Group Product Design Manager, Data & Insights

Adobe•San Jose, CA

About The Position

We're looking for a Group Product Design Manager to lead a talented team of designers as we expand Adobe's analytics capabilities—to answer new questions, reach new audiences, and power entirely new user experiences. Analytics tools, data infrastructure, and insights workflows are all undergoing a transformational leap, with AI enabling new ways of working across large organizations. The roles of data experts are evolving, new users’ expectations are climbing, and teams are re-thinking how they want to collaborate. This design leadership role is pivotal in making sure that the values of human judgment, teamwork, and access stay central to this transformation and new product experiences.

Requirements

You've led teams that thrive. You have a track record of building high-performing, inclusive teams where people feel they belong and can do their best work.
Your leadership style balances giving designers agency with creating tight collaboration.
You’ve hired strong talent, developed seniors, and mentored juniors.
10+ years of product design experience
5+ years of design leadership experience
You've shipped products or UX strategies that genuinely changed the game.
You know what it takes to get there, and you’re ready to lead that kind of change again.
You've navigated organizational complexity, advocated through resistance, and maintained quality under pressure.
You know how to keep a team energized & focused through ambiguity and rapid change.
You can take something complex and make it clear.
You tell stories that align cross-functional partners and inspire teams.
You've influenced outcomes in environments where you didn't have direct authority to lean on.
You're fluent in modern tools and you set high standards for craft and delivery.
You're proficient with AI-native design tools and understand how they're changing cross-functional workflows.
You have strong opinions about craft and product quality, and you know how to lift a team's output, across both user value and usability.
You bring a growth mindset to everything.
You're genuinely energized by how product design is evolving.
You bring curiosity, continuous learning, and a maker’s mindset to your work.
You’re comfortable exploring, experimenting, and prototyping.
You have a bias to action.

Nice To Haves

A background in product management or strategic roadmap development
Technical experience or strong familiarity with engineering fundamentals
Data-informed decision-making practices, or a background in user research
Experience designing for data & analytics tools, visualizations, AI experiences
Experience designing systems for communication & collaboration
Multi-surface/platform thinking, particularly at enterprise scale

Responsibilities

Lead a design squad focused on innovation & rapid delivery of customer value
Be a player/coach who inspires by showing, not just telling, and stays connected to the work
Oversee day-to-day team operations (lead standups, design crits, experience reviews)
Develop & run collaborative design activities (workshops, spikes) for your squad & partners
Structure teams for impact and influence cross-functional working models
Explore emerging product spaces (AI agents, LLMs, generative UIs) and new team tooling