JOB LEVEL
M50
EMPLOYEE ROLE
People Manager
The Opportunity
We are hiring a Senior Manager of Customer Success to join our EMEA Education team. This individual will engage directly with academic leadership and collaborators, IT partners, and internal marketing teams as well as collaborate with sales team to support the educational sector.
What you'll Do
- Lead a top-performing team of Education Customer Success professionals passionate about elevating Adobe's Digital Media solutions in EMEA higher education institutions.
- Establish ways to engage with leaders optimally using plans, briefings, and reports for clear communication.
- Own the execution of scalable engagement programs and repeatable practices that align with Adobe's customer success approach and drive active use across institutions.
- Monitor team performance and engagement metrics to improve delivery of programs, results and support operational efficiency.
- Lead planning discussions by providing field insight on team capacity, program needs, and areas of opportunity to improve engagement delivery.
- Collaborate across Product, Marketing, and Strategic Development to align team efforts, drive consistent execution of engagement programs, and ensure institutions receive a unified Adobe experience.
- Serve as the voice of the customer internally at Adobe - sharing strategic use cases, process improvements, and asks back into the internal ecosystem.
- Shape and refine Adobe's future Customer Success strategy in Education by aligning team initiatives with company-wide goals and important metrics. Cultivate a strategic and accessible partnership with the EMEA EDU Sales team, providing thought leadership and participating in presales conversations with top institutional opportunities.
- Attract, recruit, inspire and retain the best talent.
What you need to succeed
- Proven experience leading teams with a strong focus on program execution, and delivering against defined engagement goals. Higher education experience strongly preferred.
- In-depth understanding of the Higher Education landscape, with a track record of implementing strategies to boost academic engagement, student programming, campus events, and institution-wide integration of Adobe tools to support active use and adoption.
- Strong communicator with experience communicating team outcomes and program results to cross-functional partners and senior leadership.
- Proven track record in encouraging alignment across internal teams to ensure strong program delivery and operational consistency.
- Analytical approach with experience using CRM data to guide execution and share actionable insights with cross-functional teams.
- Ability to adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment while balancing immediate priorities with long-term program goals.
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