Sr. Director, Engineering Program Management

We are seeking a Sr Director, Engineering Program Management to lead all aspects of and ensure delivery of the full portfolio of projects and programs for Adobe Unified Platform! Furthermore, you serve as a strategic advisor and thought partner to the leadership team – framing decisions, shaping priorities while driving alignment across multiple teams. 

In this leadership role, you will deliver complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish.  You will partner with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You will also manage the health of the overall portfolio and propose tradeoffs related to resources, sequencing, and prioritization. 

You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.  

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  Collaborate with Product Management, Architecture, Design, Engineering, and business partners to develop and execute against Adobe's Unified Platform strategies 

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  Manage all aspects of technical projects and programs, including defining and prioritization, mobilizing cross functional teams, project execution tracking of milestones and schedules, resource planning and management, risks/issues remediation, project reporting, and budget management  

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  Utilize technical judgment and program management expertise to deliver impactful business and customer outcomes   

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  Lead the organization to streamline processes, simplify and accelerate execution, manage objectives and key results (OKRs), release on time, and bring tooling efficiencies  

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  Effectively engage with people at all levels: from front-line team members to VPs, SVPs, and C-level executives, communicating continuously to partners throughout the organization  

• Extensive experience in technical product/program management experience leading all aspects of a large scale B2C/B2B portfolio 

• Experience running large-scale company-wide initiatives requiring collaboration across a broad set of partners and participants. Adept at working well across organizations and forming relationships with a globally diverse workforce

• Solid knowledge of Scrum, agile, portfolio management, resource management, business process management, and budget management  

• Experience managing a portfolio in an "always on" cloud/services-based organization; driving resiliency and optimizations to ensure a positive customer experience every time.

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