Principal Product Operations Program Manager

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!

Join Adobe as a Principal Product Operations Program Manager and play a pivotal role in crafting the future of our innovative products in San Jose, CA. This is your chance to be part of an exceptionally dedicated team and work on world-class projects that drive our company's success!

What You’ll Do

• Take charge of the operational flow for GenStudio for Performance Marketing: Ensure alignment across roadmaps, dependencies, quarterly planning, and execution achievements.
• Ensure Jira remains the definitive source of information: Establish tagging guidelines, status norms, achievement monitoring, and reporting dashboards for efficient operations.
• Lead SLC governance: Coordinate achievement reviews, approvals, legal compliance, and quality checkpoints to ensure flawless execution.
• Track and implement objectives and key results: Ensure alignment between quarterly goals, roadmap priorities, and execution achievements across the product organization.
• Coordinate across teams: Work with Product, Engineering, Design, and GTM teams to ensure clear scope, timelines, and execution plans.
• Facilitate executive-level reviews: Communicate progress, surface risks, and align on tradeoffs with senior leadership.
• Orchestrate structured beta programs: Synthesize insights from strategic customers into roadmap decisions.
• Define and manage program structures: Set goals, deliverables, and accountability for cross-cutting initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement: Identify and remove operational friction to improve cross-functional collaboration.
• Support business operations: Coordinate QBRs, planning cadences, collaborator interlocks, and reporting.
• Produce high-quality artifacts: Build documentation that enables alignment and decision-making.
• Advocate for standard methodologies: Encourage excellence throughout the product tool stack.
• Foster a culture of collaboration: Ensure visibility, transparency, and teamwork across all involved teams.

What’s Needed for Success

• 5+ years of experience: Proven expertise in product operations, technical program management, or equivalent product delivery roles.
• In-depth knowledge of product development: Understanding of systems needed for SaaS, enterprise, or product launches.
• Leadership through influence: Ability to navigate ambiguity and lead in fast-paced environments.
• Experience in key workflows: Managing legal compliance, release readiness, and beta execution.
• Framework design skills: Track record of crafting scalable frameworks across teams and initiatives.
• Strategic approach with executional follow-through: Transform complex problems into structured plans.
• Outstanding communication: Talent for simplifying complexity for diverse collaborators.
• System crafting proficiency: Skilled at crafting repeatable systems for progress tracking, alignment, and collaborator visibility.
• Independent operation: Comfortable owning outcomes end-to-end.
• Agile and SAFe expertise: Experience with sprint-based delivery models.
• Tool proficiency: Strong working knowledge of Jira, Confluence, and collaborative tools (Slack, Miro, etc.).

Be part of an ambitious team that values collaboration and excellence. Your role will be crucial in ensuring our products are delivered with the highest quality and efficiency.

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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California:

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Colorado:

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Massachusetts:

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It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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