Principal Product Manager

Adobe

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Jose, CA
Salary: $194,800–$282,100 / yr
Posted: 124 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $203k

This role $238k

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This role pays more than 79% of similar roles. Most pay $175,250–$230,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $238k versus about $203k 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 218 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Principal Product Manager

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As a Principal Product Manager, you will join the team building and owning the runtime and control plane for agents across Adobe CX Enterprise. You will own the core platform, including the agent loop, tool and skills, and the developer surface for practitioners and partners. Your daily responsibilities involve defining tool protocols like MCP and A2A, managing knowledge grounding, ensuring trust and safety guarantees, and designing feedback loops to improve performance in production. You will also drive the developer experience through documentation, CLI tools, and local development parity while collaborating with engineering and applied science teams on quality benchmarks. The role requires expertise in the agentic stack, including context engineering and contract-based thinking. You must be proficient in technical concepts like ABI stability and tool use to manage the infrastructure that transforms LLMs into governed enterprise coworkers.

What does a Product Manager earn in California?

Median $223300 from 163 postings across 44 companies.

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Skills

MCP Claude Code Cursor CLI

What you'll do

Own the runtime agentic core loop and associated contracts for tool protocols, skills, and knowledge grounding.
Design systems for evaluating, overriding, and improving agent performance in production environments.
Develop the developer surface including documentation, CLI tools, and local development parity for both skill and app developers.
Make architectural decisions regarding which components to build internally versus adopting from the open ecosystem.
Manage control plane ownership including authentication, entitlements, and enterprise governance.
Define agent quality benchmarks in partnership with Applied Science and ML Engineering teams.
Translate complex technical requirements between research, engineering, and go-to-market teams.

What we're looking for

Must have at least 7 years of experience in product management.
Experience must include depth in AI platforms, developer tools, or infrastructure products.
Must be able to speak fluently about MCP, skills, harness patterns, agent loops, and context engineering.
Must have hands-on experience building or extending products within the modern agentic stack.
A CS or engineering background is strongly preferred.
Ability to read skill manifests or MCP servers is required to understand technical functionality.
Must be able to communicate effectively with engineering leads using technical reasoning and concise writing.
Must be available to work on-site in San Jose weekly.

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