Group Product Design Manager – Monetization Platform

Adobe

Group Design Manager leading and growing a team focused on monetization and commerce experiences at Adobe. Shaping scalable, end-to-end experiences across the customer lifecycle.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeSan Jose • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $155,100 - $293,800 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set and enforce the quality bar and strategy across all monetization experiences — acquisition, expansion, retention, and payments
Lead, coach, and develop a team of Staff, and Senior designers, plus one Product Design Manager
Drive the shift from execution to data-informed strategy: problem definition, opportunity identification, roadmap influence
Own squad-level product and engineering relationships for routine alignment and to influence the strategy
Partner with Sr. Staff Product Designers on innovation, cross-cutting quality and systems work — lateral relationships, not management
Translate the team's design principles — composability, E2E ownership, data-informed discovery, quality as a gate — into how the team actually works day to day
Communicate upward clearly: status, blockers, strategic risks, and team development
Bring clarity to ambiguity and focus teams on highest-impact work
Hire, mentor, and grow design leaders and teams; elevate UI craft
Lead AI-native workflows, scaling design-to-production (e.g., Figma-to-code, coded systems)

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years leading design teams in complex, matrixed organizations
Experience in monetization and commerce with clear business impact
Strong product and systems thinking
High bar for UI craft and design quality
Ability to lead through ambiguity and operate from strategy to execution
Excellent communication and executive storytelling skills
Experience hiring and developing high-performing teams
Proven ability to drive alignment in complex environments
Familiarity with modern systems and workflows improved by artificial intelligence
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

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

UI designaccessibility designdata-informed strategyproduct designsystems thinkingmonetizationFigma-to-codeWCAG conformanceprototypingwireframing

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationstorytellingmentoringproblem definitionopportunity identificationclarity in ambiguityteam developmentinfluencecollaboration

Certifications

CPACCWASCPWAADS