COMPLETE Engineering Program Manager - San Jose

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Adobe Research is a forward-looking technology research and development organization. We are a team of elite research scientists and engineers who explore, develop, and deliver breakthrough technology innovations for Adobe’s products. Many Adobe product-defining features and technologies are developed in Adobe Research!

The Sr. Engineering Program Manager will lead the transformation of Adobe Research from a technology-centric organization to a customer-centric one, passionate about the exploration, invention, and deployment of the most impactful, innovative technologies for Adobe’s products. The role will focus on implementing a customer-centric innovation approach and driving execution to deliver top-priority innovation outcomes in partnership with Research and product teams. The role is central in establishing a customer-centric approach in an organization where balancing end-user needs and the needs for long-term research are critical to the health of Adobe innovation. This is an impactful role that will ensure the delivery of key outcomes, such as high-value technologies for end users and high product team satisfaction with the Research partnership

 

What You Will Do

• Evangelize the vision for customer-centricity within a research organization, using insights and feedback from product teams and Research members.
• Drive the establishment and implementation of the co-innovation engagement model, in collaboration with product and Research teams, and Research operations and communications managers.
• Lead all aspects of, coordinate, and facilitate Research’s engagements with product teams.
• Implement and run a cadence of product team/Research engagement reviews of product strategy and innovation priorities, desired outcomes and measures of success, engagement status, and risk management.
• Establish and run feedback and metrics systems to figure out the value of Research technologies to product end users, and to assess the product team satisfaction with the Research partnership.
• Successfully balance the tradeoffs between Research goals and Product team goals to deliver jointly agreed to outcomes.

What You Will Need to Succeed

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field is preferred.
• Significant prior experience in customer-facing roles, project / program management and working in a technology or research organization.
• Experience in defining, implementing, launching, and optimally leading high-visibility initiatives in a constantly evolving environment.
• Passion for problem solving and ability to think through problems creatively and systematically, to prioritize them, and to identify and evaluate alternative solutions.
• Ability to influence executives, senior leaders, and decision makers, and to gain alignment without direct authority.
• Outstanding interpersonal, verbal, and written communication and presentation skills.
• High degree of curiosity, flexibility, perseverance, teamwork, and self-motivation.

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 $138,600 -- $252,100 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.

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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