Director, Head of Legal, Western Europe

Paris, France | Hybrid (3 days onsite)

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At Adobe, everything we do is driven by creativity, innovation, and the belief that great ideas come from everywhere. Our products help millions of people bring ideas to life, and our Legal team plays a meaningful role in supporting this mission.

We are looking for an experienced legal leader to join Adobe as Director,AssociateGeneral Counsel, Head of Legal – Western , leading legal strategy across Southwest Europe and Latin America.

The Opportunity

You will lead a diverse and geographically distributed legal team and work closely with senior business leaders across the region(spanning from France to Italy, Spain,Portugalto Latin America). You willprovidepractical,forward‑lookinglegal guidance while helping shape Adobe’s growth in complex and evolving regulatory environments.

This is not simply a senior legal role — it isfirst and foremostapeople‑leadershiprole.
The successful candidate will be an experienced manager who builds an inclusive and supportive workplace,high‑performingteams; someone whorole‑modelsAdobe’s values every day and brings the samerigourto developing their people as they do to their legal work.

WhatYou’llDo
Lead and Develop the Team

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• Lead, develop, and inspire a team of 7 lawyers and legal professionals across Paris and SãoPaulo, fostering an inclusive,high‑trustenvironment.

  
  

• Own the team’s talent strategy, including hiring, performance management, coaching, and career development in line with Adobe’sCheck‑Inframework.

  
  

• Support and develop junior managers, promoting strongpeople‑leadershippractices and inclusivity.

  
  

Shape Legal Strategy

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• Define and implement the legal strategy for Southwest Europe(France,ItalyandSpain)and Latin America(Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Argentina as mainmarkets).

  
  

• Identifyand manage legal risk across commercial, regulatory, data privacy, IP, andAI‑relatedmatters, translating risk into clear business guidance.

  
  

• Advise senior leaders and contribute to industry guidelines and policy discussions.

  
  

Partner with the Business

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• Act as a trusted legal partner to top-level executives, providing proactive, strategic counsel.

  
  

• Oversee complex commercial agreements, including licensing, services, partnerships, andAI‑relatedarrangements.

  
  

• Support sales, marketing, finance, and product teams through practical legal guidance and targeted training.

  
  

Drive Operational Excellence

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• Manage external counsel relationships and the regional legal budget.

  
  

• Improve legal operations through processoptimization, legal technology, AI innovation and workflows, and effective knowledge management.

  
  

• Ensurehigh standardsof governance, documentation, and integrity in line with Adobe’s Code of Business Conduct.

  
  

WhatYou’llBring
Experience and Qualifications

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• Law degree (or equivalent)and active admission to the Bar

  
  

• 12+ years of post-qualification legal experience, with significant in-house experience at amultinationaltechnology, software orIP-intensive company.

  
  

• >6 years of people management experience, including direct management of lawyers at varying levels of seniority.

  
  

• Proventrack recordof managing geographically dispersed, multicultural teams — experience managing across EMEA andLATAMstrongly preferred.

  
  

• Expert knowledge of commercial/IT/IP law and strong working knowledge of GDPR, AI regulation, and competition law in the French, Spanish and/or Italian context.

  
  

• Experience overseeing external counsel partnerships and managing legal budgets at a regional level.

  
  

Languages

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• French: Native or bilingualproficiency

  
  

• English: Full professionalproficiency

  
  

• Spanish,Portuguese, Italian: An advantage

  
  

Ways You Work

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• A champion of Adobe’s core values: Create the Future, Own the Outcome, Raise the Bar, Be Genuine.

  
  

• Collaborative leader who empowers their team; Influences and adjusts style to drivestrong performanceacross the matrix.

  
  

• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to influence and liaise effectively with collaborators at all levels.

  
  

• An inspirational manager and motivator capable of attracting,developingand advancinggreat talentand leading a distributed team, drawing on strengths to achieve common