quoting, Contracting as well as complex large-scale integrations) and organizational structures that support enterprise, commercial and partner selling motions.
Demonstrable ability to lead and align multiple partners across various levels of the organization and geographies.
Passion for mentoring and growing product managers while fostering a focused product approach in everything we do across distributed North America and India teams.
Intense curiosity and a sincere interest in learning new technologies, platforms, business processes.

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.

Let’s Adobe together At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create. 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 protected characteristic. Learn more. Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email accommodations@adobe.com or call +1 408-536-3015.

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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.

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 protected characteristic. Learn more.

Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email accommodations@adobe.com or call +1 408-536-3015.

At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI — and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.

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 $155,200 -- $304,100 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 $210,000 - $304,100

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.

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