Senior Director, M&A Integration (Corporate Development)

Adobe•San Jose, CA

About The Position

Adobe’s Corporate Development Integration (CDI) team is responsible for pre-merger operational diligence, integration strategy, and post-merger integration planning and execution. This role is central to translating acquisitions into business impact, working on strategic transactions and partnering with senior leaders to shape implementation and value realization. The Senior Director of M&A Integration will lead Adobe’s M&A Integration function within Corporate Development, reporting to the VP of Corporate Development. The ideal candidate is an experienced executive leader who excels in cross-functional partnerships and influencing in a complex, fast-paced environment. This individual should be strategically and operationally focused, possess strong commercial and strategic judgment, and be capable of leading multiple integration efforts simultaneously while ensuring acquisition targets meet or exceed deal value drivers. This executive appointment will be responsible for crafting and driving integration strategy and execution across Adobe’s acquisitions, working in close partnership with Corporate Development, business unit, and functional leaders. Success requires deep operational experience, strong executive credibility, and execution leadership. The Senior Director will provide trusted counsel to deal teams and senior leaders, ensuring acquisitions are well-executed and aligned with strategic intent. This role also involves leading a high-performing team of integration leads, developing and growing this team through mentorship and a player/coach approach.

Requirements

15+ years leading M&A integration, consulting, or enterprise transformation across complex deal types.
Proven leadership of complex integrations in global, matrixed, product-led organizations.
Strategic operator who converts strategy into execution, creates clarity in ambiguity, and delivers results in high-stakes environments.
Track record influencing senior leaders and aligning cross-functional teams, including Product, Engineering, and Go-to-Market.
Proven people leader who builds, develops, and inspires high-performing multidisciplinary teams.
A combination of confidence with humility and a growth mindset to be open to learning in a constantly evolving environment.
Executive communicator with the presence and credibility to build trust quickly across senior leaders and partners.
Leads complex programs across multiple workstreams, establishes strong operating rhythms, and delivers against operational and program goals.
Exercises strong judgment, drives timely decisions, and navigates competing priorities with a bias for action.
Strong command of M&A tools and data rooms, with high standards for performance, accountability, and impact.

Nice To Haves

Knowledgeable, preferably well versed, in AI and application of AI in M&A, with a passion for continuous learning.

Responsibilities

Lead and scale the integration function by managing independent deal leads, coaching high-performing teams, evolving playbooks and tools, and bringing external standards to improve consistency, speed, and value capture.
Manage relationships with third parties for surge capacity and expertise.
Act as a senior advisor on complex, high-impact transactions and influence how integrations are planned and executed.
Set integration strategy across the deal lifecycle by aligning deal thesis, value drivers, and execution priorities.
Shape integration hypotheses during diligence, assess risks and trade-offs, and inform deal structuring and decision-making.
Create clarity in ambiguous, fast-moving situations by defining integration approach, sequencing, priorities, and key decisions.
Translate deal intent into executable integration plans with clear ownership, milestones, governance, and success metrics.
Drive value realization by identifying risks early, mitigating issues proactively, and establishing operating cadences that enable timely decisions.
Lead multiple concurrent integrations across deal types and stages while maintaining focus on strategic and financial outcomes.
Influence without direct authority by aligning stakeholders, resolving trade-offs, and driving high-quality decisions at key inflection points.
Orchestrate cross-functional integration across Product, Engineering, Go-to-Market, Finance, HR, Legal, and IT, removing dependencies and accelerating execution.
Establish governance, decision forums, and executive transparency into progress, risks, and trade-offs to support speed and accountability.