Position Overview
At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Software Engineering Manager Sr within PNC's Marketing & Technology organization, you will be based in Dallas, TX or Pittsburgh, PA.
Engineering Manager – Marketing Adobe Platforms
Role Summary
The Engineering Manager for Marketing Adobe Platforms is a senior technical leader responsible for driving transformative, enterprise scale development across approximately six cross functional Adobe engineering crews. This role owns end to end technical execution, platform health, and engineering excellence for Adobe led capabilities, including AEM, AEP/RT CDP, Adobe Journey Optimizer, Assets, and Workfront, while ensuring delivery is tightly aligned to measurable marketing and business outcomes.
This is a hands on technical management role, not a coordination function. The leader is expected to set technical direction, elevate engineering maturity, and make complex architectural and delivery trade offs in a highly regulated, enterprise environment.
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Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Architecture
• Own the technical strategy and execution for Adobe Marketing platforms across multiple crews, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, performant, and enterprise ready.
• Serve as the primary technical decision authority for Adobe related engineering, including architecture patterns, integration strategies, and platform standards.
• Drive modern engineering practices across Adobe development (API first design, event driven integrations, CI/CD, cloud native patterns, performance optimization).
• Partner closely with Enterprise Architecture and Security to ensure compliance, data protection, and governance without slowing delivery.
Multi Crew Engineering Management
• Lead and grow ~6 Adobe focused engineering crews, providing clear technical direction, prioritization, and execution discipline.
• Ensure crews are aligned to a shared target architecture and are delivering incrementally toward that vision.
• Actively manage technical dependencies, cross crew integration points, and delivery risk, intervening early where needed.
• Balance platform evolution with near term delivery commitments, avoiding both over engineering and short term fixes.
Delivery & Execution Excellence
• Translate marketing and product intent into clear, executable technical plans with well defined success criteria.
• Establish and enforce “ready to execute” standards (architecture readiness, non functional requirements, dependency clarity) before teams commit to delivery.
• Use PI Planning, Demo Days, and execution reviews as decision points, not status updates.
• Drive predictable delivery through strong upfront engineering rigor and transparent trade off management.
Engineering Culture & Talent Development
• Build a high performing engineering culture grounded in accountability, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.
• Coach senior and mid level engineers, tech leads, and architects to raise the bar on design quality, code health, and system thinking.
• Identify skill gaps (e.g., Adobe specialization, data enablement, integration engineering) and proactively address them through hiring, upskilling, or vendor strategy.
• Act as a technical mentor and escalation point for complex engineering challenges.
Enterprise Partnership & Influence
• Partner with Product, Marketing, Data, Platform, and Operations leaders to align technology execution with business outcomes, not just platform adoption.
• Represent Adobe engineering in enterprise forums, articulating technical trade offs, risks, and recommendations clearly to senior leadership.
• Influence roadmap decisions by grounding discussions in engineering reality, platform constraints, and long term sustainability.
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Required Qualifications
• 10+ years of software engineering experience with significant depth in enterprise platforms or complex distributed systems.
• Proven experience leading multiple engineering teams or crews delivering large scale, mission critical platforms.
• Strong hands on background with modern web architectures, APIs, cloud platforms, and integration patterns.
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a technical authority, making architectural decisions and guiding teams through ambiguity.
• Experience working in regulated, security conscious environments with strong governance requirements.
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Preferred Qualifications
• Direct experience with Adobe Experience Cloud (AEM, AEP/RT CDP, AJO, Assets, Workfront) or equivalent enterprise digital platforms.
• Experience modernizing or scaling marketing, personalization, or customer engagement platforms.
• Background in data driven systems, event streaming, or real time decisioning integrations.
• Strong track record of transformational engineering leadership, not just steady state operations.
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Success in This Role Looks Like
• Adobe engineering moves from platform led execution to outcome driven delivery.
• Multiple crews operate with clear technical alignment, predictable delivery, and reduced rework.
• Platform health, scalability, and security improve without slowing business momentum.
• Engineering teams are engaged, growing, and recognized as trusted partners, not order takers.
PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals.
PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.
Job Description
- Manage a group of software engineers/managers across multiple product lines.
- Oversee the talent management of engineering talent, including recruiting, mentoring, and enabling a culture of learning with a focus on engineering craftsmanship.
- Foster technological innovation, ensuring adoption of current trends, capabilities, and practices emerging in the market. Encourage sound technology choices are made and drive innovative technology architecture and solution design.
- Identify issues, share best practices, and drive continuous improvement.
PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:
- Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
- Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
Qualifications
Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.
Preferred Skills
Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Experience, Adobe JRun, Adobe Packages, Application Development, Business Management, Customer Solutions, Design, Group Problem Solving, Process Improvements, Release Management, Software Solutions, User Experience (UX) Design
Competencies
Agile Development, Application Development Tools, Coaching Others, Continuous Learning, Design Thinking, Emerging Technologies, Influencing, Innovation
Work Experience
Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree. Higher level education such as a Masters degree, PhD, or certifications is desirable. Industry experience is typically 8+ years. At least 5 years of prior management experience is typically required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.
Education
Bachelors
Certifications
No Required Certification(s)
Licenses
No Required License(s)
Benefits
PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.
In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.
To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for full time and part-time employees, visit pncthrive.com.
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Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
PNC provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other categories protected by law.
This position is subject to the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) and, for any registered role, the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (SAFE Act) and/or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which prohibit the hiring of individuals with certain criminal history.
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