Staff Design Program Manager

About the role

We are looking for a Staff Design Program Manager to join our team and provide immediate impact to the Cross-Cloud Products & Platform design team within the broader Adobe Design org. You’ll partner with leaders in design, product, and engineering teams that lead our Platform, Genuine, and Monetization Growth portfolios.

Responsibilities

• Work as a trusted advisor and thought partner to design leadership in crafting the design strategy, vision and operational plan for your teams and CCP&P design
• Partner with cross-functional leadership to drive creative alignment and decision making, enabling and elevating a highly effective UX design organization
• Own and drive communications and operations for a large design team to keep the team informed and motivated
• Confidently convey program plans and design strategies using strong written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Share standards to improve program execution and foster alignment across the design organization
• Simplify large and complex problems through iterative operational improvements, while prioritizing and delivering solutions in an evolving environment
• Foster a collaborative culture and user-focused design excellence through mentorship, coaching, and influence
• Evolve the Design Process and Design Operations practice by applying AI tooling to our day-to-day workflows like design development, dashboards, and executive reporting

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of applicable experience in a design and technology environment
• Demonstrated delivery of large-scale programs and projects
• Strong verbal, presentation, and written communication skills
• Strong conflict resolution skills and the ability to lead in an environment of ambiguity with a diverse range of partners
• Experience with a large internal design team, including product design, user research, content design, design operations, and the overall product design process
• Ability to help plan design resourcing needs and map out quarterly priorities in partnership with design leadership
• Deep experience working with tools like Jira and an ability to use coding tools to enhance the benefit and use of these tools
• Ability to distinguish critical from non-critical issues and set teams focus and priorities accordingly
• Experience organizing cross-functional activities into a complete plan, recognizing interdependence, and establishing a framework for the team to build out the plan and mentoring the execution of that plan
• Comfort with ambiguity and decision-making with incomplete information

Qualifications

• A love for fun while getting things done!

Skills

• Strong relationships and rapport across teams
• Influencing cross-functional teams and leadership effectively
• Deep application/platform and design knowledge in combination with business and project management domain expertise

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

$146,300 -- $277,400 annually

Schedule

Not specified