Sr. Manager, Cyber Threat Research & Intelligence at Adobe · San Jose

Sr. Manager, Cyber Threat Research & Intelligence
Location: San Jose
The Challenge
As the Senior Manager of the Cyber Threat Research & Intelligence team, you will guide Adobe's efforts to predict, identify, and respond to the changing threat environment. Your position is key to delivering high-quality intelligence at tactical, operational, and strategic levels. This intelligence helps Adobe's security teams and executive leaders make informed, proactive decisions. You will develop and enhance a leading threat research and intelligence program that transforms raw threat data into actionable insights. This program supports defenses based on adversary behavior and keeps Adobe ahead of advanced threat actors.
This is an opportunity to lead with purpose, build Adobe's intelligence strategy, and make a measurable impact on how the organization understands and responds to important threats.
What You Will Do
Develop and take responsibility for the strategic vision of Adobe's Cyber Threat Research & Intelligence program, covering tactical, operational, and strategic intelligence pillars.
Lead a senior team of threat intelligence researchers, balancing deep technical research with timely intelligence production and collaborator engagement.
Coordinate the full intelligence lifecycle — from collection and processing to analysis, production, and dissemination — ensuring intelligence outputs are relevant, accurate, timely, and actionable.
Build and manage Adobe's threat actor tracking program, maintaining profiles on advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, cyber criminal organizations, and hacktivists relevant to Adobe's industry and attack surface.
Produce and deliver intelligence products at multiple levels: tactical reports (IOCs, TTPs, YARA/Sigma rules), operational assessments (campaign analysis, actor attribution), and strategic briefings (threat landscape, industry trends, geopolitical risk).
Partner closely with Cyber Threat Hunt, CSIRT, Detection Engineering, and Red Team to ensure intelligence directly informs defensive operations, detection development, and incident response.
Drive Adobe's engagement with external intelligence communities, ISACs, government partners, and commercial threat intelligence providers to improve collection coverage and sharing.
Build a high-performing team through coaching, career development, and technical mentorship, while encouraging a collaborative and inclusive environment that promotes intellectual rigor and continuous learning!
Regularly brief senior leadership and key collaborators on the threat landscape, emerging risks, and intelligence program outcomes.
What You Need to Succeed
8+ years in cybersecurity, with experience leading threat intelligence or threat research functions.
Deep expertise across the intelligence lifecycle, including collection management, all-source analysis, and structured analytic techniques (ACH, Kill Chain, Diamond Model, MITRE ATT&CK).
Established background in developing and presenting tactical, operational, and strategic intelligence reports to technical and executive viewers.
Strong understanding of threat actor ecosystems — including nation-state groups, eCrime actors, and insider threats — and the tradecraft used to track and attribute them.
Experience operationalizing threat intelligence through SIEM, SOAR, and TIP integrations, and converting intelligence into detection logic and defensive controls.
Familiarity with a broad range of collection sources including OSINT, dark web monitoring, malware analysis outputs, and commercial intelligence feeds.
Demonstrated success in building partnerships across security, engineering, legal, and business teams, and with external government and industry partners.
Ability to distill complex threat analysis into clear, compelling narratives that drive executive decision-making and security investment.
Experience building or maturing cybersecurity programs, including intelligence requirements processes, metrics frameworks, and team operating models.

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 $150,700 -- $306,625 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 California, the pay range for this position is $211,800 - $306,625
In Washington, the pay range for this position is $192,000 - $277,950

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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Additional Locations: Seattle, Lehi