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About the Role

Adobe's communications team seeks a Group Manager, Strategy & Operations to own the strategic and operational backbone for the Creativity & Productivity (C&P) business. This role involves building systems, rhythms, and judgment to enable team scale, effective operation, and strategic movement across various communication functions.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Senior Director to set strategic direction and turn it into clear operating plans.
• Own the team's operating rhythm, including planning, goal-setting, performance tracking, and day-to-day priorities.
• Act as a trusted proxy in meetings and decisions.
• Facilitate faster decision-making by prioritizing issues and clearing the way for the team.
• Hold the team to a high standard of operational excellence, including timely reporting, budget tracking, industry analysis, and media measurement.
• Build AI-native systems to enhance team efficiency in briefing, review cycles, content tracking, and operations.
• Lead special projects and critical initiatives, often independently.
• Manage a small team, setting expectations, mentoring, and ensuring accountability for quality and responsiveness.
• Establish workback schedules, editorial standards, and preparedness protocols for high-stakes communications.
• Serve as an editorial steward on strategic engagements, reviewing content and shaping materials.
• Manage agency and vendor relationships to ensure quality and timely deliverables.

Requirements

• 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, and success criteria.
• Ability to build systems that maintain sustainable plans.
• Strong executive presence and confidence to engage at the VP/C-suite level.
• High EQ skilled at reading people, influencing without formal authority, and managing and mentoring teams.

Skills

• Communications
• Strategy
• Operations
• Writing
• Problem-solving
• Executive presence
• EQ
• Team management
• AI-native systems development

Location

• U.S.

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 8-10+ years

Salary/Compensations

• $136,300 - $250,875 annually
• $173,300 - $250,875 annually (California)

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits programs

About the Company

• Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences.
• Adobe’s industry-leading offerings include Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio.
• 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.

Equal Opportunity

• 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.
• 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 accommodations@adobe.com or call +1 408-536-3015.
• Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.