Acs Partner Alliance Leader - Americas Lead

Adobe Adobe · Enterprise · San Jose, CA

This role focuses on executing Adobe's partner strategy for professional services, specifically supporting AI-powered offerings like Adobe Firefly and GenStudio. The primary responsibility is to manage and strengthen relationships with strategic partners (GSIs, agencies, technology partners) to drive the adoption and delivery of Adobe's services, including those that leverage AI/ML. The role acts as a bridge between external partners and internal Adobe teams, supporting pipeline, deal strategy, and execution for partner-involved professional services opportunities. While the role is within an AI-focused company and supports AI products, the core craft of the role itself is partner alliance management and professional services execution, not the direct building or research of AI/ML models or systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. Execute ACS’ global partner strategy across the full AMERS region.
  2. Apply global partner frameworks, playbooks, and operating models to regional partner engagement and professional services opportunities.
  3. Manage and strengthen relationships with regional partner alliance leaders, partner account leaders, and senior stakeholders across GSIs, agencies, and technology partners.
  4. Serve as a deal steward for partner-involved professional services opportunities, working closely with AMERS services sales teams to determine the right partner strategy and engagement model.
  5. Partner closely with services sales organization to support pipeline, account planning, deal strategy, and execution on opportunities involving partners.

Skills

Required

  • Strong experience working with strategic partners, including GSIs, agencies, technology partners, or professional services alliances.
  • Experience in professional services, consulting, services sales, partner strategy, alliances, or a related field.
  • Ability to operate across sales, delivery, partner, and account teams in a matrixed organization.
  • Strong relationship-building skills with both internal stakeholders and external partner leaders.
  • Commercial mindset with the ability to connect partner strategy to pipeline, bookings, delivery outcomes, and customer value.
  • Ability to support deal-level strategy and help determine the right partner motion for complex customer opportunities.
  • Comfort navigating ambiguity and creating structure across emerging partner motions and operating models.
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate strategy into practical field execution.
  • Ability to bring regional insights and field learnings back into global strategy, frameworks, and playbook development.