Sr. Director, Engineering - Digital Video & Audio (DVA)

Adobe•San Jose, CA

11h•$209,300 - $429,350

About The Position

The Digital Video & Audio (DVA) business at Adobe is responsible for industry-leading creative tools like Premiere Pro and After Effects, used by professionals worldwide for video editing, motion graphics, and content creation. The future of creative storytelling is envisioned as hybrid, blending traditional techniques with AI-powered creation. Adobe's DVA is building a comprehensive creative platform to support every stage of the creative journey, from intelligent editing and generative video to cloud-native workflows and connected creative experiences. This role of Senior Director of Engineering is a highly visible leadership position within one of Adobe's strategic product portfolios. The individual will lead engineering strategy and execution for Premiere Pro, After Effects, and the DVA platform, shaping the future of professional video creation. Key responsibilities include partnering with Product, Design, Research, and Platform Engineering to drive innovation, modernize technologies, and deliver intelligent experiences. Success in this role requires building high-performing teams, influencing across a complex matrixed organization, and driving technical and organizational excellence at scale. The leader will also partner with various teams including Product Management, Design, Applied Research, Firefly AI, Creative Cloud, and Engineering to define and deliver the future of Adobe's video, motion graphics, and creative technology platform. The ideal candidate is an experienced engineering leader with strong technical judgment, operational rigor, and a proven track record of delivering creative products through significant technology shifts, including modernizing mature architectures, scaling organizations, and integrating AI into customer experiences globally.

Requirements

Demonstrated ownership of business outcomes that delivered double-digit growth.
Experience expanding product value and adoption among new and emerging creators, with a strong focus on activation, retention, and business impact.
15+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping products with a worldwide reach.
Experience leading large distributed engineering organizations responsible for complex, business-critical platforms including large-scale desktop applications and cross-platform experiences used by millions of creators.
Proven experience integrating AI and machine learning technologies to enhance customer experiences, including generative AI, large language models, agent-based workflows, orchestration frameworks, inference systems, and multimodal experiences.
Demonstrated success in modernizing platforms and leading large-scale AI adoption initiatives across mature engineering organizations and codebases.
Experience improving engineering productivity through AI-assisted development and modern delivery practices.
Strong technical depth across native applications, cloud-connected platforms, distributed systems, web, mobile, AI infrastructure, and developer ecosystems.
Deep understanding of scalability, reliability, performance optimization, platform architecture, and operational excellence.
Experience supporting globally distributed products and services used at large scale.
Passion for creativity tools and a strong understanding of creator workflows, imaging technologies, graphics systems, extensibility, security, compliance, and enterprise requirements.
Proven ability to build and develop leadership teams across directors, managers, architects, and engineers.
Experience driving alignment across executive collaborators and partnering with organizations such as Premiere, Illustrator, and Firefly to deliver connected creative workflows.
Exceptional communication, organizational leadership, and influence skills.
Ability to inspire teams, shape strategy, and lead significant organizational change.

Responsibilities

Define and drive the engineering strategy for DVA across the portfolio.
Lead the next generation of AI-native and agent-based creative experiences.
Integrate generative AI, intelligent agents, and multimodal workflows into creator experiences in partnership with Adobe AI Research and Firefly teams.
Lead engineering execution and advance extensibility frameworks, developer experiences, and AI-powered workflows while delivering seamless experiences across devices and creative surfaces.
Drive the technology strategy for Adobe's Digital Video & Audio portfolio, accelerating AI-powered experiences across Premiere Pro, After Effects, and the platform.
Modernize core video and rendering technologies, cloud services, collaboration capabilities, extensibility frameworks, and shared platform infrastructure while balancing architectural transformation with continuous product delivery.
Build and develop a high performing global engineering organization responsible for performance, scalability, reliability, and operational rigor.
Foster accountability, technical excellence, innovation, and strong execution while partnering across Adobe to align strategy, priorities, and platform direction.
Represent Adobe externally through executive engagement, technical leadership, and a clear vision for shaping the next era of creativity.