Overview In this role you will drive strategic sourcing for Adobe's Marketing function, partnering with Marketing, Brand, and Communications to deliver measurable value. You will manage category strategies across areas like creative, production, events, and AI/martech, grounded in spend analysis and market data. You will influence cross-functional leaders and design sustainable procurement models that secure savings and improvements in value. This is a chance to shape how Adobe works with agencies, vendors, and partners at scale while ensuring responsible risk and governance. Join a business-focused procurement leader and help unlock strategic opportunities in a dynamic, tech-driven environment.
Responsibilities- Develop and own category strategies for marketing-related areas (creative, production, events, media, PR, sponsorships, content creation, AI/martech).
- Translate multi-year marketing plans into sourcing roadmaps, identifying consolidation or new commercial models.
- Own and report savings delivery, tracking against targets and communicating progress to Finance and Senior Leadership.
- Structure agency compensation and vendor pricing to secure verified savings and favorable terms.
- Negotiate complex contracts with agencies, media partners, and technology vendors, including pricing and scope terms.
- Mitigate risks in the marketing supply base, including data privacy and IP usage concerns.
- Partner with Legal, Finance, Risk, and Data Privacy for contract structure and compliance.
- Create and maintain playbooks, RFx frameworks, and negotiation guides for scalable execution.
- Mentor team members and foster a collaborative, high-performance procurement culture.
- Embed procurement early in planning cycles to influence outcomes in a matrixed organization.
Key requirements- 10+ years in strategic sourcing or procurement with a focus on Marketing categories.
- Proven ability to negotiate complex agency and supplier contracts (MSAs, SOWs, pricing linked to performance).
- Strong understanding of marketing economics, agency compensation models, and production cost benchmarking.
- Excellent collaboration and influence skills without direct authority.
- Experience building scalable procurement processes, tools, and templates for repeatable execution.
- Bachelor's degree; MBA or CPSM/MCIPS a plus.
- collaboration
- influence without authority
- mentoring and coaching
- category strategy development
- spend analysis and market intelligence
- RFx frameworks and negotiation guides
