Director of Research & Strategy, Adobe Express

The opportunity

Adobe is looking for Director of Research & Strategy for Adobe Express. You will lead a group of passionate and hard‑working researchers and strategists shaping experiences across web, mobile, and desktop applications to develop a rich Adobe Express ecosystem, while using AI/ML technologies to enable individual and business creativity and productivity across enterprise users and teams.

Partnering closely with Design, Product and Engineering executives, you will provide strategic design and product direction, feedback to the design and engineering teams to up‑level craft, and find resolution to ambiguous problem spaces across the entire Express ecosystem.

• Build and lead a high‑performing research and strategy team; coaching senior talent, attracting top‑tier leaders, and fostering a culture of rigor, growth, and impact.
• Build a collaborative environment and encourage deep partnership with cross‑functional teams, setting a high bar for research craft and embedding research into strategic planning and execution.
• Define and execute research strategy for redesigns, new audiences and product directions, and lead all aspects of research execution across releases on multiple platforms.
• Contribute to product strategy discussions through deep customer research and design partnerships to bring visions to life.
• Influence cross‑functional leaders to act on insights, driving measurable improvements in user and business outcomes.

• 10+ years of equivalent practical experience managing researchers, strategists, and research leaders.
• Lead empathetically, fostering an inclusive and empowering environment for the research team to do innovative and impactful work.
• Experience working directly with executives on ambiguous problems and crafting big‑picture strategies grounded in deep user understanding.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills are a pre‑requisite; able to tailor narratives and presentations for executive, product and design audiences.
• Have leveraged AI solutions as part of an overall research program.
• Connect research to business strategy, framing insights as actionable recommendations that resonate with executive audiences.
• Be an effective facilitator across product‑design‑research‑engineering teams in early stages of key projects and initiatives.
• Deep expertise in strategic problem framing and solving problems.
• Embody a learner and mentor mentality; actively grow senior researchers and emerging leaders.
• Champion for customer‑centric and holistic design at all levels in the organization.

The U.S. pay range for this position is $169,700 – $323,350 annually. In California, the pay range is $223,300 – $323,350; in New York, the pay range is $223,300 – $323,350; in Washington, the pay range is $203,000 – $293,900.

Adobe is a proud Equal Employment Opportunity 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 protected characteristic.