Director, GenAI Strategic Partnerships

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

The Adobe Corporate Partnerships team delivers material growth and market share expansion through strategic product and technology partnerships with responsibility for sourcing evaluating negotiating and implementing GenAI partnership deals. As a Principal in the GenAI Corporate Partnerships team you will work closely with cross-functional team members and executive leadership to drive successful partner deals with the strategic players in the ecosystem to advance our GenAI strategies. This is a high-visibility role that requires exceptional responsiveness adaptability and a bias for action. The ideal candidate is hungry to drive impact thrives in fast-moving situations and is energized by working under pressure with senior executives and partners.

What youll Do

Leverage deep knowledge about GenAI ecosystem including business model customer segmentation customer workflows product offerings competitors to advise Adobe leaders on new partnership opportunities.

Identify and deliver on high-impact GenAI partnership initiatives with urgency and precision ensuring alignment with Adobes strategic objectives and maintaining Adobes leadership in the GenAI ecosystem.

Drive consensus and approval with key collaborators and executive leadership to formally engage in deal negotiation with applicable strategic partners; stakeholders to include.

Own end-to-end strategic partnerships with key GenAI players including partnership ideation negotiating contracting and on-going management to ensure its success.

What you need to succeed

15 years of experience in business development or product partnerships crafting non-standard high impact deals with large partners.

Ability to operate as a problem solver with a degree of independence incessantly seeking opportunities to materially impact the business.

Proven track record of building positive relationship and driving consensus internally across product engineering marketing legal finance sales and more; proficiency driving alignment across complex business decisions with executive leadership.

A proactive ambitious attitude with the determination to act swiftly and make a difference in a role that garners significant attention.

Exceptional responsiveness and adaptability you anticipate needs act with urgency manage shifting priorities and thrive in fast-changing environments.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobes industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio Adobe Express Adobe Firefly Creative Cloud Adobe Experience Platform Adobe Experience Manager and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30000 employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. Were on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.

Lets Adobe together

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Expected Pay Range:

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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