Principal Product Manager - Developer Platform
Adobe Software
JOB LEVEL
P50EMPLOYEE ROLE
Individual ContributorAbout the Developer Platform, Adobe Express & the Embed SDK
The Developer Platform team's mission is to ensure Adobe’s creative products are built with extensibility in mind. Adobe Express is the quick and easy creative-anything app and platform for everyone from small businesses to enterprise teams to students and teachers. Built on this platform, the Adobe Express Embed SDK empowers partners and customers to seamlessly integrate Adobe’s generative and editing superpowers into their own applications, enabling users to build and publish content without leaving their workflow.
The Opportunity
We are seeking a visionary and technically proficient Principal Product Manager to own the evolution of embeddable creative experiences across our platform. In this strategic role, you will be responsible for the roadmap for Embedded experiences within partner applications like Box, Miro, and EA Sports. You will drive platform-level decisions, and influence partner integration strategy across multiple partner surfaces.
What You'll Do
- Own Product Vision and Strategy: Define and drive the long-term roadmap for partner Embedded experiences, ensuring it meets the needs of developers, end users, and strategic partners.
- Cross-Functional Influence: Partner with engineering, design, architecture, and business teams to align efforts and define scalable, modular solutions.
- Partner Engagement: Serve as the voice of strategic partners and high-impact developers, translating their feedback into product capabilities that drive adoption.
- Platform Thinking: Guide architectural decisions that enable embeddable solutions across Adobe’s ecosystem, from Acrobat and Express to external platforms.
- Mentorship and Leadership: Collaborate with and support senior product managers, contributing to a high-performance product culture.
What You'll Bring
- Experience: 10+ years in product management with significant experience in platform, SDK, extensibility products, and mobile application development strongly preferred.
- Technical Acuity: Comfortable working with APIs, SDKs, and front-end frameworks; able to drive conversations with architects and engineers.
- Communication Skills: Strong executive presence, can communicate complex concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ecosystem Mentality: Deep understanding of developer experience and the value of extensible platforms.
- Teamwork: Proven ability to align cross-functional teams and drive progress through influence.
- Strategic Storyteller: An outstanding Product Manager is an extraordinary storyteller, and in clearly written product requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, Product Design. MBA or advanced technical degree is a plus.
- Creative Tools Experience: Familiarity with design software, content creation platforms, or creative workflows.
- Developer Platform Background: Experience building or scaling SDKs, APIs, or platform ecosystems.
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