Principal Product Manager - AI Innovation

The Opportunity

Help us unlock knowledge, intertwine artificial intelligence with user experience, and invent the future across phones, computers and the cloud! The Document Cloud AI and Innovation product team is seeking a creative, positive, and tech-savvy product manager who can build AI products and services.

This team is friends with both humans and machines. We build AI-powered experiences for Document Cloud, including AI Assistant in Acrobat, Liquid Mode inside the Adobe Acrobat Reader mobile app and the PDF Extract API. This role will focus on developing core generative AI features to drive new value for hundreds of millions of Acrobat users.

Excited to join this adventure with us? Then we encourage you to apply!

What You’ll Do

• Develop and communicate a clear product strategy that aligns with Adobe's goals and objectives.
• Validate and build Generative AI-driven features through user interviews, quantitative research, and market analysis.
• Build and maintain a product roadmap that outlines the product's development journey and milestones from conception to launch.  
• Work closely with AI engineers, Designers and other Product Managers to conceptualize and build GenAI features.
• Become an expert in Generative AI and how to leverage its strengths in a safety-preserving way
• Present concepts, insights, and key findings to key influencers and leaders.

What You Have

• Proven experience as a product manager in a software development environment.
• A technical background or degree is preferred, especially related to Generative AI.
• Bonus points for having expertise and experience with evaluation of Generative AI features.
• True passion for crafting something from nothing. Experience with design thinking, lean startup, and other innovation methodologies preferred.
• Strong conceptual thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Enthusiastic curiosity about the latest technology and innovation trends.
• A willingness to challenge assumptions, solicit different perspectives, and understand the "why" and not just the "what".

About Adobe

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. 

Let’s Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Learn more.

Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email [email protected] or call +1 408-536-3015. 

AI Use Guidelines for Interviews:
Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.

At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI — and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.

Expected Pay Range:

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several  U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $148,100 -- $282,100 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. 



In California, the pay range for this position is $194,800 - $282,100


At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans.  Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

State-Specific Notices:

California:

Fair Chance Ordinances

Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.

Colorado:

Application Window Notice

If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts:

Massachusetts Legal Notice

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.