Adobe · 1 day ago
Engineering Program Manager 5
San Jose
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$192K/yr - $277K/yr
10+ years expAdobe is a company focused on changing the world through digital experiences. They are seeking a Program Management Leader for the Forward Deployed Engineer Program to build and scale the operating model, ensuring teams solve customers' hardest problems while delivering measurable outcomes.
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Responsibilities
Develop a clear long-term strategy for the FDE Program that strengthens our ability to operate in ambiguous, critical environments
Define the engagement lifecycle—from intake and scoping through field deployment, measurement of impact, and long-term sustainment
Build and refine the FDE operating model, including deployment patterns, staffing frameworks, leveling, onboarding, and technical training
Oversee the execution of multi-phase engineering deployments that require navigating complex data, architecture, and integration challenges
Provide strategic oversight for engagements where FDEs are embedding directly with customer teams to design, build, and operationalize solutions
Partner with field leadership to ensure FDE support aligns to account strategy, mission outcomes, and renewal readiness
Serve as an executive escalation point for high-visibility implementations, resolving obstacles that require cross-org coordination or executive alignment
Ensure every FDE engagement drives measurable value—accelerated adoption, operational efficiencies, reduced risk, or transformation of customer workflows
Lead executive communications around program status, risks, and customer mission impact
Partner with Product & Engineering leadership to bring deployment insights—feature gaps, blueprint needs, scaling patterns—into roadmap prioritization
Establish systematic feedback loops between FDEs and engineering teams so product decisions reflect real-world customer conditions
Ensure the FDE program becomes a central mechanism for validating new features, patterns, and architectural guidelines
Own the operational cadence for the FDE program: quarterly planning, capacity forecasting, hiring plans, budget management
Lead risk governance, ensuring issues are surfaced early, resourced correctly, and resolved with clarity and accountability
Build a global strategy for scaling the program across geographies to support strategic accounts worldwide
Qualification
Required
10–15+ years of program leadership experience in technical, engineering, or customer-deployed environments
Experience leading technical deployment programs that involve solution architecture and field engineering
Demonstrated ability to ship complex products or solutions in ambiguous, high-pressure environments with incomplete information
Strong command of enterprise architectures, cloud platforms, data pipelines, integrations, and multi-product ecosystems
Ability to navigate deeply technical conversations and facilitate alignment between engineering teams and non-technical customer executives
Track record of owning outcomes end-to-end, not just managing tasks or milestones
Superb written/verbal executive communication skills, especially under uncertainty or customer concern
Bachelor's/ Master's degree or equivalent experience in a technical field or commensurate work experience
Preferred
Background in Forward Deployed Engineering, Solution Architecture, TPM leadership, or technical field organizations
Director level experience
Experience working with complex, distributed systems or highly regulated industries (e.g., finance, public sector, retail, healthcare)
Experience building programs from the ground up or leading transformation of engineering deployment models
Benefits
Annual Incentive Plan (AIP)
Long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award
Company
Adobe
Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.5MKey Investors
Apple
1986-08-20IPO
1984-10-01Series Unknown· $2.5M
Leadership Team
Shantanu Narayen
CEO
Dan Durn
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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