Senior Program Manager

Adobe Adobe · Enterprise · San Jose, CA

Senior Program Manager to execute large-scale programs in Adobe Unified Platform, focusing on Commerce systems to optimize customer experiences. The role requires building and coordinating all aspects of a program, managing dependencies, influencing cross-functional teams, and identifying/mitigating risks. It emphasizes an AI-first approach to problem-solving and leveraging AI where necessary for delivery excellence.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build and coordinate all aspects of a program, including: detailed project plans, resource allocations, risks/issues remediation, status reporting, budget management, and is primary “go to” person for project details.
  2. Maintain end-to-end understanding of the solution being built, its upstream and downstream dependencies and impacts, and proliferate the awareness and critical changes needed to support the initiative.
  3. Be seen as a subject matter leader, and can partner/influence: Product Management, , Design, Engineering, Architecture, QA. We seek a candidate who has a firm knowledge of business goals, and find creative solutions for engineering problems yielding the fastest time to market.
  4. Coordinate multiple concurrent programs, varying in size/scope/complexity, spanning across several different teams and organizations.
  5. Build material(s) that can be consumed at various levels of the organization – from executive-level presentations, to finite-level materials to be consumed by project/program teams.

Skills

Required

  • Program management experience on large scale initiatives
  • Knowledgeable of cloud-based software development
  • Experience with Jira or other workload management tools
  • Knowledgeable of Scrum methodology
  • Bachelor's degree / 8+ years experience in program management

Nice to have

  • PMO-best practices
  • experience in ecommerce, software licensing, payments and/or administration
  • working with global team
  • technically curious
  • presenting to everyone from VP to the Individual Contributor
  • leading large-scale programs across organizations in a matrixed, globally-diverse workforce

What the JD emphasized

  • AI-first in problem solving
  • leveraging AI where necessary