Creative Enterprise Developer Relations Team Lead

Our Company
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We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating 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 Creative Enterprise Developer Relations Team Lead will play a critical role in evolving Adobe’s strategy with enterprise developers at Adobe’s top accounts. You will dive deep into Firefly GenAI and Creative Cloud authoring and editing technologies. Through your ability to imagine possibilities, problem-solve, develop great relationships with enterprise developer communities, and even write code, you will chart a delightful developer experience and accompany developers throughout journey.

This role is a player/coach role in that there will be plenty of direct contributions to strategy and execution as well as the potential to supervise a small team of writers and developer advocates.

What you’ll do

• Develop an overall strategy for engaging with developers and end-users of the products served by Creative Enterprise (e.g., Firefly Services APIs and UIs, Model Customization, Brand Services).
• Strategize and execute our documentation and sample strategy within developer.adobe.com including API references with sample code, how-to guides, sample applications, reference architectures, etc. Develop directly or supervise the development of said content.
• Build specialized educational materials, tutorials, and resources aimed to guide developers at building high-quality integrations that address end user's daily challenges.
• Cultivate a strong sense of internal and external community by driving Adobe’s engagement with developers, soliciting feedback, and participating in developer events and forums.
• Participate in the developer support channels. Mobilize x-functional support where needed.
• Work closely with product managers, engineers, and developer advocates to align support and community efforts with the platform's overall strategic goals.
• Develop and execute an in-person event strategy including engagement at major Adobe conferences, 3rd-party conferences, and on-site Developer Days at select Adobe customers.
• Work closely with product managers, product marketers, and engineers to develop technical enablement content for our go-to-market teams.
• Influence product platform roadmaps where relevant. Gather technical product feedback from sales, customer success and professional services organizations.

What you will need to succeed

• Minimum technical skills: JavaScript / Node.JS (server-side, front end), API tools (Postman, App Builder), HTML/CSS, React (Spectrum or similar), Python a plus, Low-code connectors a plus (PowerAutomate, Zapier, Mendix)
• +5 years as a developer (full-stack preferred, familiar with API methodology/usage)
• Experience in developer relations, advocacy, or technical community engagement.
• Exceptional executive and customer communication skills, capable of conveying sophisticated technical and product ideas.
• Build the future mindset & around the corner thinking
• Ability to working autonomously, track-record of delivering on-time
• Work well across functions and engineering teams
• Extreme owner mentality; founder-style work ethic

Nice to Haves

• Experience across creative, document and marketing workflows (image editing, video, audio, 3D, analytics, work management, pdf)
• Ability to storyboard, produce, and edit working demos using Pr, Ps, AEM, Workfront, Frame, Express etc.
• Experience building and deploying enterprise-grade software, with an understanding of enterprise development cycles and the unique challenges they present.

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 $122,200 -- $234,200 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.

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.

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