Principal Global Partner Marketing Manager

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The Opportunity 

We are looking for an experienced Principal Global Partner Marketing Manager to lead the marketing relationship with key global cloud partners to develop and execute joint strategic partner marketing plans.

The role requires a strong mix of skills and abilities, including relationship and project management, alliance marketing, and cross-functional marketing experience.

What you'll do 

• Lead development of the global joint marketing plans with assigned partners.
• Work with partners to drive pipeline creation and progression through the best mix of marketing channels (i.e., events, content development, thought leadership, social, etc.).
• Identify top opportunities for business engagements (internal and customer-facing) with senior leadership supporting the alliance partnerships.
• Co-develop plan, presence, and execution of partner sponsorships of flagship Adobe global events (i.e., Adobe Summit, Adobe MAX, AI Forums).
• Co-develop plan, presence, and execution of partner involvement in key third-party events.
• Collaborate with the Adobe ABM teams on regional joint alliance partner activities.
• Report on success metrics and dashboards for internal reporting.
• Plan, manage, and report on partner marketing budgets.
• Engage appropriate alliance partners to support key Adobe announcements.
• Drive the development of customer success stories and joint value propositions to highlight partnership wins and support best practices of working with the Partner ecosystem.

What you need to succeed 

• 10+ years’ experience in an enterprise marketing role within the tech industry and 5+ years in a partner marketing role.
• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field preferred.
• Experience working with sales, partnerships, and marketing organizations in customer-facing roles.
• Ability to work in fast-paced, high-pressure situations.
• Ability to implement programs quickly and effectively with strong attention to detail.
• Comfortable with managing through change.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiar with reporting on metrics and pivoting from data insights.
• Strategic planner and problem solver.
• Domestic and international travel may be required.

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 $140,100 -- $261,150 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. In California, the pay range for this position is $180,300 - $261,150 In Colorado, the pay range for this position is $154,000 - $223,000 In Washington, the pay range for this position is $154,800 - $224,250

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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California:

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Colorado:

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Apr 27 2026 12:00 AM

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Massachusetts:

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