Lead Talent Partner, Executive Search

Adobe is seeking a Lead Talent Partner to lead highly visible, high-impact, and strategically critical executive and senior leadership hiring across Worldwide Field Operations (WWFO) Adobe’s global GoToMarket engine. 

WWFO brings together Enterprise Sales, Customer Success, Professional Services, Solutions Consulting, Marketing, and Revenue Operations, operating as an interconnected system responsible for driving revenue, customer outcomes, retention, and long-term growth. The field runs with urgency and accountability, shaped by in-quarter pressure, customer commitments, and aggressive growth goals. Leadership hiring decisions within WWFO have immediate and far-reaching impact—affecting pipeline health, customer experience, field morale, and business momentum. 

This role is designed for a trusted advisor who deeply understands how the Enterprise Field Engine operates, how GTM functions interlock, how decisions made under pressure ripple across the field, and how the right leadership talent enables performance at scale. The ideal candidate brings a genuine love of the field, an instinctive grasp of enterprise GTM motions, and the credibility to partner with senior leaders operating under intense timelines and expectations. 

The Lead Talent Partner must excel at balancing speed with judgment—moving with urgency when the business demands it, while also having the confidence to slow the process, push back when needed, and protect hiring quality, diversity, and long-term success. This is about ensuring Adobe makes the right hire, not just the fastest one. 

This role combines strategy, execution, and influence. You will personally lead complex executive searches, deliver actionable talent intelligence, and represent Adobe with exceptional discretion, judgment, and professionalism.

• Own the full lifecycle of complex executive and senior leadership searches across Enterprise Sales, Customer Success, Solutions Consulting, Marketing, Revenue Operations, and other GTM critical functions 

• Deliver excellence at speed while maintaining rigorous assessment standards and long-term fit 

• Demonstrate a deep understanding of how enterprise GTM roles interconnect, the pressures leaders face in-quarter, and how talent decisions directly impact revenue, customer outcomes, and field morale 

• Anticipate downstream implications of leadership hires across the broader field ecosystem 

• Navigate time-sensitive, high-pressure hiring scenarios with calm, strategic decision-making 

• Confidently push back when needed, slowing the process to ensure quality, diversity, and long-term success, while maintaining credibility with leaders who are operating at speed 

• Serve as a trusted advisor to Enterprise GTM executives, setting expectations, shaping hiring strategies, and advising on tradeoffs between speed, scope, and talent quality 

• Represent Talent Acquisition with authority in executive forums, influencing outcomes through insight rather than process 

• Deliver real-time insights on talent markets, competitor hiring strategies, compensation structures, role design, and talent availability across geographies 

• Help leaders make forward-looking decisions that align talent strategy with revenue growth and long-term business priorities 

• Develop proactive talent pipelines leadership roles 

• Proactively anticipate and consult business leaders on future talent needs tied to growth plans, market expansion, and organizational evolution 

• Build deep credibility with internal partners, candidates, and external industry leaders 

• Operate with the highest levels of discretion, particularly in confidential, sensitive, or pre-announcement searches 

• 8+ years of executive or senior leadership recruiting experience, with significant focus on Enterprise GTM roles in a fast-paced technology environment 

• Deep, firsthand understanding of Enterprise field organizations and how sales, customer success, and supporting GTM functions operate together 

• Proven ability to operate credibly with Enterprise Sales and GTM executives under pressure 

• Strong judgment and confidence to balance speed with quality, including the ability to challenge leaders constructively 

• Track record of navigating high-stakes, ambiguous situations with discretion, influence, and sound decision-making 

• Expertise in executive compensation, leveling, and complex offer negotiations within GTM organizations 

• Exceptional management skills across key partners in a matrixed, global environment 

• Consultative, data-informed approach paired with strong intuition and pattern recognition 

• Demonstrated ability to mentor others and elevate executive hiring standards across an organization 

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. 

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.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Learn more.

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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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Colorado:

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