GM, Business Development, Advertiser

Posted:
9/4/2024, 9:11:11 AM

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Business & Strategy ⋅ Sales & Account Management

Who we are

The Trade Desk is changing the way global brands and their agencies advertise to audiences around the world. How? With a media-buying platform that helps brands deliver a more insightful and relevant ad experience for consumers — and sets a new standard for global reach, accuracy, and transparency.
So if you’re talented, driven, creative, and hungry to bring something entirely new and wildly ambitious into the world (and have some fun doing it), then we want to talk.

What you’ll do:

  • Take ownership for representing some of our most strategic relationships with The Trade Desk’s largest clients both in the APAC region and Globally.
  • Work collectively with the greater global Sales, Client Services, and Trading teams to cultivate focused accounts and brands
  • Own relationships with commercial and contract leads at major Advertising clients
  • Communicate the value of our media buying platform by aligning The Trade Desk’s media buying philosophy with our client’s
  • Participate in product road map build out discussions based on client needs with senior leadership, product, & engineering
  • Take lead in responding to RFPs, including qualification & win strategy
  • Coordinate account discussions with Global counterparts
  • Work closely with product, marketing and revenue teams to constantly optimize efforts relating to company-wide goals
  • Identify and close strategic up-selling opportunities by understanding core client business needs
  • Build deep and lasting connections internally across The Trade Desk departments and specialty functions

 

Who you are:
We are looking for a commercially savvy, very senior sales individual to identify, grow, and nurture key clients. You’ll need a proven track record of delivering results, building relationships and collaborating with other teams as you’ll be working with some of our most strategic clients.

  • A proven track record in online advertising outbound sales
  • Experience at an online publisher, ad network, ad exchange, ad server, SEM platform, DSP, or other online advertising role
  • Existing relationships with decision makers at major agencies and advertisers
  • Experience establishing longstanding, consultative client relationships
  • Strong quantitative skills and negotiation's ability, able to lead commercial negotiations for large global accounts
  • Strong communication skills with an ability to speak with C-level clients
  • Passion for owning a room, closing deals, and getting wins
  • Proven track record of exceeding revenue expectations

The Trade Desk

Website: http://thetradedesk.com/

Headquarter Location: Ventura, California, United States

Employee Count: 501-1000

Year Founded: 2009

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Equity

Industries: Advertising ⋅ Digital Media ⋅ Information Technology ⋅ Internet ⋅ Mobile ⋅ Native Advertising ⋅ Social ⋅ Software ⋅ Video Advterising