VP, Chief Privacy Officer

Against this backdrop Adobe is seeking a Chief Privacy Officer to lead and provide vision for all aspects of its global privacy strategy and approach to business execution. Overseeing the companys global privacy program the Chief Privacy Officer will work with a broad audience to include senior executivestechnologistsand business leaders. This leader will manage a complex set of global privacy requirements and expectations. This person will lead a team dedicated to supporting Adobes rapidly changing business needs ensuring compliance with evolving privacy security and consumer protection laws and industry standards and appropriately managing legal and brand risk for the company.

Reporting to Adobes Chief Legal Officer the Chief Privacy Officer will be a lawyer with strategic and operational privacyexpertise. The successful candidate will be able toidentifygaps in legacy programs and build new processes to enhance and advance the function. The Chief Privacy Officer will be able to speak the language to inform and influence product and engineering teams. They willestablishthemselves as a proactive privacy leader with a visionimpactingglobal industry standard methodologies and rules and regulations with key external partners. They should have the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization including the Executive team Board of Directors and Shareholders. This person should also have proven success in working cross functionally; and should be a strong communicator with a sharp focus on managing risk with a healthy risk appetite balance

WhatYoullDo

• Building trust in Adobe by overseeing the companys global privacy strategy and policies. Leading and developing best-in-class programs trainings and processes to address privacy issues relating to legacy andnew technologiesand services and ensuring operational compliance with global privacy and data security laws and regulations.

• Continuously developing and improving all aspects of Adobes privacy compliance program. Serving as a privacy evangelist inside Adobe to advance a culture of privacy.

• Driving impactful business solutions. Influencing the development of privacy and data protection-centric features of Adobes technologies and services. Developing and scaling Privacy-By-Design strategies.

• Further developing integrated strategies across Adobe tooptimizenew data use and innovations for customer benefit.

• Creating and implementing customer-focused strategiesproductsand experiences to enable effective and responsible data use. Engaging with Adobe engineers and law enforcement agencies for hosted service offerings.

• Guiding Product Engineering DataScienceand Innovation teams on proposed or potential data use/product features. Clearlycommunicatingwith non-experts to help them understand applicable regulationsrequirementsand standard methodologies.

• Influencing and partnering with cross-functional teams to provide transparency and control over personal information of customers and consumers.

• Leading privacyduediligence on inorganic growth opportunities.

• RepresentingAdobe externally before data protection regulators industrygroupsand other key partners to drive balancedscalableand global approaches to complex data privacy protection and needs. Overseeing communication and engagement with all external audiencesregardingprivacy.

• Partnering with industry leaders to drive customer-focused programs and policies. Participating in industry forums to help craft relevant privacy data and digital advertising policiesregulationsand standard methodologies.

• Leading a team to provide privacy counseling and support services to Adobes business units and corporate functions. Developing and mentoring talent to be passionate about global privacy and data protection issues.

What Makes You Successful

• A JD from a leading law school/university and at least 15 years of relevant privacy experience including time in-house. Ideally over5 ofexperience in SaaS/internet/consumer spaces and some grounding at a top-tier law firm. Some of the time must have been spent in a Fortune 250 Company orlarge scaletechnology company.

• Deep technical competence with the ability to understand and analyze the breadth of Adobes products and offerings including privacy and data security-related features and functionalities. Experience with product counseling preferred.

• Global privacyexpertisewith specific knowledge of privacy regulations and industry standards in all major markets/jurisdictions.

• Superior relationship management skills with the ability to develop partnerships and relationships throughout the organization as well as with key external collaborators. A proventrack recordof building andmaintainingrelationships with other functional leaders and the business.

• Strong communication(oral and written) skills with the ability to influence and persuade effectivelyinterfacing atall levels of an organization.

• A strategic problem-solver with excellent legal and business judgement. Impeccable integrity and ethical behavior with a strong moral compass and a commitment to transparency.

• A creativeinnovativeand commercial mindset with a positive attitude. Substantial experience working collaboratively and effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Thestrong ability to prioritize and focus on critical initiatives for LGR and thecompany;strives for operational excellence and holds teams accountable.

• Acollaborative leadership style that empowers your team as well as the ability; to Influence and adjust your style to drivestrong performanceacross the matrix.

• An inspirational manager and motivator capable of attractingdevelopingand advancinggreat talentand leading a distributed team drawing on strengths to achieve common goals.

• Passionately championing Adobes core values: Create the Future Own the Outcome Raise the Bar and Be Genuine.