Software Engineering Mgr Sr (Marketing Adobe Platforms)

PNC Bank • Pittsburgh, PA

15h

About The Position

Position Overview At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Software Engineering Manager Sr within PNC's Marketing & Technology organization, you will be based in Dallas, TX or Pittsburgh, PA. Engineering Manager – Marketing Adobe Platforms Role Summary The Engineering Manager for Marketing Adobe Platforms is a senior technical leader responsible for driving transformative, enterprise scale development across approximately six cross functional Adobe engineering crews. This role owns end to end technical execution, platform health, and engineering excellence for Adobe led capabilities, including AEM, AEP/RT CDP, Adobe Journey Optimizer, Assets, and Workfront, while ensuring delivery is tightly aligned to measurable marketing and business outcomes. This is a hands on technical management role, not a coordination function. The leader is expected to set technical direction, elevate engineering maturity, and make complex architectural and delivery trade offs in a highly regulated, enterprise environment. ________________________________________ Job Description Manage a group of software engineers/managers across multiple product lines. Oversee the talent management of engineering talent, including recruiting, mentoring, and enabling a culture of learning with a focus on engineering craftsmanship. Foster technological innovation, ensuring adoption of current trends, capabilities, and practices emerging in the market. Encourage sound technology choices are made and drive innovative technology architecture and solution design. Identify issues, share best practices, and drive continuous improvement. PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be: Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions. Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with significant depth in enterprise platforms or complex distributed systems.
• Proven experience leading multiple engineering teams or crews delivering large scale, mission critical platforms.
• Strong hands on background with modern web architectures, APIs, cloud platforms, and integration patterns.
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a technical authority, making architectural decisions and guiding teams through ambiguity.
• Experience working in regulated, security conscious environments with strong governance requirements.
• Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role.
• At least 5 years of prior management experience is typically required.
• Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree.

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience with Adobe Experience Cloud (AEM, AEP/RT CDP, AJO, Assets, Workfront) or equivalent enterprise digital platforms.
• Experience modernizing or scaling marketing, personalization, or customer engagement platforms.
• Background in data driven systems, event streaming, or real time decisioning integrations.
• Strong track record of transformational engineering leadership, not just steady state operations.
• Higher level education such as a Masters degree, PhD, or certifications is desirable.
• Industry experience is typically 8+ years.
• Adobe Dreamweaver
• Adobe Experience
• Adobe JRun
• Adobe Packages
• Application Development
• Business Management
• Customer Solutions
• Design
• Group Problem Solving
• Process Improvements
• Release Management
• Software Solutions
• User Experience (UX) Design
• Agile Development
• Application Development Tools
• Coaching Others
• Continuous Learning
• Design Thinking
• Emerging Technologies
• Influencing
• Innovation

Responsibilities

• Own the technical strategy and execution for Adobe Marketing platforms across multiple crews, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, performant, and enterprise ready.
• Serve as the primary technical decision authority for Adobe related engineering, including architecture patterns, integration strategies, and platform standards.
• Drive modern engineering practices across Adobe development (API first design, event driven integrations, CI/CD, cloud native patterns, performance optimization).
• Partner closely with Enterprise Architecture and Security to ensure compliance, data protection, and governance without slowing delivery.
• Lead and grow ~6 Adobe focused engineering crews, providing clear technical direction, prioritization, and execution discipline.
• Ensure crews are aligned to a shared target architecture and are delivering incrementally toward that vision.
• Actively manage technical dependencies, cross crew integration points, and delivery risk, intervening early where needed.
• Balance platform evolution with near term delivery commitments, avoiding both over engineering and short term fixes.
• Translate marketing and product intent into clear, executable technical plans with well defined success criteria.
• Establish and enforce “ready to execute” standards (architecture readiness, non functional requirements, dependency clarity) before teams commit to delivery.
• Use PI Planning, Demo Days, and execution reviews as decision points, not status updates.
• Drive predictable delivery through strong upfront engineering rigor and transparent trade off management.
• Build a high performing engineering culture grounded in accountability, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.
• Coach senior and mid level engineers, tech leads, and architects to raise the bar on design quality, code health, and system thinking.
• Identify skill gaps (e.g., Adobe specialization, data enablement, integration engineering) and proactively address them through hiring, upskilling, or vendor strategy.
• Act as a technical mentor and escalation point for complex engineering challenges.
• Partner with Product, Marketing, Data, Platform, and Operations leaders to align technology execution with business outcomes, not just platform adoption.
• Represent Adobe engineering in enterprise forums, articulating technical trade offs, risks, and recommendations clearly to senior leadership.
• Influence roadmap decisions by grounding discussions in engineering reality, platform constraints, and long term sustainability.
• Manage a group of software engineers/managers across multiple product lines.
• Oversee the talent management of engineering talent, including recruiting, mentoring, and enabling a culture of learning with a focus on engineering craftsmanship.
• Foster technological innovation, ensuring adoption of current trends, capabilities, and practices emerging in the market.
• Encourage sound technology choices are made and drive innovative technology architecture and solution design.
• Identify issues, share best practices, and drive continuous improvement.

Benefits

• PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future.
• Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.
• In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.
• To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for full time and part-time employees, visit pncthrive.com .

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level