Staff Design Program Manager

The opportunity

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.Youllpartner with leaders in design product and engineering teams that lead our Platform Genuine and Monetization Growth portfolios.

Your primary responsibilities include leading complex multi-disciplinaryprogramsand operationalizing design processes owning management tools building alignment and prioritizing work to ensure timelines and businessobjectivesare met.Youllalso serve as a key partner in planning and measuring& reportingimpact.

Successrequiresstrong relationships and rapport across teams as well as influencing cross-functional teams and leadership effectively. A successful Staff DPM demonstrates deep application/platform and design knowledge in combination with business and project management domainexpertiseto drive successful programs.

Whatyoulldo

• Work as atrusted advisorand thought partner to design leadership in crafting the design strategy vision and operational plan for your teams and CCP&P design

• Partnerwith cross-functional leadership to drive creative alignment and decision makingenablingand elevating a highly effective UX design organization

• Ownand 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.

• Scalestrategic design initiatives making sure to connect the dots across a complex organization and diplomatically navigate challenges

• Simplifylarge and complex problems through iterative operational improvements while prioritizing and delivering solutions in an evolving environment

• Fostera collaborative culture and user-focused design excellence through mentorship coaching and influence. You are an advocate for design-led product development and build bridges across the organization torepresentdesign and uplevel our impact for our users

• Evolvethe Design Process and Design Operations practice by applying AI tooling to our day-to-day workflows like design development dashboards and executive reporting.

What you need to succeed

• Bachelors 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 tolead inan 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 andanability to use coding tools to enhance the benefit and use of these tools.

• Ability to distinguish critical from non-critical issues and setteamsfocus and priorities accordingly.

• Experience organizing cross-functional activities into a complete plan recognizing interdependence andestablishinga 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.

• A love for fun while getting things done! We have a strong culture of collaboration that embraces sharing opinions butalwaysunderscored by kindness.