Senior Security Technical Program Manager

About the 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

The Adobe Security organization is seeking a highly technical Senior Security Technical Program Manager to lead complex, engineering‑heavy programs that strengthen our Product and Software Security posture. Our ideal candidate has superb communication and relationship-building skills and a solid track record of driving business outcomes through the management of large programs. This role requires strong technical proficiency across application security, cloud security, secure development practices, vulnerability management, threat modeling, security automation, and security tooling. If you excel at navigating complexity with multiple internal customers, a master planner who helps teams foresee challenges and risks and guides them through it, and you are enthusiastic for using AI to optimize security workflows or solve challenging security problems, we can't wait for you to join our Security PMO team!

What You'll Do

• Partner directly with security program participants, lead and monitor the health and execution of several complex programs with insights into status, risks, dependencies, roadblocks, and budget.
• Manage programs to strengthen Adobe's vulnerability management ecosystem across applications, infrastructure, and cloud assets.
• Bring together cross-functional teams to deliver business outcomes for high-priority programs through clear planning, execution, partnership, and communication.
• Make things easier for all collaborators of your program by driving simplicity, clarity, and efficiency in all aspects of your work.
• Reduce program risk by proactively identifying, communicating, and removing roadblocks.
• Build trust through visibility. Provide accurate and timely data-driven status reports for a broad audience and lead executive governance meetings.
• Effectively handle program financials, including financial forecasts.

What You Need to Succeed

• Exceptional communication skills for effective engagement with both engineers and executives in meetings, presentations, and through writing.
• Excel at building strong and trusted partner relationships.
• 7+ years as a program manager in the security domain with wide expertise in application and infrastructure security.
• Experienced in managing vulnerability management programs, familiar with ticketing workflows and data pipelines.
• Knowledgeable about threat modeling, code scanning, secure coding, security reviews, and secrets management.
• Practical experience applying AI/ML to security program challenges—such as automating vulnerability triage, predicting remediation priority, or solving similar security problems.
• Demonstrated success in program management from concept, planning to execution, reporting, and delivery.
• Strong problem-solving skills to thoroughly understand and interpret the customers' business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
• Basic financial competence to support program budget forecasting, tracking and variance analysis.
• Proven Agile practice experience in software projects and savvy with Jira (including query and dashboarding), O365 Suite, MS Teams, Share Point, MS Project, Excel, and Visio.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC2, and PCI DSS.

Compensation and Benefits

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 $124,300 -- $234,600 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.

In California, the pay range for this position is $162,000 - $234,600.

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.

At Adobe, you will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized around the world. You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our unique Check-In approach where ongoing feedback flows freely. If you're looking to make an impact, Adobe's the place for you. Discover what our employees are saying about their career experiences on the Adobe Life blog and explore the meaningful benefits we offer.

State-Specific Notices

California: Fair Chance Ordinances Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances.

Colorado: Application Window Notice If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. Learn more.

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