Strategy and Business Operations Manager

The Opportunity We are seeking a Principal Strategy & Operations Manager to help build and speed up the growth of our Digital business. This is a prominent, senior individual contributor role combining strategy, analytics, planning, and implementation. You will work closely with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to find key opportunities and challenges, turn insights into clear priorities, and rally teams around actions that produce measurable results. What you'll Do Establish and drive structured Run-the-Business (RTB) cadences that surface actionable insights, focus leadership attention on the highest-priority issues, and drive accountability for business outcomes through a data-driven operating model. Analyze end-to-end business and funnel performance, diagnose root causes, and translate findings into programs and interventions that improve conversion, growth, and operating efficiency. Develop perspectives and recommendations on complex business questions, integrating quantitative analysis, customer and market insights, and sound business judgment to find opportunities and inform strategic choices. Lead cross-functional prioritization processes that inform quarterly and annual planning, with particular focus on Creators and Creative Professionals, ensuring actions and investments ladder back to the critical metrics across the DDOM funnel. Operate as a connective hub across GTM & Sales, crafting clarity around priorities, decisions, ownership, and key results. Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from problem definition and alignment through execution and measurement. Raise the analytical and operational bar by establishing scalable frameworks, operating mechanisms, and best practices. What you'll bring 8+ years of experience in strategy consulting, business analytics, operations, or a related field. Demonstrated ability to independently lead high-impact, ambiguous business problems from diagnosis through execution. Outstanding analytical capabilities to synthesize complex information into clear insights and recommendations. Proven ability to guide senior executives and drive decisions across complex, cross-functional organizations. Experience building operating mechanisms, planning processes, and performance frameworks that improve organizational efficiency. Preferred qualifications: Advanced degrees or specific skills in business performance drivers and forecasting. 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 . 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 $130,800 - $262,025 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 $181,000 - $262,025 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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