Sr. Director, Data Science & Analytics

Adobe Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe Inc. is seeking a transformative leader to build and scale a centralized data science and analytics organization for the Firefly product line in San Francisco. You will drive data-driven decision-making, guide roadmaps, and partner across product, engineering, research, marketing, and finance to maximize measurable impact.

You will own models of user activation, retention, and cross-product journeys while mentoring a diverse team of data professionals toward ambitious business goals.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• Eight+ years leading analytics teams with product/engineering collaboration.
• Experience building and guiding multidisciplinary data scientists, engineers, and analytics professionals.
• Ability to influence strategy and communicate data-driven insights effectively.
• Curiosity, decisiveness, and adaptability in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a world-class centralized data science organization across Firefly.
• Establish instrumentation and a shared benchmark framework for products.
• Implement standardized experimentation and reliable readouts for rapid learning.
• Deliver actionable product guidance and data-driven roadmap insights.
• Own monthly product health reviews and drive quarterly planning narratives.
• Guide roadmaps and financial modeling with cross-functional partners.
• Lead development of models revealing activation, retention, and journeys.
• Inspire, hire, and manage a diverse team toward business objectives.
• Define data science and analytics vision aligned with business goals.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure data-driven priorities.

Skills

Data science leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic influence

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

MS degree a plus

Job description

The Opportunity

Adobe is reinventing Creativity to meet the moment with new tools and solutions with generative AI at the core, empowering everyone to create. As part of that reinvention, we're moving faster, and innovating more than at any other time in Adobe's history. We need data, insights, and learning that can keep up. That's why we're looking for a proven leader who can bring their experience working on winning teams that drove strategy through data to help us in this transformative moment at Adobe.

Build and scale a center of excellence in data science and analytics, reporting directly to the VP of the Firefly Product organization, to drive a culture of data‑driven decision‑making, investment, product validation, and resource prioritization.

Partner with product, engineering, research, marketing, and finance to shape strategy, guide roadmaps, balance investments ensuring every product innovation is grounded in measurable impact. Help define what great looks like when it comes to the future of creativity.

What You’ll Do

• Build and lead a world‑class, centralized data science organization, integrating data engineering, analytics, and modeling across Firefly.
• Establish consistent instrumentation and a shared benchmark framework across all products.
• Implement standardized experimentation and automated, reliable readouts to support rapid learning and product iteration.
• Deliver actionable product guidance, not just dashboards—proactively steering roadmap and portfolio choices with clear, data‑driven insights.
• Own monthly product health reviews and drive weekly business narratives that inform quarterly planning, staffing, and strategic bets.
• Partner with product, engineering, marketing, and finance to guide roadmaps, investment decisions, and financial modeling, ensuring every product choice is grounded in measurable impact.
• Lead the development of models that reveal activation, retention, cross‑product journeys, and quality signals, enabling deep understanding of user segments and product evolution.
• Inspire, hire, and manage a diverse team of data professionals toward ambitious business objectives.
• Define the data science, business analytics, and product analytics vision for Firefly; set the technical roadmap and align it with broader business goals.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally to ensure data‑driven insights directly inform strategic priorities and product innovation.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent experience (MS a plus).
• Minimum of eight years of work experience managing analytics teams, working collaboratively with product and engineering teams, and guiding data‑influenced product and business planning, prioritization, and strategy development.
• Demonstrated experience building and leading multidisciplinary teams of data scientists, engineers, and analytics professionals.
• Deep expertise working closely with product to support, drive, and validate building both products users love and successful businesses at scale.
• Proven ability to influence strategy and lead change through compelling communication of data‑driven insights.
• Intellectual curiosity, decisiveness, and adaptability in ambiguous, complex environments.
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

State‑Specific Notices

California: Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances.

Colorado: If this role is open to hiring in Colorado, 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: 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.