Director, Digital Strategy Group (DSG) JAPAN

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!

Adobe is a place where exceptional people work dont just take our word for it our employees have recently voted us and Adobe Japan has been ranked 13th for Great Place to Work.

Were proud to offer market competitive employee benefits designed to suit you and your lifestyle. Some of the great benefits include health insurance global days off wellness fund parental leave access to our Employee Stock Purchase Program and programs designed to help you continue to build your career. To learn more please visit also proudly empower our employees to get involved with corporate social responsibility and offer a broad range of opportunities to enable you to make a bigger impact through philanthropy employee and community engagement.

We know that people are the differentiator in our business and thats why we want to meet you!

The challenge

The Digital Strategy Group works with C-level leadership at Adobes Enterprise customers to advise on strategies for customer-experience transformation and digital innovation. Our engagements employ Adobes digital benchmarking capabilities industry trends customer-journey mapping organizational assessments and other techniques to deliver high-impact recommendations. Today Adobe is at the forefront of enabling our customers digital transformation and new experience-led business models.

With the Japan market rapidly accelerating we require a Digital Strategy Director based in Japan to lead and work on DSG Strategic Engagements. This role will lead the Japan DSG team and work with other DSG leaders across APAC and Globally providing senior leadership and executive presence in market.

As a Digital Strategy Director (Japan) you will both support the analysis for and lead strategy engagements with current and prospective Adobe customers on the biggest deals in Japan. You will be a Strategic Adviser who brings real-world digital transformation knowledge to customers across sectors to drive business growth optimize customer experience amplify brand awareness lower costs and improve productivity.

For each engagement you will quarterback a team of experts (in areas such as digital marketing customer-experience design digital analytics and Value modelling) to conduct analyses and interviews develop insights identify use cases model commercial value and deliver your findings and recommendations outlining the value potential enabled by Adobe solutions/technologies across Adobes Digital Experience and Digital Media clouds..

You will be a thought leader on trends digital innovation use cases business case modelling and relevant research and thought leadership in your industry.

You will enable the field on key Industry points of view and how to have value led conversations also.

In addition to 1:1 DSG Engagements you will also be involved in :

• Building and nurturing pipe

• Running Exec connects with C suite Industry executives

• Working with Marketing to scale thought leadership an extend our reach

• Presenting at external events and Adobes biggest conferences

• Adobes vision for industry and aligning GTM & solutions

• White space modelling to identify new sales opportunities

• Enablement with the field (Sales Renewals Solution Consultants Partner team Product Marketing) and with our Partners

• - Work with field sales teams to understand and expand revenue opportunities
  - Collaborate with sales and marketing to identify accelerate and close sales pipeline
  - Facilitate 1:1 or 1:Many customer visioning workshops
  - Contribute to practice development through thought leadership content business benchmarking and best practice assessments
  - Represent Adobe externally and internally on industry sector innovation and value management related topics

You will work with a talented and motivated team including alumni from top consulting firms leading Agencies and some of the worlds biggest brands.

At Adobe you will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized throughout the world by numerous best places to work awards. We are committed to helping each other grow through our unique Check-In approach where ongoing feedback flows freely.

What you need to succeed;

• Relevant experience in either the Marketing function within a leading company or A top-tier management consulting organization or A top-tier digital agency

• Expertise in key industries including Manufacturing B2B Automotive Retail Telco or Financial Services

• Experience in creating digital or marketing strategies along with a high-level understanding of the technologies and tactics needed for execution

• Strong executive presence and communication skills with ability to engage advise and inspire senior executives

• Outstanding problem solving and analytical skills including talent for conducting research

• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively verbally and in writing and a strong presenter

• High degree of intellectual curiosity and ability to absorb concepts quickly

• Bilingual proficiency in Japanese and English

• MBA or equivalent advanced degree is preferred

If youre looking to build your career and have a passion for Changing the World through Personalised Digital Experiences Adobes the place for you. Every day we get to work with some of the most creative analytical authentic and inspiring people in the world!

Adobe for All

Adobe strives to create an environment where our employees can do their best work and drive their career growth and development based on their personal goals. From fair-pay practices toEmployee Networksand programs designed to make everyone feel included were committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace for all.

Take the plunge and jump in

Like what you have read and keen to jump in Think you might not have all the skills we are looking for Just take the plunge and apply we know that by bringing together a diverse group of people we are so much better together. Wed love to see where we can help driveCreativity for All together.

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