Sr Design Manager

The opportunity

Adobe Design is looking for a Sr Design Manager to join our Document Cloud team and work with a multidisciplinary team to drive user acquisition, engagement & monetization for Acrobat. Within Document Cloud, we are working on projects that help people consume, comprehend, create, and collaborate on documents in new ways.

As an experienced leader with a proven track recored of successfully managing design teams, you’ll play an integral part in crafting the next generation of productivity tools at Adobe!

You possess a strong business sense, display competence in driving quality experiences through your design leadership, and have a skilful approach to prioritization. You should have a strong design background and a proven track record to deliver compelling user experiences, work optimally in a cross-organization, geographically distributed environment, and exercise leadership to make an impact.

In this role, you will:

• Collaborate and partner: Identify and prioritize opportunities in partnership with Product Management, Engineering, Data Science, and Research leaders. Build alignment and clarity between design and partner teams.
• Combine design vision and execution to achieve results. Apply critical thinking in line with organizational strategy to optimize the funnel while also elevating the quality of end-to-end journeys.
• Mentor and develop: Offer guidance and support to your team members, help them overcome complex challenges, encourage learning and growth opportunities, and assist them in setting achievable career goals.
• Be Customer Driven: Partner deeply with Research and Data to ensure that design decisions are driven by user research and insights, and a rich understanding of behavior.
• Learn and influence: Stay updated on industry and product technologies and trends. Be curious and explore methods, tools, and processes that improve and optimize how we approach PLG.
• Advocate and educate: Connect with cross functional Adobe teams to strengthen the narrative and encourage learning about PLG as a business function and organization. Participate in and encourage thought leadership at Adobe wide and industry wide events.
• Communicate Effectively: Build on how PLG shares its insights with partner teams to increase impact and integration into core product experiences. Clearly communicate design strategy and concepts to senior leadership and partners while advocating for how design decisions contribute to business success.

What you need to succeed

• 10+ years in the product design industry with experience in launching products that delight, innovate, and scale by turning complex problems into simple engaging customer experiences.
• 5+ years of people management and leadership experience with a track record of success in hiring, training, and developing designers ranging from junior talent to highly experienced individual contributors.
• Experience helping your team conduct research, present results, and develop plans to align design decisions with user insights and business objectives.
• Experience working in large global teams with many moving parts.
• Willingness to learn about sophisticated subject matter and champion the needs of non-relatable users.
• Champion customer-centricity, accessibility and inclusion, and good design choices across functions.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.

How to apply

To be considered for this role, please submit your resume and portfolio demonstrating relevant work examples. If your portfolio is password protected, please include the password in your resume.