Programme Manager/Principal Project Manager
Adobe
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Roles & Responsibilities
Join Adobe s Professional Services organization in Riyadh as a Programme Manager/Principal Project Manager Strategic Governance, where you will lead executive-level engagement, steer digital transformation governance, and drive the strategic value realization of Adobe s enterprise programs across the Middle East. In this senior individual contributor role, you will be a key advisor to C-suite stakeholders and VPs, ensuring that Adobe s platform vision, transformation roadmap, and Centers of Excellence (CoE) models translate into measurable customer outcomes.
We are seeking a Programme Manager/Principal Project Manager who can provide strategic oversight, executive governance, and multi-workstream orchestration for Adobe s most critical regional customers. This role goes beyond delivery execution: it blends program governance, stakeholder management, business value realization, and transformation leadership to ensure that clients establish the right operating model, capabilities, and CoE structure to scale digital experiences.
As a trusted partner to both customers and Adobe s sales organization, you will also play a vital role in helping account teams position the strategic importance of Digital Transformation Centers of Excellence, articulating how governance, operating models, and cross-functional alignment accelerate transformation maturity and long-term customer success.
What you will do (Key Responsibilities)
Lead executive and strategic governance for Adobe programs across multiple enterprise and government clients, ensuring alignment with strategic business outcomes.
Establish, guide, and mature Digital Transformation Centers of Excellence (CoEs), enabling customers to scale Adobe capabilities, institutionalize best practices, and build sustainable governance and innovation frameworks.
Drive end-to-end program leadership, orchestrating multi-workstream delivery across Experience Cloud solutions, data platforms, content supply chain, and digital experience operations.
Serve as the primary point of contact for strategic clients, building trusted relationships and ensuring business alignment
Partner closely with the Adobe Sales team to position Adobe s transformation approach, ensuring customers understand the value of strong governance, CoE maturity, and structured transformation roadmaps.
Facilitate strategic workshops, steering committees, and cross-functional executive engagements to maintain alignment, de-risk delivery, and maximize value realization.
Monitor and report on program performance, KPIs, and business value impact, ensuring clear visibility to customer leadership and Adobe stakeholders.
Ensure operational excellence through strong oversight of schedules, budgets, dependencies, risks, and delivery quality across all engagements.
Drive account growth by identifying opportunities for additional services and value creation.
Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Global Services teams to ensure customer needs are anticipated and addressed with the right solutions and delivery approach.
Support program innovation by identifying opportunities for optimization, new use cases, and maturity acceleration through Adobe technologies and best practices.
Apply Adobe s services methodology, apprentice others in the methodology, and drive continuous improvements in our ways of working
What You Need to Succeed
10+ years of experience leading projects in a consulting and/or technology professional services organization
Engaging people leader with demonstrable ability to lead and encourage teams
Strong executive presence, including the ability to partner with and effectively influence client managers, directors, VPs, CMOs, and CXOs
Proven organizational skills to plan and coordinate complex projects
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
High degree of intellectual curiosity and ability to absorb new concepts quickly
High level of energy and personal drive
Experience with one or more of the following: digital marketing automation, web content management, personalisation, ecommerce, web analytics and tag management, technology/software/SAAS concepts, custom software development processes and methodologies (including managing Agile projects and scaled agile), technology project management, and governance
Fluency in English and Arabic
Desired Candidate Profile
Education requirement: Degree or equivalent qualification/experience
Experience requirement: Minimum 5 years in SaaS, Consulting or Technology environment
Company Industry
- IT - Software Services
Department / Functional Area
- Corporate Planning
- Consulting
- Strategy
- M&A
Keywords
- Programme Manager/Principal Project Manager
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Adobe
Our Company/b> br> br>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. br> br>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!/p> Adobe Middle East /b> /p> Adobe in the Middle East empowers businesses and individuals through creativity and digital transformation. In Saudi Arabia, we support Vision 2030 by driving innovation, developing local talent, and enabling exceptional customer experiences. As the regional headquarters for foreign companies, Adobe serves as a strategic hub for growth and collaboration across markets. Join us to help shape the future of digital experiences in one of the world s most dynamic region./p> Our Company /b> /p> 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 craft beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen. /p> We re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to building 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! /p> We believe innovative ideas can emerge from any team member, including you./p>