The opportunity

Adobe Design, our 750+ person global experience design group, is looking for a Senior Design Manager to to lead design efforts for the products that help enterprises deliver seamless customer experiences at scale.

We work at the interesting intersection of content, users, and technology — building market-leading products that help our customers gain a competitive edge, scale their business, and unlock significant value and impact.

What you'll do

As a Senior Design Manager, you will partner with and lead an ensemble of talented designers to design and craft experiences for Enterprise products cutting across multiple domains that together forma powerful ecosystem 

We’re looking for a natural leader who can inspire, organize, and nurture a team. We are customer-obsessed and strive to create inviting, simple, and accessible experiences for the modern, connected world.

The ideal candidate should have a strong design background and experience leading a design team.

What you need to succeed

• Partner with Product, Research, Engineering to define the key objectives and identify the most impactful features to build.

• Foster an environment of creativity, ingenuity, and forward-thinking to build valuable solutions for users.

• Lead and strengthen a team of designers to craft innovative and compelling experiences.

• Build a collaborative environment that encourages deep partnership with cross-functional teams and set a high bar for design craft.

• Champion a culture of research and validation to inform design direction.

• Represent the team as you influence design and cross-functional leaders.

• 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 complex 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.

About Adobe Design

Adobe Design is the multidisciplinary, global organization behind Adobe experiences. Our full-stack team includes design researchers, design engineers, experience designers, brand designers, content strategists, and program managers dedicated to delivering exceptional experiences for Adobe users.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours. 

Let’s Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

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