VP of Design

  • California
  • Uiuxtrend
We’re looking for a VP of Design for Document Cloud, someone with a great sense of both user experience and product to lead the experience for Acrobat, Sign, and Scan. Partnering with product and engineering executives in crafting the strategic direction of the Document Cloud business unit; responsible for turning strategies into actionable opportunities, and driving design excellence throughout product development cycles.

You’ll manage an impactful team of creatives by demonstrating your care of design craft and details, and love for our products and consumers. You’ll navigate ambiguity with data-informed decision making, and bringing to bear your past experiences as a design leader. You’ll be excited about the opportunity to help us set the standard for Adobe’s world-class design organization.

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Responsibilities

Coach and mentor designers and design leaders, hire and attract top-notch talent to the team, and foster a culture where designers grow, learn and do their best work.

Build a collaborative environment and encourage deep partnership with cross-functional teams.

Set a high bar for design craft, and define and execute design.

Delegate to senior leaders, co-leading creation and articulating vision and opportunities for Document Cloud.

Demonstrate a bias towards action to deliver experiences at the intersection of high user value and business needs.

Bring a deep curiosity about the potential of generative AI to shape better experiences.

Work with Product Management and Engineering to set roadmaps, planning the development and delivery of products at the highest level of quality and experience.

Contribute to the annual planning process that culminates in a presentation to Adobe’s Executive Staff, working closely with Product, Engineering, GTM, and other key collaborators on Strategic and Operating plans.

Envision complex design and user experience ecosystems, and inspire teams to push the boundaries of what’s possible.

Develop a clear vision of the future of design and user experience, and have the courage to pursue forward-thinking design.

Manage trade-offs, make decisions, and ensure alignment in the face of ambiguity.

Serve as a strong, influential voice to ensure we’re tracking against our key initiatives.

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Professional Experience & Qualifications The VP of Design, Document Cloud will have 10+ years of people leadership and management experience in software product experience design and cloud-native/SaaS businesses. They will be a design leader with a passion for developing and shipping products with a high bar for quality and user experience.

Additional Qualifications

Proven track record of leading the design of large-scale product offerings and systems within a high growth, global, and matrixed environment.

Demonstrated technical competence and expertise in experience design for consumer products, enterprise products, including web apps and native mobile apps.

Demonstrated experience leading and developing a distributed, cross-functional, globally dispersed design organization.

Proven track record of applying creative thinking and analysis to solve business needs in ambiguous environments.

Proven experience maintaining and fostering a culture of excellence by recruiting, hiring, and retaining impactful individuals with an eye towards diversity.

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