Head of Digital Strategy and Consulting Full Time NEW

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences. We’re passionate about empowering people to craft beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to building exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours

The Opportunity

Adobe is seeking a dynamic and visionary leader to head its Digital Strategy and Business Consulting team within Adobe Consulting Services (ACS). This is a high-impact leadership role designed for someone who thrives at the intersection of digital strategy, pre-sales innovation, and enterprise transformation.

As the Head of Digital Strategy team, you will lead a team of 50–60 consultants and strategists, guiding Adobe’s most strategic clients through their digital transformation journeys. You will also play a pivotal role in practice growth, pre-sales engagements, shaping strategic proposals and partnering with Sales and Solutions teams to win and deliver high-value consulting engagements.

This is your opportunity to define the future of digital experience consulting at Adobe.

Location: Bangalore

Reports To: Director, Consulting Services

Team Size: 50–60 (multi-level team with 5-6 direct reports)

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Growth

• Lead, inspire, and grow a team of consultants, including people managers, senior consultants, and analysts with experience ranging from 2 to 20+ years.
• Foster a culture of high performance, continuous learning, inclusion, and career development.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (e.g., Sales, Product, Delivery) to align team capabilities with market needs.

Client Strategy & Delivery Oversight

• Drive the team’s delivery of strategic engagements including Digital Transformation Strategy, Change Management, Customer Journey Mapping, User Experience (UX) Strategy, Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), Process Optimization, and Web & Digital Analytics.
• Serve as an executive sponsor and thought partner for key client engagements, ensuring high-quality outcomes and long-term value.

Practice Development

• Build and evolve consulting frameworks, playbooks, methodologies, and offerings that elevate Adobe’s consulting brand.
• Ensure repeatable, scalable delivery methods are adopted across the team.

Business & Stakeholder Management

• Partner with regional/global Adobe teams to define consulting roadmaps for enterprise customers.
• Support business development and pre-sales motions by shaping proposals, solutioning engagements, and contributing to strategic pitches.

Operational Excellence

• Drive planning, staffing, utilization, and quality metrics to ensure operational effectiveness and team health.
• Own team performance metrics, resource allocation, and P&L responsibility

Qualifications

• MBA from a reputed institution (Tier 1 preferred).
• 20+ years of professional experience including:
• At least 5–7 years in a management consulting firm (e.g., Big 4, strategy boutique, or digital consultancy).
• Experience in digital strategy, customer experience transformation, or marketing technology consulting.
• Proven experience building and leading large, diverse, and multi-tiered consulting teams within a global or matrixed organization.
• Strong understanding of digital marketing, analytics, and customer experience platforms — familiarity with Adobe Experience Cloud is a strong plus.
• Track record of working with enterprise clients across industries (e.g., retail, BFSI, telecom, etc.).
• Demonstrated success in client leadership, team development, and solution innovation.

Personal Attributes

• Visionary Mindset: Ability to inspire large teams and guide complex transformation engagements.
• Strategic Thinker: Can translate abstract business challenges into actionable consulting solutions.
• Deep Client empathy: Builds trusted advisory relationships with senior client stakeholders.
• Influential Communicator: Excellent executive presence, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Collaborative Partner: Works cross-functionally to build synergy across teams and functions.
• Growth Mindset: Brings energy, curiosity, and a learning-first approach to innovation and problem-solving with pre-sales acumen and experience in shaping and winning strategic deals
• Bias for Execution: Balances strategic thinking with a strong ability to execute and deliver results.

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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