Director, Engineering Operations (Chief of Staff to VP of Engineering, Adobe Express)

Adobe

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San Jose, US Posted 43 days ago $225,700–$326,800 / year
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At a glance

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TL;DR

The Director of Engineering Operations for Adobe Express is a high-impact role that drives alignment and execution across senior engineering leaders, ensuring critical initiatives such as platform migrations and AI systems are prioritized and completed efficiently. This position requires identifying misalignments, forcing decisions, and maintaining clear visibility into initiative health through structured leadership cadence and cross-functional collaboration. Ideal candidates have 8–12+ years of experience in strategy and operations roles within complex engineering environments, with a strong technical background that enables them to challenge and drive decisions effectively without formal authority. Familiarity with modern engineering systems like distributed architectures and AI workflows is preferred, as well as the ability to influence senior leaders and synthesize complex inputs into actionable insights.

Skills

Python JavaScript Docker Kubernetes AWS CI/CD PostgreSQL Terraform Prometheus Grafana AI ML DevOps Scrum Agile

What you'll do

  • Drive progress on critical cross-cutting Engineering initiatives and ensure clear priorities.
  • Force closure of leadership discussions to result in decisions with timelines.
  • Own Engineering leadership cadence, cutting noise and driving structured outcomes.
  • Align priorities across Engineering, Product, Design, Data, and partner teams.
  • Provide real-time visibility into initiative health, risks, and tradeoffs.
  • Conduct targeted deep dives to understand off-track issues and drive resolution.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years experience in Strategy & Operations or similar roles.
  • Strong background in consulting, business operations, or large-scale program delivery.
  • Extensive experience working with Engineering organizations in complex environments.
  • Technical fluency to understand and challenge engineering decisions effectively.
  • Proven ability to influence senior leaders and drive outcomes without authority.
  • Exceptional communication skills for clarity and directness in high-stakes situations.
  • High judgment and intolerance for drift or lack of accountability.

Market check

Salary context

This $225,700–$326,800 range sits above 89% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$143,000–$260,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$165,000–$221,425

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Adobe

Adobe Inc. is a global software company known for creative and multimedia software products including Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and its cloud-based Creative Cloud and Document Cloud suites. Industry: Creative & Digital Experience Software

Adobe currently has 290 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $183,300–$265,350 across 290 roles with salary data.

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