Salary: $110,000 - $120,000
Overview

Aquent Studios x Adobe is a custom-built creative agency partnership that provides scalability with world-class talent to Adobe’s in-house studio and web team. This collaboration creates exciting opportunities to work with Aquent Studios and impact millions of customers, showcasing Adobe’s products via innovative storytelling and unique visual experiences.

Job Description: Platform Program Manager, a.com (Technical)

Rate: $110,000 - $120,000

The range provided is our reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower, based on factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities. Candidates must live in the Bay Area and have the ability to work from the Adobe offices in San Francisco as needed.

We’re looking for a Platform Program Manager on the Aquent Studios x Adobe team who is a leader in implementing highly technical initiatives that span across front-end and back-end solutions. These end-to-end initiatives have a tremendous impact on our web visitor experience as well as systems and processes inside Adobe. The ideal candidate possesses a strong technical program management background, has demonstrated experience leading projects, and has a well-rounded background in current digital marketing technologies and data management. The opportunity includes:

Managing the development and implementation process for Adobe.com products and services

Coordinating departmental or cross-functional teams, focused on delivering new or upgrading existing products

Being responsible for projects from initiation through delivery including planning and maintaining schedules and tracking budget/spending

Leading cross-functional activities and teams, ensuring completion of high-quality projects on time and within budget

Description

Proactively drive program execution and associated scope, timeline and resources with minimal guidance

Analyze scope needed to achieve program goals, assess resource requirements; lead change control

Develop detailed, complex, cross-team project or program plans that take into account all requirements, constraints, resources, and results associated with defined objectives

Aggregate, organize, and synthesize program and project information in order to communicate with extended team and management

Clearly communicate goals, roles, responsibilities, and desired program outcomes

Coordinate and run operational, project, and executive check-in meetings

Work with Product Managers and Engineering Managers to build clear roadmaps / plans for products / initiatives and maintain those roadmaps / plans, drive to reduce the critical path

Continually evaluate existing processes and procedures and drive improvements

Perform risk management: identify, analyze, respond, and control risks, resolve project-specific issues and partner concerns in a timely manner

Deliver clear status communication to project teams, partners, and leadership teams

Assist Engineering Managers with resource assessment and release planning

Drive tactical decisions for projects that are under your direct responsibility

Key Qualifications

Minimum of 5 years of program/project management experience and technical leadership, preferably with large enterprise web projects with experience in Adobe’s Experience Cloud products

Hands on experience with Agile & project management methodologies with confirmed leadership capabilities

Solid understanding of Web technologies, including web content management systems

Knowledge and experience with Adobe AEM (Experience Manager), Figma, SharePoint, JIRA, MS Excel, MS Project,and Wiki

Excellent business partner management and presentation skills

Desired Traits

Driver – Take charge. Get things done. Consistent track record in operating effectively and autonomously

Organized – A planner who brings order and resolve to a fast-paced environment with matrixed organizations

Articulate – Ability to work well with both technical and non-technical individuals up and down the org, capable of absorbing large amounts of information and the ability to distill it down to the essentials

Quality – Attention to detail and a proven track record of successful delivery of complex global projects

Flexible – Ability to juggle several projects and shift priorities as needed

Creative – Exhibiting an innovative, forward-thinking approach to problem-solving

High EQ – Ability to stay calm and collected, focus on solving problems. Strong communication, risk management and resolution skills. Ability to respectfully facilitate the successful resolution of issues