Strategic Business Developer 4

The opportunity

Adobe Private Capital (APC) is a strategic go-to-market initiative that partners with venture capital firms private equity firms and sovereign wealth funds to accelerate value creation within their portfolios. Adobe for Startups provides creative and marketing tools to early-stage companies before they choose alternatives.

As the Ecosystem Manager you will own the programs external face: building and activating the partner ecosystem of VC firms and accelerators that drives enrollment and makes Adobe the obvious choice for founders. This is a builder role you will be establishing channels workflows and community from the ground up.

What youll do

Ecosystem & Partner Development

• Build and scale a global network of 60 VC firms accelerators and incubators; own the full partner lifecycle from outreach through activation

• Develop and maintain partner-facing collateral that make it easy for partners to refer their portfolio companies

• Represent Adobe at key ecosystem events to build our presence as a trusted ecosystem participant

Program Growth & Measurement

• Track and report on ecosystem targets such as: partner referral volume enrollment growth event-sourced leads and content engagement metrics

• Monitor enrolled cohort quality signals product activation rates multi-product adoption NPS and use them to inform partner targeting and content strategy

• Continuously research the competitive landscape of startup programs and find opportunities to differentiate Adobes positioning and offer structure

What you need to succeed

Adobe for Startups is an early-stage program being built in real time! The ideal candidate is a connection-focused builder who is comfortable at both founder networking events and with spreadsheets. They build trust in the VC ecosystem create scalable programs and monitor progress.

• 4-6 years of experience in startup ecosystem roles partner marketing VC platform developer relations or similar go-to-market functions in SaaS or enterprise software

• Demonstrated ability to build and manage partner ecosystems: sourcing activating and maintaining relationships at scale

• Comfortable working with AI-assisted workflow tools (e.g. automation platforms LLM-based integrations) and eager to design and build automated processes that streamline repetitive tasks and improve team efficiency

• Excellent communication and presentation skills; able to represent Adobe credibly in the founder community and in senior internal meetings

• Builders mentality! Thrives in ambiguity comfortable shipping MVPs and iterating based on feedback energized by the pace of early-stage program development

• Passion for startups early-stage company building and the creative tools that help founders tell their story

Expected Pay Range: $150000 - $210000

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).

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