Staff Design Program Manager

Noida - India

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobes all about. We give everyonefrom emerging artists to global brandseverything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! Were passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images videos and apps and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

Were 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!

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobes all about. We give everyonefrom emerging artists to global brandseverything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences. We are passionate about empowering people to craft beautiful and powerful images videos and apps and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

We are on a mission to hire the absolute best and are committed to building exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that innovative ideas can come from everywhere in the organization and we know the next big idea could be yours.

The opportunity

We are looking for a Staff Design Program Manager to join our team and provide immediate impact to the Document Cloud design team within the broader Adobe Design this role your primary responsibilities include leading complex multi-disciplinary programs and operationalizing design processes including owning management tools building alignment and prioritizing work to ensure timelines and business objectives are met. Success in this role requires the ability to establish relationships and build rapport across teams as well as to negotiate and influence cross-functional teams and leadership effectively. A successful Staff Design Program Manager demonstrates deep application/platform and design knowledge in combination with business and project management domain expertise to drive successful programs.

What youll do

Lead: Foster cross-functional partnerships with product managers engineering leads and design leadership to ensure alignment and effective collaboration. Advocate for design excellence streamline priorities and drive consensus across teams.
Strategize: Break down complex initiatives into manageable phases and align team members on priorities. Translate high-level goals into actionable structured plans that advance initiatives in a dynamic environment.
Communicate Thoughtfully: 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.
Drive Operational Excellence: Launch and manage initiatives to improve design operations including creative workflows schedules and task assignments. Implement operational changes to optimize efficiency for designers.
Build Relationships: Cultivate strong connections with design managers designers program managers researchers and cross-functional partners to promote collaboration.
Collaborate on Project Decisions: Partner with design leadership on key project decisions including requirements gathering scheduling resource allocation and approvals.
Integrate Products and Manage Risks: Support partners in integrating Adobe products more closely. Manage program risks communicate progress and dependencies and provide updates to executives and business partners.
Adapt and Evolve Tactics: Understand and address the needs of partner organizations (PM PMM Engineering PgM and Engineering) and adjust design operational tactics as needed to ensure positive collaborative relationships.
Maintain Shared Resources: Contribute to shared design resources and manage team documentation including team sites status updates and centralized resources.
Monitor Team Morale: Keep a pulse on team morale raise risks to leadership and find opportunities for improvement.

What you need to succeed

Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.

15 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 and negotiation skills with the ability to lead in an environment of ambiguity with a diverse range of partners.

Experience working 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.

Ability to establish relationships build rapport and influence cross-functional teams and leadership.

A passion to have an influential role with the product team as a driver for design process and product strategy communicating design ideas persuasively and concisely to all functions of the organization including executives.

Ability to distinguish critical from non-critical issues and set teams focus and priorities accordingly.

The ability to break down issues to key fundamentals and drive the team toward action.

Ability to partner with design leadership to brainstorm ideas for team collaboration and relationship building events.

An ability to organize cross-functional activities into a complete plan recognizing interdependence and establishing a framework for the team to build out the plan and mentoring the execution of that plan.

Ability to coach others and champion member value.

Ability to handle ambiguity set goals and effectively deliver to them if project plans shift and need to adapt.

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

How to apply

To be considered for this role please submit your resume and a cover letter.

About Adobe Design

Adobe Design creates tools that amplify the worlds ability to create and communicate. Were a distributed team of designers researchers prototypers content strategists program managers and more who work across Adobes three product lines: Creative Cloud Document Cloud and Experience Cloud.

At Adobe you will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized throughout the world on Best Companies lists. You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our unique Check-In approach where ongoing feedback flows freely.

If you are looking to make an impact Adobes the place for you. Discover what our employees are saying about their career experiences on the Adobe Life blog and explore the meaningful benefits we offer.

Adobe is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of gender race or color ethnicity or national origin age disability religion sexual orientation gender identity or expression or veteran status.

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Our CompanyChanging the world through digital experiences is what Adobes all about. We give everyonefrom emerging artists to global brandseverything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! Were passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images videos...