The Opportunity  Adobe Intelligence Platform is the foundational AI infrastructure that powers agentic experiences across the Adobe product portfolio. The platform enables interoperability of agents, capabilities, and workflows across the Adobe Creative Cloud, Experience Cloud, Document Clouds, and future product lines. It is transforming Adobe from a suite of best-in-class tools into a unified, AI-native ecosystem.  This platform encompasses agentic orchestration, model gateway infrastructure, knowledge graph services, memory systems, AI registries, skill and capability catalogs, and the planning and reasoning layers that enable autonomous and semi-autonomous workflows at enterprise scale.  We are seeking a Senior Director of Engineering to own the engineering vision and execution of building the Adobe Intelligence Platform. This is a pivotal role to invent, embed, and scale the latest in AI innovation into Adobe’s products. This role is highly visible and key to executing Adobe’s vision to transform the way creators and their teams work and create.  What you will do * Define and drive a holistic and full stack engineering strategy for the Adobe Intelligence Platform.  * Integrate platform components into web, desktop, and mobile surfaces, partnering with global teams to accelerate their timelines and unify the customer experience.  * Grow the organization, including hiring world-class talent, structuring teams, and developing the next generation of AI leaders within Adobe.  * Model and drive a new way of working, using the latest AI tooling to plan, review, and ship software.  * Own the technology strategy, pairing with senior architects, to define the roadmaps for agentic orchestration, model gateway infrastructure, knowledge graph services, memory systems, AI registries, agentic harnesses, and skill catalogs.  * Set and run the operating rhythm with program and product partners: planning, prioritization, cross-team dependencies, and how the org measures its own progress.  * Partner with Research and Design to shape the future of applied AI by shortening the loop from cutting edge to production.  * Partner with Engineering, Program and Product leaders across the organization to understand their local needs and drive adoption of the AIP platform across Adobe.  * Align with Security, Privacy and Legal colleagues to ensure the platform has observability, security, and enterprise governance controls around safety and trust built into the end-to-end architecture.  * Define the adoption strategy and own the outcome for partnerships internally: ensure Adobe Intelligence Platform is serving the needs of application teams at all levels and across Adobe’s 3 cloud offering areas.  What You’ll Need to Succeed  * 12+ years of engineering experience, including significant time leading engineering organizations through ambiguity and change.  * Direct experience with platform or infrastructure work: building the layer other engineering teams depend on.  * Working fluency in AI/ML systems: evals, context management, model gateways, and adjacent areas.  * Technical depth with agentic frameworks and the operational patterns to manage them at scale.  * A track record of building or substantially reshaping an engineering org, including hiring, structuring teams, and developing leaders under them.  * Comfortable influencing progress with a platform in a shifting technical landscape.  * Strong cross-functional influence, with the ability to drive adoption of a platform across global teams.  * Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to inspire teams and express a compelling vision.  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. 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 $209,300 - $429,350 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. 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In California, the pay range for this position is $276,200 - $429,350
In New York, the pay range for this position is $276,200 - $429,350
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