Principal Technical Program Manager, GenAI

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe's all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences We're passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

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

Adobe seeks a Technical Program Manager to help Firefly and Digital Media Experience achieve strategic objectives by creating new experiences with GenAI, revolutionizing how creative professionals work. In this role, you will be pivotal in helping craft the execution strategy and leading all aspects of Technical Program Management. From handling planning activities to driving process improvements, and communicating vertically and horizontally across the company, the team will rely on you to keep everyone informed. This is a highly cross-functional role with partnerships across various other teams. Your work will have a direct impact on the effectiveness and efficiency of Firefly.

What you will do

Work with the cross-functional product, design, and engineering teams in establishing workstreams and operationalizing them for efficiency.

Set schedules and actively manage issues/risks of the programs.

Lead end-to-end program management for large-scale cloud migration initiatives.

Coordinate cross-functional teams including infrastructure, networking, security, DevOps, product, and finance to ensure seamless execution.

Ensure cross-functional alignment across all teams on strategy, plans, and execution.

Communicate program status, risks and mitigation plans to executives.

Look for chances to improve and streamline processes whenever feasible

Manages dependencies across platform services, backend systems, and front-end applications impacted by the cloud migration.

Drive special projects or initiatives on behalf of the leadership team.

Works closely with SRE/infra teams to plan and monitor production deployments, rollback strategies, and environment readiness.

What you need to succeed

10+ years of experience in Technical Program Management or a related field.

BS or MS or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related program.

Proven technical leadership and build alignment amongst subject matter experts.

Deep understanding of cloud platforms including compute, networking, storage, monitoring, and automation.

Experience managing cloud migrations, hybrid environments, or multi-cloud architectures is strongly preferred.

Proven success leading large-scale, complex programs involving cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.

Strong knowledge of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code and service reliability.

Strong influencing and interpersonal skills, including relationship building and collaboration within diverse, cross-functional teams.

Strong technical competence in software/system development methodologies (including Agile)

An intrinsic ability to deal with ambiguity and having a flexible and adaptive approach

Analytical perspective to problem-solving, attention to detail organizational skills, and a focus on continuous improvement

Experience with a Machine Learning, AI, or Consumer company strongly preferred

Experience working with large enterprise customers is preferred

Desire to help take the GenAI to the next level

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 $143,200 -- $269,900 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.

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In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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