Senior Director, Product Strategy & Operations
Adobe
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: San Jose • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $167,000 - $350,950 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Translate Strategy into measurable outcomes
- Convert long-term strategy into actionable operating plans, investment priorities, and performance targets.
- Lead annual planning, quarterly prioritization, and long-range strategic planning processes.
- Ensure every major initiative has clear business cases, defined ROI, and measurable success criteria.
- Drive disciplined tradeoff decisions across the portfolio based on impact, capacity, and financial return.
- Oversee portfolio-level margin, cost structure, ROI, and investment efficiency.
- Partner with Finance to manage budgeting, forecasting, and resource planning.
- Implement capital allocation frameworks that optimize return on product investments.
- Establish leading and lagging indicators that connect execution to financial outcomes.
- Lead quarterly business reviews with clear performance narratives and corrective actions.
- Define decision rights, escalation paths, and accountability mechanisms.
- Standardize planning artifacts, KPI dashboards, and reporting structures.
- Increase transparency and predictability across product development cycles.
- Identify operational inefficiencies and implement process improvements to improve velocity and output quality.
- Align Product, Engineering, Design, and GTM around shared objectives and measurable outcomes.
- Build and lead a high-performing product strategy and business operations team.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience across product strategy, business operations, product management, finance, or consulting.
- 5+ years in Director/Sr. Director-level leadership roles with enterprise impact.
- Demonstrated experience owning portfolio-level business performance and operational governance.
- Track record of leading annual planning, resource allocation, and budgeting processes at scale.
- Experience operating in complex, multi-product organizations.
- Expertise in P&L management, forecasting, cost modeling, and ROI analysis.
- Strong understanding of capacity planning, investment tradeoffs, and capital efficiency.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or equivalent operational experience strongly preferred.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits programs
- Employer-sponsored retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
- Flexible work arrangements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
portfolio managementbudgetingforecastingresource planningP&L managementcost modelingROI analysiscapacity planningcapital allocationprocess improvement
Soft Skills
leadershipstrategic planningdecision makingcommunicationcollaborationaccountabilitytransparencyperformance managementproblem solvingteam building
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMBA