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Chances are that every single one of those interactions, every single one of those experiences, was touched by an Adobe product.\nWe have a fantastic opportunity for a Principal Enterprise Architect Professional Services to join our team based in Riyadh - Saudi Arabia.\nAs a Principal Enterprise Architect Professional Services, you will guide architecture through the transformation lifecycle. You will build executive confidence, govern design decisions, lead architecture build, and make sure technology choices support long-term value.\nWhat you’ll do\nYou will bridge business goals and technical delivery by designing target architectures, planning transitions, and creating decommissioning strategies. Using change management frameworks such as ADKAR, you'll support adoption and sustainability.\nKey Responsibilities\nAssess and advance the architectural intent crafted during pre-sales. \nProvide architectural leadership across the full transformation lifecycle and guide platform adoption and evolution. \nConvert the success roadmap created during pre-sales into a comprehensive, managed transition plan featuring clear sequencing, decision points, and risk controls. \nFormulate robust, industry-specific architectural perspectives and translate them into target-state architecture, reference models, and phased implementation plans. \nFoster and maintain executive trust in architectural direction, serving as a strategic advisor to senior business and technology collaborators. \nCollaborate with licensing and services sales teams to improve major sales initiatives. \nCoordinate architectural efforts among delivery teams, subject matter experts, and partners to ensure build integrity and alignment during execution. \nEstablish and lead architecture governance and assurance forums. \nPartner closely with pre-sales teams to ensure lessons learned, build patterns, and reference architectures continually improve future pursuits and delivery outcomes. \nWhat you’ll need to succeed\nProven experience providing enterprise architecture leadership across large-scale transformation programmes, from early visioning and pre-sales through delivery, adoption, and platform evolution. \nStrong grounding in TOGAF principles and lifecycle-based architecture governance, applied pragmatically in complex enterprise environments. \nBroad understanding of digital marketing, data, and activation ecosystems. \nThe ability to craft compelling narratives that translate architectural choices into business-relevant results and messages suitable for executives. \nExperience operating as a trusted architectural advisor to senior executives. \nStrong understanding of AI, automation, and emerging agentic models, and their implications for enterprise platforms. \nExperience working closely with delivery teams, partners, and vendors to maintain build integrity. \nAbility to apply structured change and adoption approaches (including ADKAR) to support the human and organisational aspects of architectural evolution. \nA collaborative, outcome-focused leadership style, with a relentless focus on value and adoption. \nFluency in English is required. \nLocation: KAFD, Riyadh\nHours of work: 40 hours per week\nEducation requirement: Degree or equivalent qualification/experience\nExperience requirement: Minimum 5 years in SaaS solution environment\nBenefits: Private medical insurance; Employee stock purchase plan; Holiday & global well-being days; Allowances plus many more.\nApplication start and end date: Starting 20th October 2027 for approx. 4-6 weeks.\nAs our many awards will tell you, at Adobe you’ll be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized around the world. You’ll 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, https://blog.adobe.com/en/topics/adobe-life and explore the fantastic benefits we offer at Rewards.adobe.com.\nAbout Adobe\nAdobe 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.\nAbout Adobe\nAdobe 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.\nOur 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.\n\nLet’s Adobe together\nAt 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.\nAdobe 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.\nAdobe 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 .\nAI Use Guidelines for Interviews:\nOur interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.\nAt Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI - and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.\nExpected Pay Range:\nOur compensation reflects the cost of labor in a certain location, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. Please see below pay range(s) for this position based on the location(s) where this position can be filled:\n\nSaudi Arabia: 575,000 SAR - 833,000 SAR annually\n\nPay within the range(s) will depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, and your recruiter can share more during the hiring process. \n\nAt Adobe, for non-sales roles salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP). You will be eligible to participate in the AIP bonus plan. AIP bonus payout is subject to the applicable plan terms in connection with individual performance on an annual basis.\n\nIn addition, we offer a range of inclusive benefits to support you and your family - from medical, dental, and vision benefits to financial planning, employee assistance program, and learning opportunities. 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