[Remote] Sr Design Manager, Document Cloud

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Adobe is a company focused on changing the world through digital experiences, empowering individuals and brands to create exceptional digital content. They are seeking a Sr Design Manager for their Document Cloud team to lead and manage a distributed design team, driving innovation and quality experiences across various platforms. This role involves partnering with cross-functional teams to define objectives, foster creativity, and enhance user experiences.


Responsibilities

  • Partner with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and GTM to define the 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, and work with senior leadership at Adobe.

Skills

  • 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.

Benefits

  • Short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP)
  • Certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award

Company Overview

  • Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions. It was founded in 1982, and is headquartered in San Jose, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.adobe.com.

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Adobe has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1026 in 2025, 1217 in 2024, 750 in 2023, 878 in 2022, 742 in 2021, 477 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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