Principal Product Manager - Agentic AI and Tech Transfer for Audio, Video and Mo

Role Overview We are seeking a Principal Product Manager to lead our agentic AI initiatives and tech transfer operations for Audio, Video and Motion Products across all surfaces – desktop, web, mobile, and enterprise services. In this senior technical PM role, you will help define the strategy, roadmap, and execution for AI agentic workflows with cross-functional teams. To do this, you need to understand the technical underpinnings required to achieve our vision, anticipate user needs, automate complex workflows, and enable breakthrough creative possibilities.

You will work with Adobe research and core engineering teams to help prioritize agentic and AI use cases for the DVA product team. You will also act as the PM representative to the tech transfer teams, helping to define process while bridging the gap between R&D and production-ready features, ensuring innovations move efficiently from concept to market. This is a highly visible leadership role, working across product, engineering, AI research, design, and go-to-market teams to deliver AI agents that integrate seamlessly into professional video editing workflows.

Key Responsibilities Own the vision and strategy for agentic AI across our product line, aligned with company goals and market opportunities.

Work with engineering leaders on a corporate-wide agent framework to ensure agentic product vision needs are met.

Drive an innovation pipeline from prototypes to product integration by working closely with product, research and the tech transfer teams to move technologies from R&D to product, ensuring AI innovations are productized, integrated, and launched successfully.

Translate user pain points into AI-driven solutions that save time, reduce complexity, and expand creative potential.

Partner with AI / ML teams to define agent behaviors, decision-making frameworks, and integration points within editing tools.

Build and maintain a multi-year roadmap for expressive, assistive and corrective AI capabilities.

Define success metrics and KPIs for agent performance, user satisfaction, and creative impact.

Stay ahead of AI research and competitor activity to ensure our tools remain category-leading.

Collaborate with design on strategy and new UI / UX concepts for human-AI collaboration.

Participate in defining strategies to use 3D and AI to reinvent the next generation of storytelling.

Champion the voice of the customer through interviews, usability testing, and workflow studies.

Partner with marketing and sales in support of product positioning, messaging, and launch strategies.

What We're Looking For Required :

8+ years of product management experience, with at least 3 in a senior or principal-level role.

Strong understanding of AI and machine learning concepts, particularly in generative and agentic AI.

Proven track record of shipping complex, high-impact features in a cross-functional environment.

Experience guiding innovations from research stage to commercial product.

Deep empathy for creative professionals and understanding of video production workflows.

Excellent communication skills, both technical and business oriented.

Preferred :

Experience working with large language models, computer vision, or multimodal AI systems.

Background in film, TV, or digital video production.

Familiarity with prompt engineering, reinforcement learning, or AI agent orchestration frameworks.

Prior experience bridging R&D and product delivery in a fast-moving market.

Compensation and Notices 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 $145,100 $273,200 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.

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 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, 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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