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Sr. Program Manager, Global Talent Acquisition Operations

Adobe
San Jose, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 9 Nov 2025
💰 $197,700/yr($107,600/yr$197,700/yr)

About the role

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen. 

We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!


 

The Opportunity

As a Sr. Program Manager on the Global Talent Acquisition Team at Adobe, you will play a vital role in optimizing global recruiting processes. You will be a key player in crafting the future of our recruitment operations, driving solutions for both long-term and immediate priorities. Your role will be instrumental in ensuring flawless execution and implementing innovative strategies in a world-class organization! The right candidate brings deep talent operations expertise, thrives in complex collaborative environments, and excels at translating strategy into action!

What you'll Do

  • Play a critical role in our talent systems and process design team by maturing and optimizing workflows and ensuring solutions are scalable and user-centric.
  • Collaborate independently with cross-functional partners demonstrating executive presence to influence and align stakeholders at all levels.
  • Provide strategic leadership in design thinking and support vision development for innovation within Global TA.
  • Establish, design, and implement TA programs and initiatives that streamline processes and technology while ensuring systems are AI-ready.
  • Analyze and report on program outcomes using industry-standard approaches and benchmarking to make data-driven recommendations on continuous improvement.
  • Proactively identify the need for new areas of analysis or gaps in existing product lines.
  • Ability to translate customer feedback and business requirements into actionable process enhancements and system integrations.
  • Proven ability to map, analyze, and improve end-to-end recruiting and operational processes using methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, or Design Thinking.
  • Operate collaboratively and influence as a trusted partner with cross-functional teams including TA alent Acquisition, HR Tech, People Analytics, Legal/POCL and more.
  • Translate strategic business decisions into results with clear success criteria.
  • Establish and maintain SOPs, user guides, and knowledge articles.

What you need to succeed

  • 8+ years of experience in TA Operations and/or HR product or project management, with a relevant bachelor’s degree or advanced degree
  • Experience with TA systems such as Workday (ATS), candidate relationship management (CRM) platforms, LinkedIn Recruiter and Talent Insights, AI first talent intelligence platforms like BrightHire.
  • Demonstrates strong analytical and decision-making skills with authority to mentor junior program managers, using data insights to guide product lifecycle management and make strategic tradeoffs between features and time-to-market
  • Highly organized project leader with strong communication and analytical skills, bringing executive presence to drive alignment and inspire confidence among senior leaders and peers.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity in a constantly evolving business landscape. Preferred experience in navigating global legal complexities while adapting to changing operational requirements

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several  U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $107,600 -- $197,700 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans.  Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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