The Opportunity
Adobe is hiring an Account Director to grow our State and Local Government business across a multi-state territory, and will own it end to end: building pipeline, running deals, and developing the senior relationships that advance public sector business. This is a high-impact role for a resilient, self-directed seller who is energized by complex problems and by working with mission-driven government customers.
What You'll Do
Build and own the territory
- Find, qualify, and pursue new opportunities to build pipeline across your named accounts
- Build target account strategies and territory penetration plans
- Own your number and grow your territory
- Keep an accurate forecast and a clear read on your pipeline
Run and win complex deals
- Run discovery that connects an agency's challenges to constituent and program outcomes, then build the value case
- Drive complex, multi-stakeholder deals from qualification to close
- Coordinate pre-sales, specialists, and partners at the right stage of each deal
Build relationships that win
- Earn trusted-advisor relationships with senior agency leaders through credibility, not title
- Work with system integrators and partners to get Adobe into programs earlier and more often
What You Need
- A track record of building pipeline, closing complex enterprise deals in open territory, and hitting your number
- 3+ years of field sales experience
- A resourceful, proactive approach: you find creative ways to reach prospects, you own your own success with little hand-holding until deals are qualified, and you bring real drive and persistence
- Experience selling into State and Local Government; exposure to Health and Human Services or other mission-driven agencies is a plus
- The ability to connect technology to program outcomes like constituent engagement, service delivery, and efficiency
- Familiarity with the competitive landscape in government digital experience
- Experience working with partners and system integrators in enterprise cycles
- Comfort selling across program, technical, and executive stakeholders
- Credibility and presence with senior government executives
- Willingness to be in the field across the region (roughly 50% travel). This is a relationship business and you will build it in person
- Experience selling high-value, long-lead enterprise software ($500K+)
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Why This Role Matters
Agencies across the region are working to modernize how they serve residents, often with constrained budgets and rising expectations. Adobe's Experience Cloud helps them deliver better digital services across web, mobile, forms, and communications. This role is central to how Adobe grows in the region, and the person who takes it has real opportunity and real ownership from the start.
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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Expected Pay Range:
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 $182,900 - $293,900 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.
In Illinois, the pay range for this position is $196,900 - $285,100

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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California:
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Colorado:
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Massachusetts:
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