Senior Manager, Applied Research, AI Foundations , Adobe Express

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Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Digital Media • Marketing Tech • Software
Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences.
The Role
In this role, you will lead and manage the AI Foundations team, driving innovation and strategic alignment in product development. Responsibilities include overseeing the ML product development lifecycle, recruiting and mentoring a diverse engineering team, and fostering a culture centered on scientific methods. You will collaborate with internal teams to balance research and business needs while ensuring high-quality product delivery.
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Our Company
Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen. 
We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!


 

The Opportunity

Adobe Express empowers users to effortlessly create stunning designs, whether they're beginners or seasoned professionals, by offering an intuitive platform fueled by cutting-edge AI capabilities. The AI Foundations team sits at the core of this vision, driving innovation to make Adobe Express smarter, faster, and more adaptive. By developing modular, reusable AI systems and crafting a robust Horizon AI Stack, this team will play a pivotal role in transforming creative workflows. Joining this team means shaping the future of creativity, solving complex engineering challenges, and delivering scalable AI solutions that redefine what’s possible in design. This is also an opportunity to be the founding leadership team of AI Foundations in Adobe Express.

What You'll Do

  • This is a high-impact opportunity for someone passionate about AI, engineering innovation, and strategic alignment across diverse teams and technologies.
  • Cultivate strong partnerships with Adobe Research, AI Foundations Applied Research and Engineering teams and other partner teams shape the product vision, roadmap, and business strategy. In this capacity lot of research ideas, and business needs will have to be prioritized, prove out , so that they become mainstream in due course. This keeps the balance of research ideas to follow and business needs to be met.
  • Oversee all facets of ML product development and the software engineering lifecycle, including ML modeling, data/ML pipelines, and quality evaluations.
  • Recruit, lead, and mentor a team with varied strengths of ML engineers and data scientists.
  • Cultivate a team culture centered on meticulous scientific methods and deep customer engagement.
  • Promote an engineering culture that values innovation and creativity while ensuring high-quality, reliable product deliveries.
  • Lead project scope and address risks through data analytics and creative problem-solving.
  • Uphold engineering excellence in architecture, execution, and delivery.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, ML, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent technical experience.
  • At least 8 years of industry experience in machine learning, optimization algorithms, and/or deep-learning techniques.
  • At least 3 years of experience managing a team of ML and AI engineers.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Work experience in Creative Domains, Imaging Domains will be highly useful
  • Good exposure to LLMs and Diffusion Models
  • Experience developing large scale systems

What you need to succeed

  • Proven record of leading and managing engineering teams and fostering an innovative and collaborative environment.
  • Track record of delivering cloud-scale, data-driven products and services that are widely adopted with large customer bases.
  • A relentless pursuit of great customer experiences and continuous improvements to the product.
  • Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, and conflict resolution skills.
  • Excellent speaking, writing, and presentation skills, and the ability to persuade, encourage, and empower others.
  • Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to non-technical internal partners and customers.
  • Advanced degree or equivalent experience in computer science or a related field of study.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action 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 applicable characteristics protected by law. Learn more.
 

Adobe aims to make Adobe.com 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 (408) 536-3015.

Adobe values a free and open marketplace for all employees and has policies in place to ensure that we do not enter into illegal agreements with other companies to not recruit or hire each other’s employees.

Top Skills

Machine Learning
The Company
Austin, TX
21,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1982

What We Do

When you join Adobe Life in Austin, you’ll immerse yourself into a world of cutting-edge technology, exceptional colleagues and meaningful work that touches millions of people everywhere.

Adobe is the global leader in digital media and digital marketing solutions. Our creative, marketing and document solutions empower everyone – from emerging artists to global brands – to bring digital creations to life and deliver immersive, compelling experiences to the right person at the right moment for the best results. In short, Adobe is everywhere, and we’re changing the world through digital experiences.

Why Work With Us

Adobe Austin embodies the culture of the Austin neighborhood around it which is diverse, enterprising and innovative.

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