Senior Strategy & Operations Lead

The Opportunity Adobe’s Digital GTM & Sales team drives the end-to-end performance of our digital business — and this role sits at the center of it! As a Senior Strategy & Operations Lead, you will be a trusted strategic partner to leadership, helping shape how we think about the business, identify the highest-leverage opportunities for growth, and translate insight into action at speed. This is a role for someone who thinks like a consultant and operates like an owner. You’ll bring a structured lens to complex business questions — whether that’s diagnosing what’s driving a performance trend, evaluating a strategic bet, or stress-testing a quarterly plan. At the same time, you’ll roll up your sleeves to ensure the operating rhythms and planning processes that keep the business running are reliable and continuously improving. You'll be partnering with sales, marketing, finance, and regional teams and the key connective tissue between strategy and execution. If you thrive on variety, enjoy making sense of ambiguity, and want to leave a visible imprint on a high-growth business, this is the role for you! What You’ll Do Business Performance & Strategic Insight Serve as a strategic thought partner to leadership— framing the right questions, building the analytical foundation, and driving toward actionable recommendations. Monitor and synthesize business performance across the digital funnel; identify emerging trends, surface risks and opportunities, and communicate findings with executive-level clarity. Translate complex business problems into structured frameworks that drive alignment and enable faster, better decisions. Planning, Prioritization & Operating Rhythm Drive the day-to-day operational heartbeat of the team: manage reporting cadences, synthesize key result progress, and ensure the right information reaches the right partners at the right time. Build and maintain the frameworks and tools that enable disciplined prioritization Partner with cross-functional teams to keep critical initiatives on track, resolving blockers and maintaining momentum through structured program management. High-Impact Strategic Projects Own a portfolio of high-stakes strategic questions — from competitive positioning and market opportunity sizing to go-to-market model evolution — and drive them from framing through recommendation to decision. Be a trusted “internal consultant” to senior leaders Navigate complexity and ambiguity with confidence — driving progress on long-horizon initiatives that don’t fit neatly into existing workstreams but matter enormously to the business. What You Need to Succeed 6–8+ years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, business operations, or a related strategic role — ideally within a fast-paced technology or SaaS environment Proven ability to structure and solve complex, ambiguous business problems Analytical and financial knowledge; comfortable pulling apart funnel metrics, building cases for business change, and translating quantitative analysis into compelling narratives. Exceptional communication and influencing skills — able to engage credibly with senior leaders, align cross-functional partners, and drive decisions. Track record of owning high-visibility projects end-to-end Deep curiosity about the business - asking "Why?" - and a bias toward action About Adobe Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity. Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours. Let’s Adobe together At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create. 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. Learn more. Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email View email address on click.appcast.io or call View phone number on click.appcast.io. AI Use Guidelines for Interviews: Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process. At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI — and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience. Expected Pay Range: 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 $135,400 -- $264,800 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. In California, the pay range for this position is $182,900 - $264,800 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: Fair Chance Ordinances Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances. 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