Associate, Corporate Strategy

Adobe•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

The Corporate Strategy team works closely with Adobe’s top executives and its three business units (Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, and Experience Cloud) to ensure the company maintains its fast growth trajectory. The team has been instrumental in significant strategic decisions, including the transition to cloud, expansion into digital marketing leadership, and positioning in Generative AI. As an Associate, you will join a highly entrepreneurial team with expertise in management consulting, digital media, and marketing. Your responsibilities will cover a broad range of strategic topics, including product strategy development, assessing technological trends like GenAI, competitive landscape analysis, defining Adobe's future strategic positioning, and evaluating market adjacencies and pursuit strategies (build, buy, or partner). This role involves driving projects and cross-functional initiatives to accelerate Adobe's long-term growth, offering direct support to senior executives and providing invaluable insights into their decision-making processes. This position offers significant senior executive exposure and is often a pathway to operational and general management roles within the company.

Requirements

2-4 years of experience at a management consulting firm or within an equivalent corporate strategy group
Experience operating in a digital/consumer internet or SaaS environment
Proven track record of leading transformational change with increasing levels of responsibility
Strong analytical abilities and attention to detail, while staying focused on the big picture
Excellent verbal and written communication skills; strong presence in front of senior executives
Creative problem solver with a bias for action
Relentless yet passionate about collaboration. Debates and discussions lead to good outcomes for all involved. They also set a positive tone for cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

Prior understanding of digital marketing or digital advertising highly desired

Responsibilities

Developing product strategies
Assessing the impact of technological trends such as GenAI
Analyzing the competitive landscape
Determining Adobe’s future strategic positioning
Crafting a perspective on market adjacencies, including the strategies to pursue (e.g., build, buy, or partner)
Drive projects and cross-functional initiatives sought at accelerating Adobe's long-term growth
Support senior executives across the business