Senior Manager, Legal Operations

Adobe's Legal & Government Relations (LGR) group is seeking a strategic and innovative Senior Manager, Legal Operations. This highly visible, cross-functional leadership role is responsible for overseeing outside counsel and vendor management, legal spend and financial operations, operational intelligence, and core business operations. Partnering closely with legal leadership, Finance, Procurement, and partners across Adobe, this leader will drive operational excellence, financial stewardship, and insight-based decision making. The ideal candidate is a proven people leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment, balances competing priorities with ease, challenges conventional thinking, and brings an AI-first mentality to modernizing and elevating the legal function.

Outside Counsel, Vendor & Financial Management Manage Adobe's external counsel and legal vendor programs, including governance, performance oversight, billing adherence, fee structures, and cost efficiency. Own LGR financial operations, including budgeting, forecasting, accruals, spend reporting, and financial controls. Partner with Finance and Procurement to improve cost efficiency, prioritization, and financial planning. Operational Intelligence & Business Operations Build operational metrics, dashboards, reporting, and executive insights to promote data-driven decision making. Provide operational and financial insights that support long-term planning and leadership decision making. AI, Innovation & Transformation Find opportunities to improve efficiency, decision making, and business outcomes through innovative operational practices and new technologies. Partner with Solutions Consulting to support transformation initiatives by providing operational context, data, governance, and value measurement. Guide and Grow a High-Performing Team Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team. Establish clear priorities, goals, and operating rhythms that drive accountability, execution, and continuous improvement. Build organizational capability and foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and high performance. What You Need to Succeed Significant experience in Legal Operations, Business Operations, Finance, Consulting, or a related field. Proven experience leading and developing high-performing teams. Deep expertise managing outside counsel programs, legal spend, vendor relationships, budgeting, and forecasting. Strong business and financial competence with the ability to translate data into actionable executive insights. Proven ability to lead multiple complex initiatives simultaneously in a dynamic environment. Outstanding communication, collaborative and positive attitude, and influencing skills. Track record of driving innovation, challenging the status quo, and delivering measurable business impact. Passion for AI, technology, and modernizing how organizations operate. 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 ,