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DEPT® · 5 days ago

Executive Director, Adobe Business Consultant

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

$198K/yr - $236K/yr

12+ years exp

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company dedicated to helping ambitious brands grow faster through technology and marketing. The Executive Director, Adobe Business Consultant will lead the Americas Business Process Consulting capability, focusing on maximizing the value of Adobe platform investments and ensuring successful business transformations for clients.

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Responsibilities

Serve as the lead transformation executive on DEPT®’s most complex Adobe engagements. Translate executive vision into adopted, measurable, and durable business outcomes, remaining closely engaged with delivery teams to ensure intent becomes reality

Act as executive owner for Adobe programs, ensuring alignment between business objectives, operating model design, and technical delivery. Serve as the escalation point for organizational, process, and stakeholder risk

Lead enterprise assessments across marketing operations, commerce, content, data, and analytics. Identify gaps in process, governance, and capability that prevent clients from realizing ROI from Adobe investments

Define future-state operating models, roles, governance structures, and business requirements. Guide teams of business analysts and solution leads to translate strategy into executable work for global delivery teams

Architect multi-year change and adoption strategies that extend far beyond training. Drive executive alignment, stakeholder engagement, resistance management, and hands-on coaching to accelerate organizational maturity

Define and operationalize KPIs that measure readiness, adoption, and sustained value—ensuring success is durable well beyond go-live

Serve as a primary advisor to C-suite and SVP-level stakeholders (CMO, CIO, CDO, COO), helping them navigate organizational complexity, sequencing decisions, and tradeoffs inherent in large-scale Adobe transformations

Lead executive workshops and steering committees, translating Adobe capabilities—particularly AEP, AEM, and Analytics into operating model change, business impact, and credible ROI narratives

Communicate complex transformation roadmaps and organizational implications with clarity, credibility, and executive presence

Partner with sales and solution engineering to shape pursuits, define business consulting and governance workstreams, and articulate DEPT®’s differentiated approach to Adobe-led transformation

Develop thought leadership on the realities of Adobe transformation, change, adoption, governance, and value realization, informing both client strategy and internal delivery standards

Represent DEPT® at industry events, executive forums, and Adobe ecosystem venues as a credible leader in enterprise transformation

Architect and lead DEPT®’s Adobe Business Consulting capability in close partnership with Delivery and Technology leadership

Establish DEPT®’s business consulting and change framework—integrating Prosci/ADKAR principles with Agile delivery, operating model design, and business process re-engineering

Recruit, mentor, and lead senior transformation leaders. Build a culture grounded in accountability, credibility, and business impact

Partner with leadership on P&L ownership, forecasting, utilization, and scalable growth of the practice

Qualification

Adobe Experience CloudChange ManagementBusiness TransformationLeadership ExperienceEnterprise DeliveryBusiness Process DesignExecutive PresenceAdobe CertificationsC-Suite AdvisoryStrategic CommunicationSales LeadershipMarket RepresentationTeam Mentorship

Required

12+ years in management consulting, enterprise technology, CX, or digital transformation

Proven experience building and leading consulting practices or large transformation teams

Deep understanding of Adobe Experience Cloud with a business-first lens, particularly AEP (RT-CDP, AJO, CJA), AEM, Adobe Commerce, and Content Supply Chain (Workfront, Firefly)

Demonstrated experience delivering Adobe programs in global or multi-national organizations

Expertise in marketing operations, content workflows, customer data, and digital commerce process design

Ability to influence, align, and advise senior executives with credibility and clarity

Formal change management expertise (Prosci/ADKAR or equivalent) applied pragmatically in complex environments

Deep experience in Retail, Financial Services, Healthcare, or B2B

Bachelor's degree required