senior sales GTM Manager ic 10+ yrs · Posted Mar 16, 2026
$145,400 – $261,150
USD per year
AI Summary
Lead cross-app GTM strategy for Adobe Creator offerings, driving user activation, onboarding, and product routing. Partner with product, marketing, and analytics teams to develop growth roadmaps and optimize cross-app user journeys. Requires 10+ years GTM/product strategy experience, data-driven mindset, and cross-functional leadership skills.

The Opportunity

We’re seeking a Principal, GTM Strategy to lead federal web initiatives for Adobe’s Creator offerings, including cross-app journeys, user activation and onboarding, merchandising, and keyword routing, to ensure Creators are guided to the right Adobe product, workflow, and value as quickly as possible.

In this role, you will partner closely with PMM, marketing, product, and analytics leaders to develop and implement a cross-app growth roadmap. You will drive cross-functional alignment across apps and offerings and deliver measurable business impact across the Creator web portfolio.

What You’ll Do

  • Partner with product, marketing, and analytics teams to deeply understand cross‑app user journeys and articulate clear “better together” narratives across Creator offerings.
  • Identify gaps and friction points from activation and onboarding through repeat use and retention, grounded in deep user insights and experience data.
  • Develop, prioritize, and champion high‑impact integration and optimization initiatives that deliver higher value to users.
  • Drive alignment and execution of cross‑app growth initiatives across cross‑functional teams, ensuring clear ownership, timelines, and outcomes.
  • Establish decision frameworks for keyword routing when multiple products can serve the same user intent.
  • Identify cross-app merchandising opportunities for existing and new offerings that clearly align to user needs and value propositions.
  • Continuously share insights, wins, and failures to build a culture of learning, experimentation, and iteration across the team.
  • Serve as the voice of the customer across the organization, ensuring that growth strategies are anchored in delivering real, sustained value for users.

What you need to succeed

  • 10+ years of experience in GTM strategy, product‑led growth, product strategy, or growth marketing roles.
  • A data‑driven approach with demonstrated ability to dig into metrics, identify patterns, and translate insights into clear decisions and actions.
  • Strong cross-functional leadership and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and implement across diverse teams.
  • Experience working across multiple products/portfolios, helping to define and build cohesive cross‑product user experiences.
  • Experience operating in high‑growth, fast‑paced environments, ideally working with Gen AI or other emerging, innovative technologies.
  • A strong bias for action, deep intellectual curiosity, and a passion for building category‑defining user experiences.

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. 


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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 $145,400 -- $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

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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Colorado:

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Massachusetts:

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