The Opportunity
Performance at Adobe is how we build a culture where people do the best work of their careers. Our Performance Foundations team designs the systems and experiences that help employees and teams understand what great looks like, perform their best, and be recognized for it.
We're hiring a Senior Talent Management Partner to own and reimagine how we define employee and team performance — setting clear expectations and meaningful goals that give every Adobe employee a true north.
If you're someone who geeks out on systems thinking, moves fast without sacrificing quality, and gets genuinely energized by connecting people strategy to business outcomes — read on.
What You'll Do
- Partner with leaders across Employee Experience to diagnose business problems and co-design solutions that actually stick.
- Lead the strategy and execution of Adobe's performance systems, with a focus on helping managers and teams know what good looks like and how it connects to goal-setting.
- Translate complex, ambiguous talent challenges into clear, scalable programs — from diagnosis through design, build, and rollout while challenging the status quo.
- Drive adoption by communicating with conviction and equipping managers, employees, and EX partners to be even more effective.
Your first 90 days will be a crash course: meet the people, understand the why, and find your foothold for impact.
What You Need to Succeed
- **Deep expertise **in talent management or organizational effectiveness — or an equivalent track record that proves you can operate in this space. 6-8 years of relevant experience.
- A systems thinking approach. You see how the pieces connect, use data to make the case, and leverage new technology — including AI — to supercharge our work.
- Speed and quality, together. You know how to work across teams, are a forced-multiplier making others better, and prioritize the employee experience in everything you do.
- A bias for outcomes over initiatives. You balance conviction with curiosity in order to collaborate on the most critical work.
- A true teammate without an ego. EQ is more than just a nice to have; it's core to the role. You read rooms, build trust quickly, and make the people around you better.
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.
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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 $102,400 -- $206,600 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 $142,700 - $206,600
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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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:
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