Director of Research & Strategy, Adobe Express
Adobe · San Francisco, CA · Design
About this role
Adobe is hiring a director-level Director of Engineering in the software engineering function based in San Francisco, CA. The posting calls out experience with Express, Machine Learning and roughly 10+ years of relevant work. Compensation is listed at $169,700–$323,350 per year.
- Role
- Director of Engineering
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- director
- Track
- Management
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Department
- Design
- Posted
- Mar 19, 2026
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Job description
from Adobe careersThe opportunity
Adobe is looking for Director of Research & Strategy for Adobe Express. You will lead a group of passionate and hard-working researchers and strategists shaping experiences across web, mobile, and desktop applications to develop a rich Adobe Express ecosystem, while using AI/ML technologies to enable individual and business creativity and productivity across enterprise users and teams.
Partnering closely with Design, Product and Engineering executives, you will provide strategic design and product direction, feedback to the design and engineering teams to uplevel craft, and find resolution to ambiguous problem spaces across the entire Express ecosystem.
What you’ll do
Build and lead a high-performing research and strategy team; coaching senior talent, attracting top-tier leaders, and fostering a culture of rigor, growth, and impact.
Build a collaborative environment and encourage deep partnership with cross-functional teams, setting a high bar for research craft and embedding research into strategic planning and execution.
Define and execute research strategy for redesigns, new audiences and product directions, and lead all aspects of research execution across releases on multiple platforms.
Contribute to product strategy discussions through deep customer research and design partnerships to bring visions to life.
Influence cross-functional leaders to act on insights, driving measurable improvements in user and business outcomes.
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