Procurement - Technology - Cloud Category Manager

About this role

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 craft 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 building 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!

The Opportunity Adobe purchases products and services from thousands of suppliers each year. We aim to accelerate Adobe's continued commercial success through outstanding strategic sourcing. You will have the chance to lead sourcing projects while you partner with internal teams and suppliers to optimize spend across Adobe's indirect categories. What you'll do • Lead end-to-end commercial strategy for global cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), including complex enterprise agreements, consumption optimization, and long-term capacity planning. • Partner with Engineering, Architecture, and Finance to translate cloud usage patterns into actionable sourcing strategies that reduce total cost of ownership while maintaining performance and resilience. • Develop and execute negotiation strategies for multi-year cloud commitments, marketplace agreements, and emerging cloud-native services. • Utilize governance mechanisms that improve visibility into cloud spend, usage forecasting, and risk management. • Monitor market trends across hyperscalers and cloud ecosystem vendors to inform build vs. buy decisions and long-term platform strategy. • Proactively seek value-creating opportunities across spend categories • Oversee the process of disseminating and following contract obligations, and instituting a complete strategy to approach renewal. • Develop, issue, and coordinate RFx activity and lead commercial negotiations to find the best sourcing solution for Adobe. • Ensure proper risk mitigation through liaising and contributing with Legal. Help internal partners obtain robust Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to ensure reliable performance. • Report progress on a weekly basis, indicating work planning and work in progress. Add agreements, service details and payment forecasts into procurement systems in a complete and timely manner. • Drive continuous improvement and organizational change initiatives.

What You’ll Need • Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or similar (preference: MBA, or JD). • Strategic Sourcing/Procurement-related industry certification(s) a plus. • Preference: 6-10 years’ experience in Strategic Sourcing with an emphasis in cloud software or software as a service. • Deep market knowledge software contracting trends, licensing models, and business models. • Experience leading teams, formal people leadership preferred.   • Familiarity with fiscal planning cycles and ad hoc financial analysis. • Excellent emotional intelligence (EQ) & influence with various partners, and improving business dynamics both within Global Procurement and broadly across Adobe; evidence of continuous positive customer feedback. • Growth mentality: aware of personal strengths and weaknesses; skilled in receiving, applying, and giving useful feedback. • Mastery of MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. • Familiarity with BI reporting and spend analysis. • High attention to detail and the exercise of sound judgment and decision-making. • Exceptional written and verbal communication, time management and interpersonal skills. • Able to synthesize and present complex matters and data analysis in executive presentation views with insightful commentary. • Willing to train users in new processes, policies, and procedures or technologies. • Effective ownership of competing priorities. Flexible working times based on company requirements and should be expected at various times through the business year and quarter.

At Adobe, you will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized throughout the world on Best Companies Lists .  You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our unique Check-In approach where ongoing feedback flows freely.  If you’re looking to make an impact, Adobe’s the place for you.  Discover what our employees are saying about their career experiences on the Adobe Life blog and explore the meaningful benefits we offer.

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 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, ethni

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