Principal Program Manager, Adobe Express

About the Role

Adobe 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 Do

Manage 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 Matters

You 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!

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.

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AI Use Guidelines for Interviews:
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.

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 $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.

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California:

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Colorado:

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Massachusetts:

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