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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
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As a Director of Product Management, Creative Pro, you will join the Adobe Lightroom team to define the future of professional photography workflows. This senior individual-contributor role focuses on the Creative Pro offering across desktop, mobile, and web platforms. You will translate complex professional requirements into product roadmaps, ensuring that features like ingest, culling, retouching, and batch editing meet high standards for speed, quality, and creative control. You will collaborate with engineering, design, and research teams to integrate AI, automation, and machine learning into the ecosystem while maintaining user trust. The role requires deep expertise in professional photography workflows and a strong grasp of technical capabilities like generative AI and agentic experiences. You will serve as a primary advocate for professional photographers, ensuring the product solves real-world problems in high-volume production environments across various creative genres.
Define the product strategy and roadmap for professional photography workflows across desktop, mobile, and web platforms.
Translate complex photographer needs into clear product requirements, priorities, and success measures.
Act as a trusted advocate for professional photographers to ensure products meet high standards of speed, quality, and trust.
Build relationships with photographers, educators, and industry experts to keep features grounded in real-world usage.
Partner with engineering and design teams to integrate AI, automation, and new technologies into the product suite.
Evaluate whether proposed features provide genuine value for professional production versus being merely technically impressive.
Develop data-driven recommendations based on customer insights, market signals, and competitive analysis.
Drive alignment across cross-functional teams and executive leadership regarding product direction and strategic goals.
What we're looking for
Proven experience as a senior product leader who has defined strategy and shipped high-impact products for creative, media, or workflow-intensive customers.
Deep understanding of professional photography workflows including speed, quality, consistency, and high-volume production.
Experience turning ambiguous customer needs and emerging technologies into well-defined product strategies and outcomes.
Experience partnering with research, design, engineering, and marketing teams to deliver products at scale.
Experience with AI, automation, machine learning, or generative AI while maintaining a focus on trust and user control.
Executive-level storytelling and influence skills for senior individual contributor roles.
Over 10 years of professional experience as a photographer specializing in one or more genres (preferred); experience with photography education or community building (preferred).