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About the Role
Adobe's Community Advocacy & Insights team seeks a Principal Strategist to translate Adobe's priorities into impactful programs for the creative community. This is a strategic operator role focused on developing, measuring, and delivering programs with high visibility and influence.
Responsibilities
- Develop and lead community strategies that bridge Adobe priorities with the needs of creative professionals, balancing long-term vision with tactical impact.
- Build and lead pilot strategic programs from start to finish, scaling them to achieve results with community leaders.
- Craft and implement clear, transparent, and trusted communication between Adobe and artists, designers, and creators.
- Serve as a visible advocate for the creative community, representing their perspective internally to shape policies, products, and strategy.
- Collaborate with Product Marketing, Community Marketing, Product, Social, Communications, Brand, Evangelism, Events, and Partnerships teams to ensure strategic alignment.
- Establish clear KPIs to track program impact and use data to continuously refine engagement strategies.
Requirements
- 7-10 years in strategy, consulting, product marketing, product management, brand strategy, partnerships, operations, or innovation with a track record of turning complex insights into action.
- Proven experience transforming ambiguity into clear strategic roadmaps and designing/launching complex programs end-to-end.
- Strong written communications skills with experience producing external-facing content.
- Experience navigating large, matrixed organizations and moving work forward without direct authority.
- AI fluency and taste, with a sophisticated understanding of the AI and gen AI stack and its impact on creative workflows.
- Exceptional critical thinking skills to assess situations, identify approaches, and build buy-in for strategies.
- Ability to proactively identify long-term structural opportunities to maintain Adobe's strategic position.
- Comfort with ambiguity and balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
- Data-driven with strong experience managing budgets and reporting against KPIs.
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, design, communications, or related field; MBA or equivalent strategic experience is a plus.
Skills
- Strategy development
- Program management
- Community engagement
- Market messaging
- Internal advocacy
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Data analysis
- Budget management
- AI fluency
- Critical thinking
- Written communication
Location
- US
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- P50
- Individual Contributor
- 7-10 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, design, communications, or related field
- MBA or equivalent strategic experience
Salary/Compensations
- $140,100 - $261,150 annually (US)
- $180,300 - $261,150 annually (California)
Benefits
- Check-In approach with ongoing feedback
- Meaningful benefits programs
- New hire equity award (potential)
About the Company
- Adobe is passionate about creativity and champions and empowers the global creative community.
- Adobe aims to create a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact.
- Adobe celebrates creativity, curiosity, and constant learning.
Equal Opportunity
- Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.
- 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 its 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.