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Agency Operations Manager

Adobe


Job Location:

San Jose, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 98800 - 202250
Posted: 23 August 2026 (11 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 20 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Opportunity

The Agency Operations Manager supports Adobes Agency Management function by driving the operational processes financial administration reporting and governance activities that enable successful partnerships with Adobes creative agency ecosystem.

This role serves as the connective tissue between Agency Management Finance Procurement the Legal department Customer Marketing the Studio and agency partners. The ideal candidate understands how creative agencies operate and enjoys bringing structure organization and accountability to complex workflows.

This position is designed to support the Agency Management team by owning the operational aspects of agency relationships allowing the Group Manager and Agency Leads to focus on strategy partner management agency performance and organizational planning. This role reports to the Group Manager Agency Management.

What Youll Do

Agency Governance & Operations

  • Manage day-to-day agency administration and operational processes.
  • Maintain agency rosters staffing trackers organizational charts and onboarding documentation.
  • Coordinate agency onboarding and offboarding activities.
  • Manage access requests and system setup including LDAP and other required tools.
  • Support agency compliance and documentation requirements.
  • Maintain agency contact directories and knowledge repositories.

Financial Management & Contract Support

  • Support agency budget tracking invoicing purchase orders and financial reconciliation.
  • Coordinate with Finance Procurement and agency teams to resolve billing questions.
  • Maintain agency utilization reports staffing reports and budget trackers.
  • Gather scope inputs from business teams to support SOW development and agency planning.
  • Assist with quarterly and annual agency budgeting processes.

Agency Performance & Reporting

  • Support agency scorecard and feedback collection processes.
  • Consolidate partner feedback and agency performance data.
  • Maintain reporting dashboards related to agency utilization performance spend and staffing.
  • Assist with agency evaluations agency reviews and onboarding of new creative partners.
  • Help find ways to improve agency performance operational efficiency and partnership effectiveness.

Agency Planning & Portfolio Support

  • Support annual planning and quarterly planning exercises.
  • Coordinate information gathering across Marketing Studio Finance Procurement and agency partners.
  • Track agency capacity staffing changes and resource allocations.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Partner closely with Finance Procurement Legal Customer Marketing Studio and agency teams.
  • Ensure team members have timely access to information required for planning and decision-making.
  • Help establish and maintain scalable ways of working across Adobe and agency partners.

What you need to succeed

  • 5 years of experience in account management program management agency operations marketing operations vendor management or a related field.
  • Strong organizational and project coordination skills.
  • Experience managing budgets invoices purchase orders or financial tracking.
  • Experience working in highly cross-functional environments.
  • Strong analytical and reporting skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred

  • Experience working at a creative marketing or marketing agency. Alternatively experience supporting creative agency relationships from the client side.
  • Familiarity with creative development content production and campaign execution workflows.
  • Understanding of agency retainers staffing models scopes of work and resource planning.
  • Experience with enterprise workflow and planning tools.

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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Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender race or color ethnicity or national origin age disability religion sexual orientation gender identity or expression veteran status or any other protected characteristic. Learn more.

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Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work your application may not move forward in the process.

At Adobe we empower employees to innovate with AI and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where its restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.

Expected Pay Range:

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 $$202250 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 $139700 - $202250

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.

State-Specific Notices:

California:

Fair Chance Ordinances

Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and fair chance ordinances.

Colorado:

Application Window Notice

If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting) the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location no specific application window applies and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts:

Massachusetts Legal Notice

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.


Required Experience:

Manager