Sr Manager, Corporate Development

Adobe•San Jose, CA

About The Position

Adobe generated $24B revenue in FY 2025 and has completed $10B in strategic acquisitions since 2018. Our Corporate Development team strategically identifies, sources, evaluates, and implement Adobe’s inorganic growth roadmap, including acquisitions, divestitures, and investments. We are looking for grounded, thoughtful, and fun teammates to drive Adobe shareholder value through exceptional, ground-breaking opportunities – from sourcing to diligence, deal execution and integration planning. This individual will work with executives on strategic issues across product, product marketing, sales & sales operations, marketing, IT, finance, legal, and HR.

Requirements

Interest and experience in Adobe’s key business lines (Productivity, Creativity, Customer Experience Orchestration).
Demonstrated network of relevant high-growth tech founders and industry contacts.
Strategic problem solver that ‘connects the dots’ or equivalent experience. High EQ, executive influencing and business intuition.
Attention to detail. Strong work ethic. Proactive self-starter. Calm under pressure. Able to adapt to fast paced, ambiguous environments. High learning agility. Consummate teammate.
Excellent written communication skills, including presentation and memo formats. Strong spoken communication skills.
5-8 years of cumulative experience in corporate development, investment banking, or private equity.
BA/BS from a top university in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering or similar field; MBA is preferred

Nice To Haves

Experience in product, operations, SaaS, consumer tech, and enterprise software are a plus.

Responsibilities

Build highly effective relationships with key internal and external partners to develop strategic investment themes, assess potential acquisition and investment opportunities.
Identify product gaps, evaluate build/partner/buy, and collaborate on target selection.
Ability to both lead and support all aspects of the deal process (e.g., execution, negotiation, and due diligence, including financial modeling and valuation).
Navigate and influence decision-making by conducting end-to-end, meticulous analyses, driving the ‘right conversations’ and getting to the heart of the issues.
Establish a robust understanding of new customer segments, industry trends, market positioning, and emerging companies.
Embrace assignments and projects across Corporate Development and M&A Integration. Support post-acquisition integration efforts.
Coach and mentor junior team members.
Use external network of industry specialists to bring outside-in knowledge of market trends and opportunities.