Senior Manager, Machine Learning

The Opportunity
Join us at Adobe as a Senior Machine Learning Manager, where you'll lead our Document Cloud AI Team in San Jose, CA! Drive innovation and build transformative document experiences with our world-class AI-powered features!
What you'll Do

• Lead a team of scientists and engineers to deliver new customer-facing Gen AI features powered by advanced technology, from concept to customer impact from proof-of-concept to prod end-to-end.
• Advocate for scientific and engineering excellence ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with customers, partners, product management, and cross-functional teams to align development with product goals.
• Foster a winning culture built on collaboration, transparency, diversity, inclusivity, and shared accomplishments.
• Attract, hire, onboard, and retain top talent through mentorship and regular guidance.

What you need to succeed

• A minimum of 8 years of professional software development experience, with 3+ years in management.
• Solid foundation in generative AI, LLMs, ML model development, and production deployment.
• Experience with agentic AI systems and AI developer tools like Claude Code and Cursor AI.
• Proficiency in Python and strong grounding in data structures and algorithms.
• Hands-on knowledge of MLOps practices and pipelines.
• Familiarity with cloud ML services (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Led and shipped a customer-facing Gen AI feature from proof-of-concept to production end-to-end.
• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.

About the Team
Adobe Document Cloud's AI Team is at the forefront of reinventing how people create, consume, publish and interact with documents. Our flagship product — Adobe Acrobat — is installed on over a billion devices worldwide and opens billions of PDFs and documents every year. Alongside Acrobat, our portfolio encompasses Adobe Sign, Adobe Express, Document Cloud Platform, and Adobe Scan.
Our team's mission is clear: harness the power of machine learning and generative AI to build transformative document experiences across our entire product suite — on mobile, desktop, and cloud.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.

Let’s Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

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AI Use Guidelines for Interviews:
Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.

At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI — and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.

Expected Pay Range:

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several  U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $151,800 -- $265,350 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

In California, the pay range for this position is $183,300 - $265,350
In Massachusetts, the pay range for this position is $156,300 - $226,350

At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans.  Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

State-Specific Notices:

California:

Fair Chance Ordinances

Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.

Colorado:

Application Window Notice

If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts:

Massachusetts Legal Notice

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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