Senior Manager, Strategy & Operations, Digital Media

Adobe Systems GmbH; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and driven team as a Senior Manager of Strategy & Operations. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate cross-functionally to shape and complete critical initiatives, optimize operations, and drive significant results. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys solving complex problems, and is adept at building relationships in a matrixed organization. If you're ready to make a lasting impact and lead from the front, this is your opportunity to shine in a forward-thinking company that values creativity and innovation.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in management consulting or business operations required.
• Experience with complex cross-functional projects in matrixed organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of key initiatives and mitigate risks.
• Drive multiple strategic and operational priorities simultaneously.

Skills

Management Consulting

Business Operations

Strategic Planning

Problem Solving

Relationship Building

Project Management

Education

MBA

Job description

JOB LEVEL

M50

EMPLOYEE ROLE

People Manager

Our Company

• Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We’re passionate about empowering people to create moving and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies get along with customers across every screen.

• We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new insights can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!

The Opportunity

• The Strategy & Operations team in Digital Media is looking for a dynamic and driven Senior Manager of Strategy & Operations to join our high-performing team. In this pivotal role, you’ll work cross-functionally to shape and complete critical central initiatives, optimize operations, and drive significant results across the organization. You’ll be on a highly effective team that values impact, clarity, and execution—turning vision into outcomes and helping the business scale with purpose. If you’re energized by solving sophisticated problems, influencing senior leaders, and making things happen, this is your opportunity to lead from the front and make a lasting impact.

• This highly visible role will partner cross-functionally to drive the successful delivery of our business and cross app strategies. The ideal candidate loves to solve problems, is adept at establishing relationships in a highly matrixed environment, and thrives at the center of the action solving problems without hesitation.

What You’ll Do

• Work with leaders and cross-functional teams to solve issues, provide insights, and recommendations to support decision-making, and build aligned plans on pivotal initiatives.

• Lead end-to-end delivery of key initiatives including proactive identification and mitigation of risks to achieve business goals.

• Drive multiple, simultaneous, complex, strategic and operational priorities/workstreams, frequently leading large partner groups.

• Identify strategic and operational improvements to improve the business including creating and refining processes to improve efficiency & simplify workflows.

• Partner across the product groups, corporate strategies, finance, analytics, GTM, and more to align multiple leaders on key topics and help drive annual planning.

• Partner with functional leads to develop content and craft exec-level presentations, narratives, and emails that simply communicate sophisticated topics.

• Leverage business knowledge to develop insights that support business decisions, translating data and ambiguous topics into compelling, easy to understand narratives.

What you need to succeed

• 7+ years of experience in management consulting, business operations, or strategic and operations required.

• Demonstrated experience working on complex cross-functional projects end-to-end and/or in highly matrixed organizations.

• Strong problem-solving skills. You're very comfortable with ambiguity and capable of applying structured, logical approaches to “blank sheet” projects.

• Self-motivation and a clear bias for action with the ability to effectively prioritize in a fast-paced environment.

• The ability to build strong relationships and able to actively engage and influence people at all organizational levels, building coalitions and communicating continuously to partner teams, collaborators, and executives.

• Adaptability, grit, and a desire to roll up your sleeves to get things done. We color outside the lines and are willing to help the team with what is necessary to drive progress.

• Positivity that rubs off on those around you. You’re someone that people like to work with and you bring that positivity to a variety of situations.

• MBA is a preferred.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $138,400 -- $264,200 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

State-Specific Notices:

California:

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Colorado:

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If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts:

Massachusetts Legal Notice

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Internal Opportunities

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At Adobe, you will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized around the world. You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our unique Check-In approach where ongoing feedback flows freely. If you’re looking to make an impact, Adobe's the place for you. Discover what our employees are saying about their career experiences on the Adobe Life blog and explore the meaningful benefits we offer.

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