Principal, Strategic Partnerships

Adobe Inc.
United States, California, San Francisco
Nov 14, 2024
Our Company Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe's all about. We give everyone-from emerging artists to global brands-everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We're passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen. We're 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! Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe's all about. We give everyone-from emerging artists to global brands-everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences. We're passionate about empowering people to create breathtaking and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen. At Adobe, we're 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 and that the next big idea could be yours! You will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized globally by countless "best places to work" awards. You will be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our unique Check-In approach where feedback flows freely. If you're looking to build your career, Adobe's the place for you. The Opportunity Adobe is passionate about creativity. Our mission is to support the creative community and to empower and enable anyone who has a story to tell or vision to share. Adobe Express recently launched and is an AI-first, all-in-one content creation app that is revolutionizing creative expression, making it fast, easy and fun for users of all skill levels to design and share standout content. Adobe Express helps people turn ideas into stunning content, whether it's for work or fun, anyone can be empowered to be their most creative selves The Adobe Corporate Partnerships team is focused on delivering material growth and market share expansion through strategic product and technology partnerships with responsibility for sourcing, evaluating, negotiating, and implementing partnership deals for Adobe Express. As a Principal in the Corporate Partnerships team, you will work closely with cross-functional team members and executive leadership to drive successful partner deals with the largest strategic players in the ecosystem to advance Express' objectives. What You'll Do Gain deep knowledge about Adobe Express, including business model, customer segmentation, customer workflows, product offerings, competitors, marketing and GTM. Act as a highly effective business development and strategy resource to the applicable Adobe business unit who builds strategic partnership frameworks that achieve key business objectives. Identify, scope out, and drive engagements with strategic partners that have potential to meet Express objectives. Drive consensus and approval from business unit collaborators and executive leadership to formally engage in deal structuring with applicable strategic partners, including business terms for such deals. Negotiate complex strategic partnerships with third parties from inception to final contract signature. What You'll Need to Succeed 15+ years of experience in business development or strategic partnerships negotiating customized, first-of-its kind deals Ability to operate with a high degree of independence to identify and evaluate new business opportunities, build partnership strategy, assess market opportunity / competitive landscape, and develop financial / business models Consistent track record of building high trust relationship and driving consensus internally across product, marketing, legal, finance, sales and more; proficiency leading discussions about complex business decisions with executive leadership Experience with negotiating complex legal agreements with large, strategic partners Ability to act as a creative, strategic problem solver, incessantly seeking opportunities to materially impact the business. Nice to Have Specific experience in product integration partnerships Familiarity with the creator space and relevant use cases Experience in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) or technology licensing 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 $137,300 -- $252,600 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills,and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. 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. Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances. Adobe is proud to be anEqual Employment Opportunityand affirmative action 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 applicable characteristics protected by law.Learn more. Adobe aims to make Adobe.com accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, emailaccommodations@adobe.comor call (408) 536-3015. 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