Strategic Communications Group Lead – Strategy & Ops

Adobe Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 173,300 - 250,875; Full time

Job summary

Adobe’s Communications team seeks a Group Manager, Strategy & Operations to own the strategic and operational backbone for Adobe’s Creativity & Productivity business. You’ll build rhythms, plans, and governance to scale media, executive communications, product communications, and thought leadership across the organization.

You’ll lead a small team, set workback schedules, and partner with senior leaders to drive clear decisions and measurable results.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of experience in communications, strategy, or operations, preferably at a tech company or in high-stakes comms.
• Chief of Staff or senior communications strategist experience, having acted as a trusted proxy for an executive.
• Exceptional writer comfortable moving between executive voice and internal narrative with strategic framing.
• Structured problem solver who translates ambiguity into clear plans with owners, timelines, success criteria, and builds the systems that maintains sustainable plans.
• Strong executive presence and the confidence to engage at the VP/C-suite level.
• High EQ skilled at reading people, influencing without formal authority, and mentoring teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Senior Director to set strategic direction and turn it into clear operating plans.
• Own the team's operating rhythm - planning, goal-setting, performance tracking, day-to-day priorities - and act as a trusted proxy in meetings and decisions.
• Facilitate faster decision-making by prioritizing issues and clearing the way so the team can move fast and stay focused on external results.
• Hold the team to a high standard of operational excellence including timely, accurate reporting, budget tracking, industry analysis, and media measurement.
• Build AI-native systems that make the team more efficient, from briefing and review cycles to content tracking and operations.
• Lead special projects and critical initiatives, often operating independently and without a playbook.
• Manage a small team, setting clear expectations, mentoring for growth, holding the team accountable for quality, responsiveness, and ensuring cohesive direction.
• Establish workback schedules, editorial standards, and preparedness protocols that bring consistency and reliability to high-stakes communications moments.
• Serve as an editorial steward on strategic engagements, reviewing content, shaping materials and crafting positioning.
• Manage agency and vendor relationships and coordinate partners to guarantee quality and timely deliverables.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Team leadership

Operational excellence

Written communication

Job description

Adobe’s Communications team seeks a Group Manager, Strategy & Operations to own the strategic and operational backbone for Adobe’s Creativity & Productivity business. You’ll build rhythms, plans, and governance to scale media, executive communications, product communications, and thought leadership across the organization.

You’ll lead a small team, set workback schedules, and partner with senior leaders to drive clear decisions and measurable results.