Head of Student Learning and Certification
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 create 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 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!
Adobe’s Worldwide Education Learning and Advocacy team is seeking a leader who believes in education technology and the impact of Adobe’s products to ignite the unique, creative brilliance in every learner.
At Adobe, we’re changing the world by empowering the next generation to become confident, life-long creators, creative problem-solvers, and communicators. As we look to the future, we see a world where many of the jobs today will no longer exist in 25 years and where creativity becomes the key to success. We purposefully innovate to unlock creativity in and out of the classroom, and address the creative needs of the next generation.
What You’ll Do
You’ll pioneer efforts to create courses, learning experiences, and credentials for students that lead to tangible, measurable skills. Your programs will ensure college and early career students feel confident in their digital creation and communication skills to pursue their dream jobs, careers, and passions.
Responsibilities include:
- Define learning and credential journeys and partner with marketing, sales, customer success managers, partners, and schools to ensure the value of Adobe student learning and certifications is clear and compelling
- Integrate with the Adobe Certified Professional certification experience, including overseeing the program, vision, and key partnerships
- Deliver compelling presentations and demonstrations that engage both internal and external audiences
- Design program success and tracking systems to deliver practical insights and guide decisions
- Effectively plan and manage budgets, resources, vendors and partners to achieve results.
- Continually assess market needs and opportunities, adjusting product and program priorities and/or securing support for additional investment as needed
What You Need To Succeed
- Minimum of BS or BA in a relevant field preferred or equivalent practical experience
- 8+ years work experience in program management within a product marketing team focused on learning, or in an edtech environment, including experience managing external agencies, vendors, and partners
- 5+ years of people management experience.
- Experience with designing or building Learning Management System (LMS) solutions, including working with product teams to design custom features and track user success metrics in various ways, including course actions, surveys, and evaluation metrics such as Kirkpatrick
- Experience building, developing and running complex programs on a global scale
- Domain expertise on effective instructional design, course development, and assessment and certification practices and how to define and measure successful outcomes for customers and the business
- Ability to present complex ideas clearly and to rally people around a vision.
- Ability to work in a team setting and/or independently as needed; self-starter.
- Growth mindset that embraces a diverse set of backgrounds, ideas and experiences to put inclusion globally at the heart of learning experiences.
- Passion for education and serving the needs of students and helping them with career and life success!
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 $134,800 — $241,400 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.
About Organization
Adobe is the global leader in digital media and digital marketing solutions. Our creative, marketing and document solutions empower everyone – from emerging artists to global brands – to bring digital creations to life and deliver immersive, compelling experiences to the right person at the right moment for the best results. In short, Adobe is everywhere, and we’re changing the world through digital experiences.