The Opportunity

This is an outstanding opportunity to join the EMEA Employee Experience Team at Adobe. As the Business Operations Lead, you will collaborate with the VP of Employee Experience and their leadership team to build and advance key central initiatives. You will play a crucial role in translating EX strategy into action, ensuring that priorities align seamlessly with business goals. Your influence will be recognized throughout the organization as you lead operations within the EMEA EX organization!

What you'll Do

• Translate EX Strategy into Action: Turn EX priorities into initiatives with clear ownership and success criteria.

• Drive the EX Operating Model: Collaborate with the regional EX VP to optimize decision rights, governance, and workflow.

• Operational Efficiency: Lead business operations towards achieving the combined EX scorecard for the region.

• Build and lead the operational cadence for running regional BP team meetings and continuous process improvements.

• Collaborate with the cross-EX Business Operations team to advance initiatives across different planning horizons.

• Drive business performance: Manage reviews and communication updates for quarterly progress.

• Serve as a thought partner, advising senior partners and driving key initiatives.

• Partner with BP leadership and Program Management to ensure consistent roll-outs of programs and processes.

• Build effective, trusting business relationships to support Adobe’s strategic direction.

• Collaborate with Centers of Excellence to advance initiatives aligned with the stated vision and strategy.

What you need to succeed

• 10+ years of proven experience in strategic operational roles, partnering directly with senior leaders.

• BA or BS degree in a related field; HR experience is a plus.

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and proficiency with tools like PowerPoint and Adobe efficiency suites.

• Outstanding ability to manage competing priorities across complex operations.

• Strong critical thinking skills, with the ability to break down large problems and use data to derive insights.

• Comfort with ambiguity and a can-do attitude with attention to operational details.

• Ability to develop relationships and partnerships at all levels, exhibiting strong leadership and influencing skills.

• Capability to build, implement, and lead change management initiatives.

• Excellent meeting build and facilitation skills.

• Superb judgment and integrity, including excellent decision-making skills and a bias for action.

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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