Social Media Buying Manager - EMEA Region

Manager, EMEA Buy Desk Pod

The Opportunity

Lead Adobe’s global in-house Social & Programmatic buying function across all regions! This role coordinates the regional pods for EMEA, driving unified execution across paid social, organic social, and programmatic channels to improve full-funnel performance.

What you'll Do

• Manage and mentor a team of 5+ social media buyers, ensuring flawless daily campaign execution across platforms
• Remain hands-on in-platform (Meta, TikTok, Snap, LinkedIn, etc.), supporting campaign builds, optimizations, and troubleshooting
• Convert global strategy into regionally appropriate action plans, taking into account market nuances and platform differences
• Coordinate campaign lifecycle: planning, setup, QA, launch, optimization, and reporting
• Ensure strong operational rigor across tagging, tracking, pacing, and delivery
• Monitor performance and guide optimizations across audiences, creatives, bidding strategies, and placements
• Partner with cross-functional teams (Creative, Analytics, Marketing Ops, Programmatic teams) to ensure seamless execution
• Leverage platform automation and AI tools to improve efficiency and performance

What you need to succeed

• 4–6+ years of hands-on paid social experience across major platforms
• Proven experience managing campaigns end-to-end and optimizing toward performance goals
• Prior team leadership or mentorship experience preferred
• Solid grasp of regional market subtleties and audience behaviors
• Familiarity with programmatic buying concepts or DSP platforms is a plus
• Experience with social platform automation (Smartly.IO, Sprinklr etc), AI features, or performance tools
• Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Excellent organization, communication, and multitasking abilities

About Adobe

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Learn more.

Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email accommodations@adobe.com or call +1 408-536-3015.

Let’s Adobe together!

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. 

Let’s Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Learn more.

Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email accommodations@adobe.com or call +1 408-536-3015. 

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Experience Level

Senior Level