Director of Data Science & Engineering

About the Role

The Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) Product Success Engineering (PSE) team is seeking an innovative Director of Data Science & Engineering to build the data foundation, KPI frameworks, and predictive intelligence that power product adoption, customer health, platform performance, and operational efficiency.

This is a high-visibility, 0-to-1 leadership role responsible for unifying Adobe’s product usage data and delivering insights that transform how we measure customer value and drive product success.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team of Data Scientists, Analytics Engineers, and Platform Engineers to architect scalable data systems, develop predictive models, and enable data-driven decision-making across Adobe’s AEP portfolio.

What You’ll Lead

Data Strategy & Architecture

• Define and deliver the data science, analytics, and platform strategy for Product Success Engineering.

• Build a unified data foundation and governance model across diverse data sources.

• Evolve internal intelligence into customer-facing insights and dashboards.

Team Leadership

• Build and grow a world-class 20+ person data organization.

• Establish team structure, operating processes, and career development paths.

• Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Operations, Finance, and Field teams.

Data Platform & Engineering

• Architect end-to-end data pipelines, cloud data warehouse solutions, and real-time and batch analytics.

• Implement data quality, governance, privacy, and metadata standards.

• Enable scalable BI, ML, experimentation, and self-service analytics capabilities.

Data Science & Analytics

• Develop models for customer health, adoption forecasting, and expansion.

• Build KPI frameworks for product usage, retention, platform performance, and operations.

• Drive advanced analytics, including segmentation, funnel insights, causal analysis, and experimentation.

Business Intelligence & Insights

• Deliver dashboards and executive reporting that influence product and business strategy.

• Translate complex analyses into clear, actionable recommendations for senior leaders.

Why Join the Team

• Lead a greenfield data organization shaping the future of customer success intelligence at Adobe.

• Drive impact on product adoption, retention, and value realization across the AEP + Apps ecosystem.

• Build high-visibility, high-impact capabilities with strong executive sponsorship.

• Work with cutting-edge data, ML, and cloud technologies at enterprise scale.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field, with 10+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or data engineering, including 5+ years in people leadership roles managing teams of 10+.

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. 

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Colorado:

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