COMPLETE Senior Engineering Program Management - San Francisco

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We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!

 

Senior Engineering Program Manager

Qualifications

Be a very organized person with outstanding attention to detail; understand the what, why, when, how and why needed to drive outstanding solutions

Aim to understand and learn the business, technology, product, and processes without being asked

Have extensive program management experience with large-scale initiatives

Have a background in PMO-best practices and Agile methodologies

Be able to effectively frame the presentation of information based on the audience, which would range from C-level executives to Individual Contributors

Display experience leading broad programs across organizations in a matrixed, globally diverse workforce

Display skill in leading design and technical trade-off conversations to closure

Leverage experience with applications such as Jira, or other backlog management tools and project management tools

Be curious!

Bachelor's degree / 12+ years of shown experience in handling 15+ global cross functional teams

Responsibilities

Lead the Outcome - always focus on the customer impact and be able to articulate it in business and technical conversations

Take personal responsibility for the success and health of the programs under your care

Build and coordinate all aspects of a program, including detailed project plans, resource allocations, risks / issues remediation, status reporting, and serve as the primary go-to person for project details

Maintain a deep, technical end-to-end understanding of the solution being built, its upstream / downstream dependencies and impacts, and the resulting customer journey experienced by our users

Propose solutions, and engage on platform / roadmap changes

Champion long lasting architecture along w / documentation

Shield team members by answering both technical and business-related questions on behalf of the team

Lead multiple concurrent projects and programs varying in size / scope / complexity, spanning across several different teams and organizations

Be sought after by leadership for the real story and craft communications that can be consumed at different levels of the organization from executive-level presentations to materials consumed by engineering / program teams

Proactively identify risks in all assigned areas; work with teams and management to mitigate these risks before they become issues

Develop your own well-informed point of view, and influence people at all levels : from front-line team members to VPs, SVPs, and C-level executives, communicating continuously with partners throughout the organization

Understand, surface, and articulate technical challenges

Navigate the team to the option that delivers the best customer experience

Set the table" to ensure success, and ensure all team members clearly understand the goals, expectations, and success criteria

Continually pursue delivery excellence by increasing team velocity, efficiency and throughput

Understand cloud-based software development, web services, APIs, and cloud computing

Benefits

The U.S. pay range for this position is $138,600- $252,100 annually

Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience

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

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 $118,500 -- $212,700 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.

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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