Sr Design Manager Document Cloud

Job Level

M40

People Manager

Adobe Design is looking for an experienced design leader to join our Document Cloud team, working on extending Adobe Acrobat features and functionalities across a multitude of surfaces and partnerships. The role infuses key Adobe Express functionality into Acrobat to democratize beautiful design for everyday knowledge workers, solopreneurs, and individuals worldwide.

We are looking for an experienced leader with a proven track record of successfully managing a distributed design team that works across large and small screens. You possess a strong business sense, drive quality experiences through design leadership, prioritize effectively, and deliver designs quickly, iterate rapidly, and analyze data. You take full ownership, excel in mentoring, and embody an entrepreneurial spirit that learns from failures.

• Partner with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and GTM to define key objectives and identify the most impactful features to build.
• Foster an environment of creativity, ingenuity, and forward-thinking to build valuable solutions for users.
• Lead and strengthen a team of designers to craft innovative and compelling experiences across platforms and surfaces.
• Build a successful, collaborative environment that encourages deep partnership with cross-functional teams and sets a high bar for design craft.
• Help teams understand quantitative and qualitative data that impact experiences and product decisions.
• Engage fluently with diverse partners and represent the team; work with senior leadership at Adobe.

• Experience with and passion for turning complex problems into simple, engaging customer experiences, building products that help people learn and increase their creativity and productivity.
• 5+ years of people management and leadership experience with a track record of success in hiring, training, and developing designers ranging from junior talent to top-tier professionals.
• Strong user and business acumen to align design decisions with business goals.
• Agility and perpetual learning to navigate the fast-evolving terrains of technology.
• Experience working in large teams with many moving parts.
• Experience helping your team conduct research, present results, and develop plans to act on those results.
• Deep expertise in problem framing from the customers’ point of view and solving problems through high design craft.
• A consistent track record of launching products that delight, innovate, and scale.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.

• Experience designing accessible and inclusive interfaces for people with disabilities.
• Understanding of applying WCAG conformance criteria in design, specifically testing comps, wireframes, and prototypes for accessibility standards.
• Accessibility certifications CPACC, WAS, CPWA, or ADS from the IAAP preferred.

To be considered for this role, you must submit a resume and be prepared to present examples of your successful leadership, team development, process improvements, and organizational skills.

Adobe Design creates tools that amplify the world’s ability to create and communicate. We’re a global team of designers, researchers, prototypers, content strategists, program managers, and more who work across Adobe’s three product lines:
Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, and Experience Cloud.

The U.S. pay range for this position is $133,100 – $256,500 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.

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

Colorado: If this role is open to hiring in Colorado, 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…