MBA Intern - Corporate Development

The Opportunity

Adobe generated $23.77 billion in revenue in FY2025 and has expanded its capabilities through strategic acquisitions, including Semrush and Topaz Labs in 2026. Our Corporate Development team identifies, sources, evaluates, and executes Adobe’s inorganic growth strategy through acquisitions and investments.

In this role, you’ll work closely with business unit leaders and product managers to assess growth opportunities. You’ll also collaborate with the Corporate Strategy team on critical initiatives sponsored by Adobe’s senior executives.

What You'll Do

• Partner with internal collaborators to develop strategic investment themes and assess potential acquisition and investment opportunities
• Identify product gaps, evaluate build, partner, or buy options, and collaborate on target selection
• Conduct rigorous competitive, valuation, and financial analyses to inform strategic decisions
• Coordinate M&A activities, including due diligence, data room management, internal approvals, and collaborators updates, and support integration planning and handoffs
• Develop a deep understanding of new customer segments, industry trends, competitive positioning, and emerging companies
• Build relationships with industry specialists to bring external perspectives on market trends and opportunities

What You Need to Succeed

• Currently enrolled in a full-time MBA program, with an expected graduation date between December 2027 - June 2028
• Excellent quantitative and financial modeling skills, including valuation, and a strong understanding of core accounting and finance concepts and acquisition and investment processes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated experience influencing stakeholders across organizational levels and teams
• Proven experience leading cross-functional initiatives, building alignment, and delivering results
• Strong external communication and relationship management skills
• Familiarity with software development and architecture is a plus
• Familiarity with the legal aspects of acquisitions and investments is a plus

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.

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Our 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.

At 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.

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 $37.00 - $50.00 hourly. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay rate for your job location during the hiring process.



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California:

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Colorado:

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Massachusetts:

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