Senior HR Business Partner

The opportunity

We are looking for exceptional talent to serve as HR Business Partner to help us on our mission to change the world through digital experiences.

Our HR Business Partners are on the front lines every day making things happen across the organization so that we can continue to transform how people and brands tell their stories. We work together as One Team, embrace our differences, and have fun along the way. This is not an easy job but if you're up for some challenging and meaningful work that impacts our customers, our communities, and everyone who experiences our products, this is absolutely the coolest HR job on the planet.

What you'll do

• Act as a trusted advisor and coach to senior leaders, providing data-driven insights and strategic counsel on critical business, organizational, talent, and workforce challenges.

• Lead impactful people and organizational initiatives, tackling critical business challenges and transformational change across the organization.

• Ensure the implementation of the optimal organization design to enable the leadership team and the organization to scale

• Instill a culture that resonates with Adobe’s values of Create the Future, Own the Outcome, Raise the Bar, and Be Genuine

• Closely partner with other Corporate Functions, such as Finance, Sales Operations and Enablement, to support our business objectives.

• Provide partnership and support in the areas of organizational development including succession strategy, talent development, employee engagement, and change management processes

• Partner with COEs to drive workforce planning initiatives including alignment of resources to the top priorities, and building capabilities needed to achieve the stated vision and strategy including the investment in talent

• Partner with Talent Development to identify and develop key talent and ensure they are provided with experiences that enable development and retention.

• Build performance management capabilities by coaching leaders to effectively address performance issues and deliver effective feedback to foster employee development and differentiate performance

What you need to succeed

• 10+ years of HR experience, including serving as an HR Business Partner to senior leaders in a global, matrixed organization

• Strong business insight, connecting people strategies to company priorities

• Proven experience operating in the Japan market, with strong understanding of local business dynamics, culture, and stakeholder expectations.

• Proven experience in organizational development and leading through change

• Proven ability to develop relationships and partnerships (internal and external) at all levels of the organization, including influencing and coaching senior leaders

• Ability to influence across levels, roles, cultures, and geographies. Experience designing, implementing, and leading large initiatives.

• Strategic outlook with a proactive problem-solving approach, agility to navigate ambiguity and prioritize effectively

• Energy, drive and commitment to the task. Speed and agility is critical.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills both in English and Japanese

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.

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