Business Development Lead

San Francisco, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 148900 - 271500

Posted on: 27 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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

Adobes Digital Experience Business Development team drives meaningful commercial impact by identifying evaluating negotiating and performing high-value partnerships that unlock new revenue improve product capabilities and accelerate our enterprise this senior role you will work across product engineering sales finance sourcing and executive leadership.

This is a high-visibility role that requires sharp judgment strong commercial instincts and an ability to operate with urgency. The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguous environments moves quickly to drive impact and is energized by working directly with senior executives and external partners.

What Youll Do

Bring deep expertise across the enterprise technology landscape understanding partner business models customer segments commercial structures and competitive dynamics.
Identify evaluate and complete high-impact partnership opportunities that deliver measurable value to Adobes product engineering and go-to-market organizations.
Drive internal alignment across collaborators ensuring clarity on business value commercial rationale and strategic fit before entering formal negotiations.
Lead the entire deal process from defining the opportunity to commercial structuring negotiation and final contract signature collaborating closely with legal finance sourcing and product/engineering leadership.
Translate ambiguous problem spaces into clear recommendations and actionable partnership strategies.

What You Need to Succeed

10 - 15 years of experience in business development strategic partnerships or enterprise deal-making at large technology companies.
A strong ability to spot new opportunities and bring together perspectives from product engineering and commercial teams to generate meaningful business outcomes.
Proven success driving alignment across complex cross-functional environments and influencing senior leaders toward high-stakes decisions.
A proactive approach you move fast anticipate needs and operate with a high degree of independence.
Outstanding responsiveness and adaptability with the ability to navigate shifting priorities and thrive in fast paced high-pressure situations.

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 $$271500 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. In California the pay range for this position is $187500 - $271500

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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California:

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Colorado:

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Massachusetts:

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Our CompanyChanging 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...