Our Company
Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobes all about. We give everyonefrom emerging artists to global brandseverything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! Were passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images videos and apps and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.
Were on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization and we know the next big idea could be yours!
The Opportunity
We are looking for a dynamic leader to help drive the strategy thought leadership and positioning to grow our High Tech B2Bsegment. As the Industry Strategy Expert you will develop compelling and prescriptive thought leadership and present it to prospects at industry & Adobe conferences / events and 1 : 1 customermeetingswith SVP levels and above. You will partner with a diverse ecosystem of sales product management and solution consulting to bolster our industry value proposition and drive a coordinated go-to-market strategy. As an ambassador for Adobe in the High Tech B2Bindustry you will also partner with Adobe marketing to drive awareness of Adobes capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
Develop Adobes point-of-view for High Tech B2B :
Build a vision and competitive positioning for the industry that resonates with High Tech and B2Bexecutives. This will address for example what are the major capabilities and use cases Adobes Experience Cloud enables from customer data & analytics advanced omnichannel personalization cross-channel journey orchestration creative content production and unified measurement. It should also address what does amazinglooklike for an omnichannel experience & customer journey and what tactics are needed for High Tech and B2B customersand others to maximize the return from their digital will have opportunities to collaborate with digital strategists technologists data scientists and other specialists to craft a powerful point-of-view.
Drive a coordinated strategy to grow thebusiness :
The AdobeHigh Tech B2Bcommunity extends across sales marketing pre-sales customer success product professional services and our partners. You willmonitorthe performance of the overall Americas business and drive long-term growth by orchestrating our strategy across functions. Typical activitiesinclude : working with sales leaders on go-to-market planning partnering with marketing teams to amplify our industry messaging enabling the field on how to position our capabilities tocustomers influencing product / engineering teams to ensure advanced capabilities / use cases are on our product roadmap and aligning with partners on delivery of industry solutions.
Engage with senior executives as a thought leader :
You will develop and present compelling thought leadership to senior executives in customer meetingsCxOroundtables Adobe conferences and industry events. This is a role for someone who enjoys building C-level relationships opening new doors speaking at conferences and advising business leaders on how to achieve success in their omnichannel transformation programs.
What you need to succeed
Your success is measured by driving growth in Adobes High Tech & B2Bvertical by setting the vision for digital transformation inthe space and by positioning Adobe as a key strategic partner in this process.
Experience in High Tech either client-side or as a trusted advisor withspecificfocusindigital marketing omnichannel personalization customer data & analytics and creative production (10 years).
Experience leading successful programs for omnichannel transformation along with an understanding of strategies operational tactics and technologies needed to execute at scale.
Entrepreneurial approach to finding new growth levers for thebusiness.
Experience in the effective use and deployment of data for designing and managing products for measurement collection integration segmentation experience activation and monetization.
Outstanding executive presence and presentation skills with the ability to inspire and engage senior level executives
Highly collaborative with ability to lead through influence in a matrixedenvironment.
Exceptional written communication including interest in authoring thought-provoking points-of-view and conducting customer and marketresearch.
Outstanding problem solving and analytical skills including talent for conducting research analyzing data developing hypotheses and synthesizingrecommendations.
Willingness to travel up to 33%(post-COVID)
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 positionis $$312000 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand may also depend on job-related knowledge skillsand experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.
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.
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Required Experience :
Director
Key Skills
Business Development,Marketing,Pricing,Analysis Skills,Research Experience,Project Management,Research & Development,Strategic Planning,Financial Modeling,Leadership Experience,Management Consulting,Analytics
Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience : years
Vacancy : 1
Yearly Salary Salary : 176900 - 312000
Director Strategy • San Francisco, California, USA