Strategic Operations Director

4 weeks ago


San Francisco, California, United States Adobe Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Strategic Operations Director to join our team at Adobe. As a key member of our leadership team, you will play a critical role in driving business growth and success.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead as a top-level adviser, confidant, and sounding board to the Senior Vice President of Creative Product Group and Digital Media Growth.
  • Quickly understand and simplify complex problems, working across teams to identify solutions and resolve them efficiently.
  • Own and drive strategic initiatives that are critical to the engagement of our teams, customers, and communities.
  • Be the voice of the organization in cross-functional discussions, advocating on behalf of the team and promoting a community of inclusive leadership with a sense of urgency.
  • Be a key bridge, conveying and ensuring successful communication and implementation of critical organizational and operational decisions.
Requirements
  • 10+ years of experience in strategic operational roles, partnering directly with senior leaders.
  • BA or BS degree in a related field; MBA, Management Consulting experience is a plus.
  • Excellent communication skills, written, verbal, and through tools like PowerPoint.
  • Extraordinary ability to program manage across complex operations.
  • Critical thinking skills and ability to take sizable problems and break them into small meaningful pieces as well as being able to utilize data to derive insights from metrics.
  • Comfort with ambiguity, a can-do attitude, and attention to operational details.
  • Ability to develop relationships and partnerships (internal and external) at all levels of the organization, exhibit strong leadership and influencing skills, and design, implement, and lead change management initiatives.
  • Ability to learn, grow, and take on expanded duties as business needs evolve.
  • Excellent meeting design and facilitation skills.
  • Superb judgment and integrity, including excellent decision-making skills and a sense of urgency.
Compensation and Benefits

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 $134,800 - $267,600 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

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).

Certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action 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 applicable characteristics protected by law.



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