Principal Engineering Program Manager

Principal Engineering Program Manager

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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!

We're seeking a Principal Engineering Program Manager to lead and scale complex, high-impact programs for Firefly Enterprise, one of Adobe's fastest-growing businesses. Ideal for a strategic professional skilled in blending technology and business, valuing teamwork.

As a key driver of cross-functional execution, you will lead mission-critical programs in close partnership with product, design, engineering, and business stakeholders. You'll be accountable for aligning priorities to outcomes, managing resources and trade-offs, and ensuring transparency throughout. With a strong bias for action, you'll identify barriers early and propose innovative solutions that unlock velocity and clarity across teams.

You'll need to bring clear communication, sound judgment, and technical fluency to the table—confidently presenting insights to leadership and engaging engineers on technical decisions and trade-offs. If you're motivated by solving real customer problems, building trusted partnerships, and creating scalable systems that enable product excellence, this is the role for you. We're looking for someone with curiosity, grit, and a growth mindset—join us and help shape the future of generative AI at Adobe.

Collaborative Partnerships: Build strong, effective working relationships with product, design, engineering, operations, and business teams to align priorities and drive outcomes together.

Execution: Set clear expectations, ensure visibility, and lead trade-off discussions to deliver high-quality execution across complex programs.

Program Delivery: Own the planning and delivery of technical programs by defining scope, aligning stakeholders, and mobilizing cross-functional teams.

Organizational Improvements: Identify and implement process and tooling improvements that remove friction, improve execution speed, and support team efficiency at scale.

What you need:

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering or technical product/program management.
• Experience running large-scale org-wide initiatives requiring teamwork across a broad set of partners and participants.
• Proven knowledge of portfolio, resource, and process management.
• Experience managing a portfolio in an "always on" cloud/services-based organization; driving resiliency and optimizations to ensure a positive customer experience every time.
• Adept at working well across organizations and building relationships with a globally diverse workforce.
• This role is pivotal in driving Adobe's success, ensuring seamless delivery and strategic alignment across all projects and programs.

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.

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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