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INTRODUCTION
The opportunity At Adobe, our Audiences team shapes how enterprise customers segment, reach, and activate the people who matter most to their business. The work spans data infrastructure, AI-powered workflows, and experience design at exceptional scale. As a Design Manager, you will lead a squad of product designers responsible for the most heavily used surfaces in Adobe Experience Platform (AEP). You will set the quality bar for the team's output, grow each designer's career intentionally, and represent the squad's impact to cross-functional partners and leadership. Your focus is building a team that delivers outstanding work, not doing that work yourself.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
What you'll do
- Foster a team culture grounded in trust, clarity, and shared accountability, where every designer knows what success looks like and how to get there.
- Coach designers individually on craft, career growth, and risk-taking, matching assignments to each person's strengths and development goals.
- Own squad operations: prioritization, agendas, and shielding the team from noise, allowing them to direct their efforts toward their highest-impact work.
- Partner with Product Management and Engineering leads to shape roadmap priorities, ensure design has a seat at the table early, and navigate tradeoffs on behalf of the team.
- Advocate for the team's contributions at the right altitude, crafting narratives that connect design output to measurable customer and business outcomes.
- Guide the squad through ambiguity as the product evolves toward AI-powered and agentic experiences, helping designers adapt their practice and adopt new tools.
- Resolve cross-functional conflicts and organizational friction so your designers can focus on the work, not the politics.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Must-haves:
- 3+ years leading product design teams, with demonstrated experience growing individual contributors and raising a team's collective output.
- A clear point of view on design quality that you can articulate, defend, and evolve over time.
- Experience navigating complex organizational dynamics on behalf of a team, including prioritization tradeoffs, collaborator alignment, and conflict resolution.
- Strong storytelling skills applied to elevating a team's work, not just your own.
- Comfort leading through ambiguity in product direction, tooling shifts, and organizational change.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Nice-to-haves:
- Experience with enterprise products, data platforms, or AI-powered workflows.
- Familiarity with audience segmentation, personalization, or activation products.
- Experience onboarding and integrating new team members into an established squad.
- Equivalent practical experience in design leadership in place of a formal degree.
Preferred Accessibility Design 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.
ABOUT ADOBE DESIGN
Adobe Design is the multidisciplinary, global organization behind Adobe experiences. Our full-stack team includes design researchers, design engineers, experience designers, brand designers, content strategists, and program managers dedicated to delivering exceptional experiences for Adobe users.
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 accommodations@adobe.com 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 $128,100 -- $250,875 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 $173,300 - $250,875. 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.
INTRODUCTION
The opportunity At Adobe, our Audiences team shapes how enterprise customers segment, reach, and activate the people who matter most to their business. The work spans data infrastructure, AI-powered workflows, and experience design at exceptional scale. As a Design Manager, you will lead a squad of product designers responsible for the most heavily used surfaces in Adobe Experience Platform (AEP). You will set the quality bar for the team's output, grow each designer's career intentionally, and represent the squad's impact to cross-functional partners and leadership. Your focus is building a team that delivers outstanding work, not doing that work yourself.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
What you'll do
- Foster a team culture grounded in trust, clarity, and shared accountability, where every designer knows what success looks like and how to get there.
- Coach designers individually on craft, career growth, and risk-taking, matching assignments to each person's strengths and development goals.
- Own squad operations: prioritization, agendas, and shielding the team from noise, allowing them to direct their efforts toward their highest-impact work.
- Partner with Product Management and Engineering leads to shape roadmap priorities, ensure design has a seat at the table early, and navigate tradeoffs on behalf of the team.
- Advocate for the team's contributions at the right altitude, crafting narratives that connect design output to measurable customer and business outcomes.
- Guide the squad through ambiguity as the product evolves toward AI-powered and agentic experiences, helping designers adapt their practice and adopt new tools.
- Resolve cross-functional conflicts and organizational friction so your designers can focus on the work, not the politics.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Must-haves:
- 3+ years leading product design teams, with demonstrated experience growing individual contributors and raising a team's collective output.
- A clear point of view on design quality that you can articulate, defend, and evolve over time.
- Experience navigating complex organizational dynamics on behalf of a team, including prioritization tradeoffs, collaborator alignment, and conflict resolution.
