Strategic Pursuits Specialist

4 Weeks ago • 5 Years + • Business Development • $227,500 PA - $357,800 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Strategic Pursuit Specialist at Adobe drives long-term revenue growth by orchestrating resources, coaching sales teams, and enabling value-based selling strategies for large, complex customer transformations. This role involves developing innovative commercial strategies and deal structures, conducting demand validation, mobilizing internal/external partners, driving strategic negotiations, translating strategies into actionable plans, presenting compelling proposals, mitigating risks, and pursuing co-innovation opportunities with customers. Success requires enterprise-level software experience, expertise in commercial strategies, strong negotiation skills, business acumen, and excellent communication.
Must have:
  • 5+ years enterprise software experience (web tech/digital marketing)
  • Expertise in commercial strategies and deal structures
  • Rigorous demand validation and actionable strategy creation
  • Exceptional negotiation skills in high-stakes deals
  • Strong business acumen and financial modeling
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills

Job Details

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen. 

We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!


 

Strategic Pursuits Specialist

The Strategic Pursuit team at Adobe drives long-term revenue growth and profitability through large, complex strategic customer transformation commitments. We achieve this by orchestrating Strategic Pursuit resources, providing expert coaching and advising, and enabling sales teams, partners, and customers on our Solutions for business outcomes and value-based selling strategies.

In this role, you will be pivotal in developing and executing sophisticated commercial strategies and deal structures for Adobe's most significant opportunities. You will be the architect of deals that deliver substantial value, requiring a deep understanding of commercial, financial, product, go-to-market, investment, and technical aspects.

Key Responsibilities:

· Lead the development of innovative commercial strategies and deal structures for complex, highly competitive opportunities, ensuring alignment with Adobe's strategic objectives and maximizing value creation.

· Conduct rigorous demand validation to ensure the commercial output aligns with customer needs and market realities, providing data-driven insights to refine deal strategies.

· Mobilize and orchestrate the ecosystem (internal and external partners) to facilitate smooth deal progression, ensuring all stakeholders are aligned and contributing effectively.

· Drive strategic negotiations with key stakeholders, including customers and partners, to secure favorable terms and agreements that optimize deal outcomes.

· Partner with sales leadership to translate complex commercial strategies into actionable plans, ensuring seamless execution and achievement of revenue targets.

· Develop and present compelling proposals that articulate the value proposition and commercial strategy to executive-level stakeholders.

· Proactively identify and mitigate potential risks associated with deal structuring and negotiation, ensuring the successful closure of complex transactions.

· Identify and pursue opportunities for co-innovation with customers, exploring new solutions and business models that drive mutual value and enhance long-term partnerships.

To be successful in this position, you will possess:

· A minimum of 5 years' prior enterprise-level outside software experience, preferably within web technology and/or digital marketing solutions with commercial experience working on cloud related sales, consulting, licensing

· Experience working in highly matrixed organizations, with cross-functional stakeholders, focused on realizing and measuring key objectives within a team environment.

· Expertise in developing sophisticated commercial strategies and deal structures for large, complex transactions.

· Proven ability to conduct rigorous demand validation and translate insights into actionable commercial strategies.

· Exceptional negotiation skills with a track record of securing favorable terms in high-stakes deals.

· Strong business acumen with a deep understanding of financial modeling, risk assessment, and value creation.

· Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence and persuade executive-level stakeholders.

· A proactive and strategic mindset with a focus on driving results and maximizing value.

This role requires an entrepreneurial spirit, a willingness to "roll up your sleeves," and a passion for driving impactful outcomes in a dynamic and challenging environment. If you are a strategic thinker with a proven track record of developing and executing complex commercial strategies, we encourage you to apply.

Application Window Notice

If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least 07/31/2025 12:01 AM 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.

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 $227,500 -- $357,800 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.

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.

Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action 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 applicable characteristics protected by law. Learn more.
 

Adobe aims to make Adobe.com accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email accommodations@adobe.com or call (408) 536-3015.

Adobe values a free and open marketplace for all employees and has policies in place to ensure that we do not enter into illegal agreements with other companies to not recruit or hire each other’s employees.

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Adobe is the global leader in digital media and digital marketing solutions. Our creative, marketing and document solutions empower everyone – from emerging artists to global brands – to bring digital creations to life and deliver immersive, compelling experiences to the right person at the right moment for the best results. In short, Adobe is everywhere, and we’re changing the world through digital experiences.


 

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