Director of Business Development, APAC - Sydney, Australia - Adobe

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Creativity for All

Adobe is a place where exceptional people work – don't just take our word for it, our employees have recently voted us #1 on the Great Place to Work list for the 10th consecutive year

We're proud to offer market leading employee benefits designed to suit your lifestyle. Some of the great benefits include health insurance, global days off, wellness fund, market-leading parental leave, access to our Employee Stock Purchase Program and programs designed to help continue to build your career.

We also proudly empower our employees to get involved with corporate social responsibility and offer a broad range of opportunities to make a bigger impact through philanthropy, employee, and community engagement.

We know that people are the differentiator in our business, and that's why we want to meet you.

The Opportunity

The Director for APAC Digital Experience Business Development is responsible for driving top line growth for our APAC DX business. Reporting into the APJ DX marketing leader, this role will manage a team of people managers across APAC and will be responsible for setting clear strategy on a scalable and repeatable process of quality pipeline creation and conversion to bookings across new and existing business.

What you'll do

• Responsible for all BDR pipeline creation for the APAC across all sales segments
• Measure and ensure that the pipeline creation motion adheres to a repeatable process that drives conversion to bookings across new and existing business.
• Drive BDR hiring and enablement engine in line with the high-performance culture and Adobe's values.
• Lead a team of 30+ people working across three regions and multiple countries.
• Coach second-line managers to establish rigor in their businesses, develop their First Line Management and BDR talent, and work with other parts of the business to continuously increase the DX footprint in new and existing customers.
• Establish strong operational cadence to run repeatable process, leverage data to make critical decisions to improve business performance.
• Partner with Enablement lead to train and coach BDR teams to identify and present compelling views of DX solutions.
• Coordinate strategies to align BDR specialist teams to present the right messaging to the right prospects without fatiguing contacts or accounts.
• Establish trust, rhythm, and alignment with the corresponding sales teams.
• Own headcount, quota, and business planning for the APAC BDR motion
• Own sales pipeline qualification process to improve BDR pipeline quality, working with sales to deliver consistent & predictable close rates.

What you need to succeed

• Relevant cross-functional experience (digital marketing, digital sales, project
• Validated work experience as an Inside Sales leader with strong track record of coaching managers to improve team performance.
• 10+ years managing managers and running multi-level sales/business development teams.
• Leadership proficiency and ability to instil a strong culture of performance and collaboration.
• Strong understanding of how to build a demand gen funnel and work seamlessly with sales and marketing ecosystem.
• Experience working with multiple sales partners, developing effective BDR process across multiple systems.
• Strong critical thinking ability and focus on driving data-driven decision making excellent at Outreach reporting and Excel modelling.
• Able to proactively diagnose and address gaps in pipeline creation with tactical plans & campaigns, working closely with demand gen and field marketing teams.
• Able to track and diagnose strategic efficacy and recommend shifts/changes in course when necessary.

Adobe for All

Adobe strives to create an environment where our employees can do their best work and drive their career growth and development based on their personal goals. From fair-pay practices to Employee Networks and programs designed to make everyone feel included, we're committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace for all.

Take the plunge and jump in

Liking what you have read and keen to jump in? Thinking you might not have all the skills we are looking for? Just take the plunge and apply – we know that by bringing together a diverse group of people, we become so much better together. We'd love to see where we can help drive Creativity for All together.

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Internal Opportunities

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At Adobe, you will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized around the world. You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our unique Check-In approach where ongoing feedback flows freely. If you're looking to make an impact, Adobe's the place for you. Discover what our employees are saying about their career experiences on the Adobe Life blog and explore the meaningful benefits we offer.

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