- Strong storytelling skills applied to elevating a team's work, not just your own.
- Comfort leading through ambiguity in product direction, tooling shifts, and organizational change.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Nice-to-haves:
- Experience with enterprise products, data platforms, or AI-powered workflows.
- Familiarity with audience segmentation, personalization, or activation products.
- Experience onboarding and integrating new team members into an established squad.
- Equivalent practical experience in design leadership in place of a formal degree.
Preferred Accessibility Design 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.
ABOUT ADOBE DESIGN
Adobe Design is the multidisciplinary, global organization behind Adobe experiences. Our full-stack team includes design researchers, design engineers, experience designers, brand designers, content strategists, and program managers dedicated to delivering exceptional experiences for Adobe users.
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 accommodations@adobe.com 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 $128,100 -- $250,875 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 $173,300 - $250,875. 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.
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Who's Hiring
- Apple11
- Adobe9
- Amazon8
- CVS Health8
- Figma7
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software76
- Electronics & Hardware28
- Fashion & Apparel14
- Retail14
- Healthcare & Medical Services13
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in product design manager jobs.
- 5 or more years of product design experience with at least 2 years managing designers
- Proficiency in Figma and collaborative design system tooling
- Demonstrated experience shipping end-to-end digital products across web and mobile
- Ability to translate business requirements into design strategy and team roadmaps
- Experience partnering with product management and engineering in agile environments
- Bachelor's degree in interaction design, human-computer interaction, or a related field
Tips for Your Product Design Manager Job Search
Quantify your team leadership outcomes
Hiring managers want to see how many designers you led and what shipped under your direction. Replace vague ownership claims with concrete team size, project scope, and measurable design impact on product metrics or user outcomes.
Tailor your portfolio for a manager role
A strong individual-contributor portfolio won't land a manager role on its own. Add a section showing how you set design direction, ran critique, resolved scope conflicts, and grew junior designers, not just the pixels you personally shipped.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists product design manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter by org structure before applying
A manager role at a company with one design team reads very differently from one inside a matrixed org with dozens of product squads. Scan job descriptions for reporting lines and team size so your cover letter speaks to that specific context.
Prepare a design critique walk-through
Many product design manager interviews include a live critique of a design artifact you haven't seen before. Practice structuring your feedback around user goals, business constraints, and team dynamics rather than pure visual or interaction preferences.
Negotiate scope before you negotiate offer
Before discussing compensation, clarify the team size, hiring authority, and design maturity you're stepping into. Scope directly affects your leverage and your ability to deliver, so mismatched expectations on day one are harder to fix than a lower starting offer.
Product Design Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most product design managers?
The companies hiring the most product design managers right now include Apple, Adobe, and Amazon, with the largest share of openings in California, New York, and Massachusetts, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Demand is concentrated in companies scaling their product-led growth teams and consolidating fragmented design organizations.
How many product design manager jobs are remote?
About 30% of product design manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of June 2026, making it one of the more flexible design leadership roles available. Positions focused on design systems, UX strategy, and cross-functional alignment tend to have the highest share of remote or distributed options.
How do you become a product design manager?
Most product design managers move up from senior individual-contributor roles after demonstrating informal leadership, such as mentoring teammates, leading critique sessions, or owning a product area end-to-end. Building a record of cross-functional influence, then formalizing it by taking on a lead or staff designer title, is the most common path. Some companies promote directly from senior designer when a team forms around them.
Can you get a product design manager job with little management experience?
Yes, but you'll need to surface informal leadership clearly in your application. Hiring managers at smaller companies or early-stage startups often hire designers who have led a project, mentored others, or set design direction without a formal title. Frame your portfolio around decisions you owned and the people you influenced, not just the work you produced.
What does the product design manager interview process look like?
The process typically includes an initial recruiter screen, a hiring manager conversation focused on your leadership style and career history, a portfolio presentation where you walk through a project end-to-end as a manager rather than a maker, a live design critique or case study exercise, and a cross-functional panel with product and engineering partners. Final rounds often include a conversation with a senior design leader or VP.
Where can I find and apply to product design manager jobs?
You can find and apply to product design manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States in one place. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience and seniority level, then apply directly to each opening that fits.
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