Role at a glance
- Salary
- $139.7K – $202.3K/yr
- Location
- San Jose, United States
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience in account management, program management, agency operations, marketing operations, vendor management, or a...
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Role Summary
The Agency Operations Manager supports Adobe’s Agency Management function by managing the operational processes, financial administration, reporting, and governance activities underlying partnerships with Adobe’s creative agency ecosystem. The role coordinates across Agency Management, Finance, Procurement, Legal, Customer Marketing, Studio, and agency partners to bring structure and accountability to agency workflows.
What You'll Do
- Manage day-to-day agency administration and operational processes, including rosters, staffing trackers, organizational charts, and...
- Coordinate agency onboarding and offboarding activities, access requests, and system setup.
- Support agency budget tracking, invoicing, purchase orders, financial reconciliation, and budgeting processes.
- Maintain agency utilization, staffing, performance, spend, and budget reporting dashboards.
- Support agency scorecard, feedback collection, evaluations, and agency review processes.
- Track agency capacity, staffing changes, resource allocations, and planning information across internal teams and agency partners.
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View full postingQualifications
The role requires experience in operational or management functions, budget and financial tracking, cross-functional collaboration, analytical and reporting skills, and strong written and verbal communication.
Required
- 5+ years of experience in account management, program management, agency operations, marketing operations, vendor management, or a...
- Strong organizational and project coordination skills
- Experience managing budgets, invoices, purchase orders, or financial tracking
- Experience working in highly cross-functional environments
- Strong analytical and reporting skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred
- Experience working at a creative, marketing, or marketing agency
- Experience supporting creative agency relationships from the client side
- Familiarity with creative development, content production, and campaign execution workflows
- Understanding of agency retainers, staffing models, scopes of work, and resource planning
- Experience with enterprise workflow and planning tools
Original job description
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The Opportunity
The Agency Operations Manager supports Adobe's Agency Management function by driving the operational processes, financial administration, reporting, and governance activities that enable successful partnerships with Adobe's creative agency ecosystem.
This role serves as the connective tissue between Agency Management, Finance, Procurement, the Legal department, Customer Marketing, the Studio, and agency partners. The ideal candidate understands how creative agencies operate and enjoys bringing structure, organization, and accountability to complex workflows.
This position is designed to support the Agency Management team by owning the operational aspects of agency relationships, allowing the Group Manager and Agency Leads to focus on strategy, partner management, agency performance, and organizational planning. This role reports to the Group Manager, Agency Management.
What You'll Do
Agency Governance & Operations
- Manage day-to-day agency administration and operational processes.
- Maintain agency rosters, staffing trackers, organizational charts, and onboarding documentation.
- Coordinate agency onboarding and offboarding activities.
- Manage access requests and system setup, including LDAP and other required tools.
- Support agency compliance and documentation requirements.
- Maintain agency contact directories and knowledge repositories.
Financial Management & Contract Support
- Support agency budget tracking, invoicing, purchase orders, and financial reconciliation.
- Coordinate with Finance, Procurement, and agency teams to resolve billing questions.
- Maintain agency utilization reports, staffing reports, and budget trackers.
- Gather scope inputs from business teams to support SOW development and agency planning.
- Assist with quarterly and annual agency budgeting processes.
Agency Performance & Reporting
- Support agency scorecard and feedback collection processes.
- Consolidate partner feedback and agency performance data.
- Maintain reporting dashboards related to agency utilization, performance, spend, and staffing.
- Assist with agency evaluations, agency reviews, and onboarding of new creative partners.
- Help find ways to improve agency performance, operational efficiency, and partnership effectiveness.
Agency Planning & Portfolio Support
- Support annual planning and quarterly planning exercises.
- Coordinate information gathering across Marketing, Studio, Finance, Procurement, and agency partners.
- Track agency capacity, staffing changes, and resource allocations.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner closely with Finance, Procurement, Legal, Customer Marketing, Studio, and agency teams.
- Ensure team members have timely access to information required for planning and decision-making.
- Help establish and maintain scalable ways of working across Adobe and agency partners.
What you need to succeed
- 5+ years of experience in account management, program management, agency operations, marketing operations, vendor management, or a related field.
- Strong organizational and project coordination skills.
- Experience managing budgets, invoices, purchase orders, or financial tracking.
- Experience working in highly cross-functional environments.
- Strong analytical and reporting skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred
- Experience working at a creative, marketing, or marketing agency. Alternatively, experience supporting creative agency relationships from the client side.
- Familiarity with creative development, content production, and campaign execution workflows.
- Understanding of agency retainers, staffing models, scopes of work, and resource planning.
- Experience with enterprise workflow and planning tools.
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, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Learn more.
Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email [email protected] or call +1 408-536-3015.
AI Use Guidelines for Interviews:
Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.
At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI — and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.
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 $98,800 -- $202,250 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 $139,700 - $202,250
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.
State-Specific Notices:
California:
Fair Chance Ordinances
Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.
Colorado:
Application Window Notice
If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.
Massachusetts:
Massachusetts Legal Notice
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
About the company
Adobe Inc.
Large Enterprise
Adobe Inc. is a multinational software company based in San Jose, California, renowned for its innovative digital media and creative solutions. Established in 1982, Adobe is best known for its flagship products, including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Adobe Acrobat, which are widely used in design, marketing, and document management across various industries. The company's commitment to fostering creativity and empowering individuals and businesses is reflected in its cloud-based services, such as Adobe Creative Cloud, which provides subscribers access to a suite of powerful applications and collaborative tools. With a strong focus on customer-centric technology and digital transformation, Adobe continues to lead the industry in enhancing how content is created, managed, and delivered.
Adobe Inc. is a multinational software company based in San Jose, California, renowned for its innovative digital media and creative solutions. Established in 1982, Adobe is best known for its flagship products, including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Adobe Acrobat, which are widely used in design, marketing, and document management across various industries. The company's commitment to fostering creativity and empowering individuals and businesses is reflected in its cloud-based services, such as Adobe Creative Cloud, which provides subscribers access to a suite of powerful applications and collaborative tools. With a strong focus on customer-centric technology and digital transformation, Adobe continues to lead the industry in enhancing how content is created, managed, and delivered.