Sr Engineering Manager, AI Enablement

About the role

Join Adobe as a Senior Engineering Manager in San Jose, CA, and lead an ambitious team to deliver world-class engineering solutions! This is an outstanding opportunity to build the future of digital creativity and efficiency. Adobe is renowned for its innovative platforms and tools, and you will play a crucial role in maintaining our flawless standards and driving success.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy and execution of a central AI Platform focused on Agentic AI, MCP, and A2A frameworks
• Partner with Product and Business leaders to translate priorities into scalable AI solutions and measurable outcomes
• Build reusable AI capabilities, orchestration frameworks, and developer platforms to drive adoption across teams
• Establish standards, governance, and guidelines for responsible and scalable AI development
• Hire, mentor, and lead a high-performing AI engineering team with a strong execution culture

Requirements

• 10+ years of engineering experience with strong leadership in building platform teams
• Proven experience in designing and delivering AI/ML or Generative AI platforms at scale
• Deep understanding of Agentic AI systems, including orchestration, tool usage, memory, and multi-agent collaboration (A2A)
• Familiarity with LLMs, RAG architectures, prompt orchestration, and evaluation frameworks
• Familiarity with MCP or similar tool/agent integration frameworks and building reusable AI components
• Strong system design skills across distributed systems, APIs, and scalable platform architectures
• Hands-on experience with cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP) and modern data/AI infrastructure
• Demonstrated ability to partner with Product and Business leaders to shape strategy and deliver outcomes
• Strong execution perspective with a track record of taking ambiguous AI initiatives to production
• Experience building and leading high-performing, fast-moving engineering teams
• Able to operate effectively in a matrix organization and influence without authority
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills to align senior partners on AI strategy and investments
• Passion for staying at the forefront of AI innovation and applying it to real-world business problems

Qualifications

• People & Delivery Leadership: Lead, mentor, and grow high-performing engineering teams, including Engineering Managers, Senior Engineers, and cross-functional contributors. Build a culture of innovation, accountability, inclusivity, and continuous learning, aligned with Adobe’s values. Own execution excellence: Roadmap planning and prioritization, Dependency and risk management, Delivery predictability and operational rigor. Conduct performance management, career development, and long-term leadership succession planning.

Skills

• Strong leadership and management skills
• Experience with AI/ML platforms and tools
• Understanding of AI ethics and responsible AI practices
• Experience with cloud environments and modern data/AI infrastructure
• Effective communication and storytelling skills
• Ability to work in a matrix organization

Benefits

Adobe offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement savings plans, paid time off, and more. Details are available upon request.

Pay

The expected pay range for this position is $160,200 -- $320,000 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.

Schedule

This role is full-time and based in San Jose, CA.