Sr. Director, Data Science & Analytics

The Opportunity

Adobe is reinventing Creativity to meet the moment with new tools and solutions with generative AI at the core, empowering everyone to create.! As part of that reinvention, we're moving faster, and innovating more than at any other time in Adobe's history. We need data, insights, and learning that can keep up.

That's why we're looking for a proven leader who can bring their experience working on winning teams who drove their strategy through data to help us in this transformative moment at Adobe.

Build and scale a center of excellence in data science and analytics, reporting directly to the VP of the Firefly Product organization, to drive a culture of data-driven decision-making, investment, product validation, and resource prioritization!

Partner with product, engineering, research, marketing, and finance to shape strategy, guide roadmaps, balance investments ensuring every product innovation is grounded in measurable impact. Help define what great looks like when it comes to the future of creativity.

What You’ll Do

• Build and lead a world-class, centralized data science organization, integrating data engineering, analytics, and modeling across Firefly

• Establish consistent instrumentation and a shared benchmark framework across all products

• Implement standardized experimentation and automated, reliable readouts to support rapid learning and product iteration

• Deliver actionable product guidance, not just dashboards—proactively steering roadmap and portfolio choices with clear, data-driven insights

• Own monthly product health reviews and drive weekly business narratives that inform quarterly planning, staffing, and strategic bets

• Partner with product, engineering, marketing, and finance to guide roadmaps, investment decisions, and financial modeling, ensuring every product choice is grounded in measurable impact

• Lead the development of models that reveal activation, retention, cross-product journeys, and quality signals, enabling deep understanding of user segments and product evolution

• Inspire, hire, and manage a diverse team of Data professionals toward ambitious business objectives

• Define the data science, business analytics, and product analytics vision for Firefly; set the technical roadmap and align it with broader business goals

• Collaborate cross-functionally ensure data-driven insights directly inform strategic priorities and product innovation

What You'll Need to Succeed

• BS in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field, or equivalent experience (MS a plus)

• A minimum of eight years of work experience managing analytics teams, working collaboratively with Product and Engineering teams, and guiding data-influenced product and business planning, prioritization and strategy development

• Demonstrated experience building and leading multidisciplinary teams of data scientists, engineers, and analytics professionals

• Deep expertise working closely with product to support, drive, and validate building both products users love and successful businesses at scale

• Proven ability to influence strategy and lead change through compelling communication of data-driven insights

• Intellectual curiosity, decisiveness, and adaptability in ambiguous, complex environments

• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills

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

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Expected Pay Range:

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 $182,400 -- $397,250 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 $255,500 - $397,250
In Washington, the pay range for this position is $244,600 - $380,225


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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Massachusetts:

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