Senior Manager, Legal Operations

Adobe•San Jose, CA

About The Position

Adobe's Legal & Government Relations (LGR) group is seeking a strategic and innovative Senior Manager, Legal Operations. This highly visible, cross-functional leadership role is responsible for overseeing outside counsel and vendor management, legal spend and financial operations, operational intelligence, and core business operations. Partnering closely with legal leadership, Finance, Procurement, and partners across Adobe, this leader will drive operational excellence, financial stewardship, and insight-based decision making. The ideal candidate is a proven people leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment, balances competing priorities with ease, challenges conventional thinking, and brings an AI-first mentality to modernizing and elevating the legal function.

Requirements

Significant experience in Legal Operations, Business Operations, Finance, Consulting, or a related field.
Proven experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
Deep expertise managing outside counsel programs, legal spend, vendor relationships, budgeting, and forecasting.
Strong business and financial competence with the ability to translate data into actionable executive insights.
Proven ability to lead multiple complex initiatives simultaneously in a dynamic environment.
Outstanding communication, collaborative and positive attitude, and influencing skills.
Track record of driving innovation, challenging the status quo, and delivering measurable business impact.
Passion for AI, technology, and modernizing how organizations operate.

Responsibilities

Manage Adobe's external counsel and legal vendor programs, including governance, performance oversight, billing adherence, fee structures, and cost efficiency.
Own LGR financial operations, including budgeting, forecasting, accruals, spend reporting, and financial controls.
Partner with Finance and Procurement to improve cost efficiency, prioritization, and financial planning.
Build operational metrics, dashboards, reporting, and executive insights to promote data-driven decision making.
Provide operational and financial insights that support long-term planning and leadership decision making.
Find opportunities to improve efficiency, decision making, and business outcomes through innovative operational practices and new technologies.
Partner with Solutions Consulting to support transformation initiatives by providing operational context, data, governance, and value measurement.
Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team.
Establish clear priorities, goals, and operating rhythms that drive accountability, execution, and continuous improvement.
Build organizational capability and foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and high performance.