Manager, Customer Success (EDU)

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 hiring a Manager of Customer Success to join our North America Education team to lead all aspects of Customer Success for Adobes Digital Media business. This individual will engage directly with academic leadeship and collaborators IT partners and internal marketing teams as well as collaborate with NA EDU Sales team to support the educational sector.

What youll Do

• Lead a topperforming team of Education Customer Success professionals passionate about elevating Adobes Digital Media solutions in NA higher education institutions.
• Establish ways to engage with leaders optimally using plans briefings and reports for clear communication.
• Own the execution of scalable engagement programs and repeatable practices that align with Adobes customer success approach and drive active use across institutions.
• Monitor team performance and engagement metrics to improve delivery of programs drive active use across institutions and support operational efficiency.
• Lead planning discussions by providing field insight on team capacity program needs and areas of opportunity to improve engagement delivery.
• Collaborate across Product Marketing and Strategic Development to align team efforts drive consistent execution of engagement programs and ensure institutions receive a unified Adobe experience.
• Serve as the voice of the customer internally at Adobe sharing strategic use cases process improvements and asks back into the internal ecosystem.
• Shape and refine Adobes future Customer Success strategy in Education by aligning team initiatives with companywide goals and important metrics. Cultivate a strategic and accessible partnership with the NA EDU Sales team providing thought leadership and participating in presales conversations with top institutional opportunities.
• Attract recruit inspire and retain the best talent.

What you need to succeed

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience leading Customer Success teams or customer success strategy within a technology organization with a strong focus on team leadership program execution and delivering against defined engagement goals. Higher education experience strongly preferred.
• Indepth understanding of the Higher Education landscape with a track record of implementing strategies to boost academic engagement student programming campus events and institutionwide integration of Adobe tools to support active use and adoption.
• Strong communicator with experience communicating team outcomes and program results to crossfunctional partners and senior leadership.
• Proven track record in fostering alignment across internal teams to ensure strong program delivery and operational consistency.
• Analytical approach with experience using CRM data to guide team performance and share actionable insights with crossfunctional teams.
• Ability to adapt quickly in a fastpaced environment while balancing immediate priorities with longterm program goals.

At Adobe for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC base commission) and shortterm incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Nonsales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and shortterm incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition certain roles may be eligible for longterm incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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