The Opportunity
Within the Global Planning organization, the Global Portfolio & Investment Planning Lead functions as the strategic architect and operational driver of Adobe’s marketing portfolio planning. This position will take a leading role in transforming how planning grows across functions and markets, steering the organization toward a unified, portfolio management model.
What you'll Do
Enterprise Portfolio Strategy & Tradeoff Direction
- Build and evolve the enterprise portfolio strategy framework that connects Adobe’s business priorities to marketing plans and investments.
- Establish structured decision and trade-off frameworks across audiences, markets, and initiatives to guide prioritization.
- Lead multi-market portfolio reviews to evaluate allocation efficiency, strategic alignment, and business impact.
Global Planning Platform Transformation & Future-State Vision
- Act as a principal designer of the future-state global marketing planning model at Adobe.
- Collaborate with Product & Planning, Platform, and Systems teams to define and implement the portfolio management model within Adobe’s planning systems. This work will also play a key role in shaping the future of marketing within Adobe’s own products; informing long-term product vision while driving tangible benefits for customers.
- Ensure portfolio data and planning workflows support cross-market comparability, global visibility, and executive decision-making.
Enterprise Investment Governance
- Operate and continuously improve global marketing investment governance and portfolio oversight.
- Partner closely with GMO and Finance to ensure marketing portfolio governance aligns with FP&A and budgeting cycles.
Executive Partnership & Cross-Functional Influence
- Serve as a strategic partner to the Head of Global Planning, helping build the direction of Adobe’s global marketing planning and portfolio strategy.
- Drive alignment across planning leads, marketing leadership, and finance leadership team members.
What you need to succeed
- 7–10+ years of experience in marketing strategy, portfolio management, strategy and operations, finance partnership, or business strategy roles.
- Strong financial expertise with the ability to convert business strategy into capital allocation frameworks.
- Executive communication skills with the ability to distill complex data into clear recommendations.
- MBA or equivalent experience preferred but not required.
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.
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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 $125,300 -- $248,400 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 $171,600 - $248,400
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.
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California:
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Colorado:
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Massachusetts:
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