Strategy and Business Operations Manager at Adobe in San Jose

Job description

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 acce