Director, Digital Strategy - Technology

The Opportunity

Adobe’s Digital Strategy Group (DSG) works with senior business and technology leaders at some of the world’s most innovative companies. Through strategic advisory engagements, we help leaders align business priorities, technology investments, and customer needs to drive meaningful outcomes. As AI reshapes how organizations operate, innovate, and engage customers, DSG helps executives identify new opportunities for growth, differentiation, and competitive advantage.

This Director role sits within Adobe’s Technology vertical, partnering with organizations across hardware, software, and emerging technology sectors. You will lead a team of digital strategists and serve as a trusted advisor to senior executives, helping them navigate change, identify new opportunities, and turn technology investments into business results. We are looking for an AI-native leader with a bias for action - someone who can translate emerging trends into practical strategies, inspire customers with what's possible, and help shape how Adobe applies AI and digital innovation to create value across the technology industry.

At Adobe, you'll work alongside some of the most creative, analytical, and inspiring people in the industry. Our culture is built on continuous growth, collaboration, and helping each other succeed.

What You'll Do

• Lead and develop a high-performing team of digital strategists, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, continuous growth, and an AI-native approach that embraces experimentation, learning, and new ways of creating value.

• Lead executive-level strategy engagements across the Tech sector, serving as a trusted advisor to senior leaders by demonstrating how AI, Adobe solutions, and emerging technologies can accelerate enterprise-wide transformation, drive business value, and create measurable impact.

• Lead teams in developing data-driven insights, strategic recommendations, and compelling executive narratives that address complex business challenges.

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior customer stakeholders while partnering closely with Adobe Sales, Product, and Industry teams to drive customer success and business growth.

• Develop and share industry thought leadership, real-world transformation stories, and best practices across the Tech sectors.

• Drive operational excellence across engagements, including resource planning, quality assurance, and business performance.

• Identify emerging customer needs, influencing strategic priorities, shaping product and GTM strategies, and build industry partnerships that strengthen Adobe’s market leadership.

What You Need to Succeed

• 15+ years of experience in technology, digital strategy, management consulting, customer experience, or transformation leadership.

• Deep expertise in one or more technology sectors, including hardware, semiconductor, software, or technology services.

• Proven success advising senior executives on AI, customer experience, digital transformation, and business modernization initiatives, with experience developing strategies that translate into measurable business outcomes.

• Demonstrated ability to build executive relationships, influence strategic decisions, and partner effectively with Sales organizations to drive growth.

• Exceptional executive presence, communication, storytelling, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

• Strong people leadership experience with a track record of building and developing high-performing teams.

• Experience with Adobe Creative & Experience Clouds and/or comparable digital experience and marketing technology platforms.

• MBA or an advanced degree or equivalent experience preferred; willingness to travel up to 30%.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s 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 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re 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. 

Let’s Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

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.

AI Use Guidelines for Interviews:
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 it’s 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 position is $176,900 -- $323,350 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and 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.

 

In California, the pay range for this position is $223,300 - $323,350

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.