Principal Product Manager

Adobe

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Francisco, CASan Jose, CA
Salary: $148,100–$282,100 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 15 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $202k

This role $215k

$132k most similar roles pay here $298k

This role pays more than 66% of similar roles. Most pay $175,375–$227,837 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $215k versus about $202k for comparable roles.

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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

Adobe currently has 245 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Principal Product Manager

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As a Principal Product Manager on the Adobe Express team, you will help develop AI-native experiences by advancing AI/ML-powered products and ensuring high-quality user experiences. Your daily responsibilities include leading agentic strategy across multiple platforms, defining and prioritizing features in fast-paced landscapes, writing PRDs and evals, and building prototypes. You will collaborate with ML engineers, build teams, and go-to-market partners to balance technical feasibility with user delight while representing the product at industry events. The role requires deep technical fluency to work on architecture-level decisions, including building scripts and agents. You will navigate a complex domain involving creative tools, media, and mobile-first or cross-platform products. Success in this role depends on your ability to drive alignment across matrixed organizations and manage high-stakes growth initiatives within the AI and machine learning product space.

What does a Product Manager earn in California?

Median $221750 from 204 postings across 45 companies.

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Skills

AI Agentic Strategy PRDs Architecture Mobile-first Cross-platform

What you'll do

Lead agentic strategy across multiple products and platforms.
Define and prioritize features within fast-paced AI landscapes.
Write crisp PRDs, evaluations, and build functional prototypes.
Partner with engineering and platform teams to balance technical feasibility with user experience.
Drive alignment across research, engineering, and go-to-market teams.
Represent the product at industry events and with external partners.
Build operating rhythms for cross-functional go-to-market initiatives with Sales and PMM.

What we're looking for

10+ years of experience in product management at the senior or principal individual contributor level.
Proven track record of leading high-stakes growth initiatives with measurable results.
Ability to influence and drive prioritization across a matrixed organization without direct authority.
Experience establishing operating rhythms and programs with Sales, PMM, and Customer Success teams.
Hands-on technical fluency to work on architecture decisions and build prototypes or scripts.
Experience with mobile-first or cross-platform product teams (preferred).
Familiarity with Adobe's creative ecosystem (preferred).
Background in creative tools, building, or media (preferred).

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