Senior Compensation Design Strategist

Adobe•San Jose, CA

6h•Remote

About The Position

The Opportunity: Adobe is seeking a dynamic individual to join our Global Sales Compensation Design team. This role plays a critical part in shaping compensation plan design, analytics, incentive policy, and plan launch enablement. As a member of the Global Sales Compensation Design team, you will ensure compensation programs align with strategic business objectives, comply with legal requirements, and remain competitive in the market. With incentive policy, the focus will be on providing clear application guidance, ensuring consistent policy adherence, and maintaining legal compliance. Through compensation enablement, you will deliver employee training and partner closely with business leaders to drive understanding, adoption, and optimal plan effectiveness.

Requirements

5-7+ years of experience in compensation design, sales compensation, sales operations, finance, and/or a related analytical business role
Ability to build, pressure-test, and model compensation scenarios to assess business impact, risk, and pay outcomes
Comfort working with large data sets and translating complex analysis into clear, actionable insights
Experience identifying process inefficiencies and drive automation and scalable solutions
High attention to detail
Familiarity influencing cross-functional stakeholders through data-backed recommendations
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to distill complex compensation concepts for executives and sales teams

Responsibilities

Design and refine sales compensation plans aligned to company strategy and business objectives
Ensure plans are competitive, scalable, and compliant with all legal and regulatory requirements
Translate business priorities into clear, measurable performance metrics and payout structures
Interpret and apply incentive compensation policies consistently across the organization
Provide guidance on policy application, exceptions, and edge cases
Ensure adherence to established governance frameworks and legal standards
Identify policy gaps and recommend updates or clarifications
Deliver plan training materials and enablement sessions for sales teams and leaders
Communicate plan details, changes, and policy updates clearly and effectively
Partner with business leaders to monitor plan effectiveness and drive continuous improvement
Support change management efforts related to compensation programs
Work with large, complex data sets to identify trends and performance drivers
Draw meaningful conclusions and synthesize findings into clear, concise summaries
Prepare executive-level presentations and dashboards to communicate insights effectively