Senior Manager, Employee Relations

Adobe is seeking a Senior Manager Employee Relations to join the Americas Employee & Labor Relations (ELR) leadership team.

This San Jose based role will lead a team of Employee Relations professionals supporting a large and diverse business portfolio. Beyond portfolio leadership it also serves as a strategic leader within the broader ELR function. It combines outstanding people leadership and deep employee relations expertise to shape enterprise wide priorities improve organizational capability and drive initiatives that impact how ELR supports employees managers and the business.

Were looking for someone who loves Employee Relations and is energized by developing others. They bring strong judgment curiosity and the confidence to offer new ideas challenge thinking and influence outcomes.

Build and ead a High-Impact ER Team

• Lead inspire and develop a high-performing Employee Relations team known for exceptional consultation sound judgment and meaningful business impact.

• Build a strong leadership bench through coaching development and meaningful opportunities that expand capability exposure and career growth.

• Set high standards and accountability while strengthening capability across ELR through coaching calibration and shared learning.

• Define and implement the ER strategy for a large complex business portfolio aligning priorities to enterprise strategy workforce trends and emerging risk.

• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to senior business and HR leaders.

• Guide critical workforce decisions and complex employee matters with significant business employee legal or reputational implications.

• Turn data trends and employee insights into actions that address risk identify systemic opportunities and improve business outcomes.

• Sponsor and lead Americas and global initiatives that strengthen Employee Relations promotes shared learning and advances the function.

• Partner across regions to develop scalable programs practices and solutions which balance global consistency with local requirements and strengthen the collective capability of global ELR.

• Lead high-visibility cross-functional work from strategy through implementation and adoption.

• Leverage AI automation data and innovative technologies to transform ELR delivery generate insights and create more capacity for coaching consultation and complex problem-solving while establishing and promoting responsible AI practices that preserve privacy fairness and human judgment.

• Significant experience leading Employee Relations teams in a sizable multifaceted organization developing talent and building high-performing teams.

• Deep Employee Relations expertise across performance conduct conflict resolution workplace concerns and organizational change.

• Experience shaping ER strategy for complex business portfolios and influencing high-impact workforce decisions.

• Proven ability to advise senior leaders and navigate sensitive high-stakes employee matters with sound judgment.

• Experience leading complex initiatives across business groups functions regions or geographies.

• Ability to identify patterns risks and opportunities across and translate insights into meaningful action.

• Interest in the responsible application of AI and emerging technologies to enhance Employee Relations.

• A genuine passion for Employee Relations developing people and building what comes next.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobes 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 30000 employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. Were 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 positionis $141500 - $250875 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand may also depend on job-related knowledge skillsand 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 $173300 - $250875

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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