Senior Manager, Machine Learning

Adobe • San Jose, CA

22h • Onsite

About The Position

Join us at Adobe as a Senior Machine Learning Manager, where you'll lead our Document Cloud AI Team in San Jose, CA! Drive innovation and build transformative document experiences with our world-class AI-powered features! Adobe Document Cloud's AI Team is at the forefront of reinventing how people create, consume, publish and interact with documents. Our flagship product — Adobe Acrobat — is installed on over a billion devices worldwide and opens billions of PDFs and documents every year. Alongside Acrobat, our portfolio encompasses Adobe Sign, Adobe Express, Document Cloud Platform, and Adobe Scan. Our team's mission is clear: harness the power of machine learning and generative AI to build transformative document experiences across our entire product suite — on mobile, desktop, and cloud.

Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of professional software development experience, with 3+ years in management.
• Solid foundation in generative AI, LLMs, ML model development, and production deployment.
• Experience with agentic AI systems and AI developer tools like Claude Code and Cursor AI.
• Proficiency in Python and strong grounding in data structures and algorithms.
• Hands-on knowledge of MLOps practices and pipelines.
• Familiarity with cloud ML services (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Led and shipped a customer-facing Gen AI feature from proof-of-concept to production end-to-end.
• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of scientists and engineers to deliver new customer-facing Gen AI features powered by advanced technology, from concept to customer impact from proof-of-concept to prod end-to-end.
• Advocate for scientific and engineering excellence ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with customers, partners, product management, and cross-functional teams to align development with product goals.
• Foster a winning culture built on collaboration, transparency, diversity, inclusivity, and shared accomplishments.
• Attract, hire, onboard, and retain top talent through mentorship and regular guidance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees