Join Adobe’s Product Engagement Systems (PES) team in San Jose as a senior manager leading and growing a high-performing engineering team responsible for delivering cross-app in-product experiences. You will drive end-to-end execution from ideation to launch, collaborating with product, design, growth, and data teams to define roadmap priorities aligned with engagement, retention, and revenue outcomes. Key responsibilities include establishing a culture of analytics-driven development, ensuring performance, scalability, reliability, and observability are built into product design, and translating business strategy into technical execution plans that support monetization models and growth initiatives. Success in this role requires a BS or MS in Computer Science, 15+ years of software engineering experience, 7+ years leading teams delivering user-facing applications at scale, expertise with modern web technologies like React, TypeScript, and GraphQL, and proven mentoring skills to foster high-trust, accountable teams.
Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team for cross-app in-product experiences.
Drive execution from ideation through launch, ensuring scaled adoption of features.
Define roadmap priorities with Product, Design, Growth, and Data teams.
Own technical strategy for rapid prototyping and integration into user workflows.
Embed analytics-driven development practices into every feature's success metrics.
What we're looking for
15+ years of software engineering experience with strong product development foundations.
7+ years leading engineering teams delivering user-facing applications at scale.
Proven ability to support product growth, adoption, and commercialization initiatives.
Strong understanding of analytics-driven product development including experimentation frameworks.
Experience with modern web technologies such as React, TypeScript, GraphQL, and cloud native architectures.
Track record of mentoring engineers and building high-trust, high-accountability teams.
Market check
Salary context
This
$221,000–$320,000
range sits above
96%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$129,650–$224,550
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$149,638–$215,306
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
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$183,300–$265,350
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