Adobe · 4 hours ago
Senior Director, Chief of Staff to CMO, Enterprise Marketing
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$177K/yr - $377K/yr
12+ years expAdobe is a company focused on changing the world through digital experiences. They are seeking a Senior Director to serve as Chief of Staff supporting the Chief Marketing Officer, responsible for driving clarity, alignment, and operational excellence across the global marketing ecosystem.
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Responsibilities
Lead the CMO-level operating rhythm across functional and global teams, ensuring alignment of annual, quarterly, and monthly priorities across senior leadership
Synthesize complex strategic inputs across product, regional, and go-to-market teams to advise the CMO, recommend decisions, and prepare leadership for critical business reviews
Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to the CMO—driving clarity, identifying risks, surfacing strategic insights, and ensuring teams remain focused on the highest-impact initiatives
Drive the Enterprise Marketing quarterly and fiscal year planning operating models in partnership with Enterprise Marketing leadership teams, Field Sales, Product, and cross-functional groups (GMO, ATS, Finance, HR)
Oversee planning & prioritization cadences—including QBRs, MBRs, annual planning, budget cycles, and strategic offsites
Own performance rhythms (weekly/monthly/quarterly) including business inspection, KPI alignment, performance tracking, and insights generation for senior leadership
Partner with Finance to lead spend forecasting, identify optimization opportunities, and ensure transparency into marketing investment ROI
Build and operate a comprehensive, CMO-level communications framework—including org-wide all-hands, leadership communications, operational updates in partnership with marketing leadership business ops functions and executive comms teams
Create executive-ready presentations, CEC content, board-level materials, and cross-functional communications that influence and align senior audiences
Partner with GMO business ops and strategy teams to drive priority alignment and program collaboration
Partner with Digital Experience PMO and business managers across regions to ensure global-to-regional alignment and adoption of operating models
Identify operational gaps across teams, functions, and segments; develop solutions to increase efficiency, scalability, and cross-team connection
Manage end-to-end leadership operations including strategic offsites, talent planning, promotions cycles, recognition programs, morale/engagement efforts, and VP/Sr. Director development
Guide senior leaders through continuous cycles of improvement—simplifying workflows, improving cross-functional understanding, and reinforcing organizational priorities
Ensure leaders have the systems, insights, and communication structures needed to operate at peak performance
Qualification
Required
Demonstrated success operating at the VP/SVP/CMO executive tier, with the confidence and judgment required to advise, influence, and challenge senior leaders
Exceptional leadership, relationship management, and stakeholder alignment skills across complex, matrixed global organizations
Proven ability to lead through influence—driving consensus, motivating cross-functional teams, and balancing diverse stakeholder needs
Minimum 12–15+ years of experience in Marketing Operations, Business Operations, Strategy, Communications, Chief of Staff roles, or similar functions
Demonstrated ability to move seamlessly between long-range strategic planning and hands-on execution while maintaining executive-level quality
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience managing budgets, forecasting, performance reporting, and operational KPIs
Outstanding written and verbal executive communication skills, capable of distilling complexity into clear, compelling narratives for senior audiences
Proven ability to build high-quality, executive-level materials (presentations, briefings, business reviews) with meticulous attention to detail
Ability to operate with a high degree of judgment, confidentiality, and autonomy in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
Strong ability to triage, prioritize, make decisions, and keep stakeholders aligned while removing roadblocks for senior leadership
Benefits
Annual Incentive Plan (AIP)
Long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award
Company
Adobe
Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$2.5MKey Investors
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1986-08-20IPO
1984-10-01Series Unknown· $2.5M
Leadership Team
Shantanu Narayen
CEO
Dan Durn
Chief Financial Officer
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