Sr. Manager, Corporate Strategy

Adobe•San Jose, 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 and expansion into digital marketing leadership. As a Senior Manager, Corporate Strategy, you will join a highly entrepreneurial team and be responsible for a wide range of strategic topics. This includes developing product strategies, assessing the impact of technological trends like GenAI, analyzing the competitive landscape, determining Adobe’s future strategic positioning, and crafting perspectives on market adjacencies, including strategies for build, buy, or partner. You will drive projects and cross-functional initiatives to accelerate Adobe's long-term growth, offering an outstanding opportunity to support senior executives, tackle critical challenges, and gain insights into their decision-making processes. This role often serves as a launchpad for distinctive operational and general management roles within Adobe and the tech sector.

Requirements

6+ years of proven track record of leading transformational change with increasing levels of responsibility, ideally in management consulting, consumer internet or SaaS strategy
Intellectual curiosity, deep interest in the technology landscape, evolving trends and long-term horizon
Ability to build ‘outside-in’ POV on market opportunities and drive clear implications and recommendations
Structured thinker with ability to break down big, hairy problems into discrete elements
Hypothesis led problem solver with executive presence
Ability to influence senior cross-functional stakeholders to take action
Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, verbal and written communication skills
Experience leading teams and commitment to coaching / mentoring
Undergraduate and graduate degrees (MBA or equivalent experience preferred)

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
Help them tackle their most critical challenges
Gain invaluable insights into their decision-making processes