Morning Brew

Director, Sales (People Manager)

Morning Brew$160K — $175K *
Media
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8-10+ years of sales experience, including 2+ years in leadership roles.
  • Background in digital advertising, media, ad tech, or marketing.
  • Strong expertise in full-cycle sales for large enterprise accounts (1000+ employees).
  • Proven ability to manage complex, high-value partnerships.
  • Excellent skills in account planning and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Effective communicator with strong negotiation and presentation capabilities.
  • Metrics-driven and proactive with modern sales leadership practices.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the Enterprise segment within B2B sales at Morning Brew Inc.
  • Lead and develop a high-performing team focused on strategic advertiser relationships.
  • Drive growth through retention and new business expansion across multimedia offerings.
  • Engage in account strategy and support sales initiatives alongside the team.
  • Collaborate with various internal teams to deliver optimal partnership experiences.
  • Scale and elevate the enterprise business while fostering an entrepreneurial environment.
  • Enhance account planning processes and overall go-to-market strategy.

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment with adjustable standing desks and free coffee and snacks.
  • 401(k) employer match to help with future planning.
  • Comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance plans.
  • Mental health support with personalized programs and access to wellness apps.
  • Generous paid parental leave and fertility coverage for employees.
  • Participation in diverse Employee Resource Groups.
  • Reimbursements for gym memberships and fitness classes.
  • Annual learning credit for professional development opportunities.
Full Job Description
OVERVIEW

We are recruiting a senior sales leader to oversee the Enterprise segment within Morning Brew Inc.'s B2B sales team, reporting to VP, Sales.. The B2B business is growing steadily year-over-year, making this a compelling opportunity to lead a high-performing team responsible for some of the company's largest, most strategic advertiser relationships.

Working closely with the VP, Sales and cross-functional leadership, this leader will oversee a growing portfolio of large and enterprise advertisers (1000+ employees) and manage a high-performing team responsible for driving retention, expansion, and new business growth across Morning Brew Inc.'s multimedia portfolio. This includes integrated partnerships spanning newsletters, social, video, custom content, onsite activations, events, podcasts, and data products across 20+ owned and operated media brands.

This role requires a highly strategic and commercially-minded operator who can effectively support and guide complex enterprise sales motions while also remaining deeply engaged in the day-to-day business. While this leader will not carry an individual quota, success in this role requires a willingness to "get in the trenches" alongside the team by supporting account strategy, participating in key client and agency conversations, navigating internal stakeholders, and helping drive forward high-priority opportunities across the business.

The ideal candidate brings deep fluency in digital advertising, media or adtech/martech sales, with experience navigating sophisticated client organizations, agency ecosystems, procurement processes, and large-scale partnership negotiations. This leader should be highly effective at account mapping, executive relationship building, multithreading across large organizations, and helping teams drive strategic, long-term growth within complex books of business. The ideal candidate will also have the ability to travel and entertain clients regularly alongside their team.

This is a highly cross-functional role requiring strong internal influence and relationship management skills. This leader will partner closely with teams across Account Management, Pricing, Creative/GTM, Marketing, Events, Editorial, and Operations to help deliver best-in-class partnership experiences for some of Morning Brew Inc.'s most important advertisers.

We are seeking a builder and proactive leader who can balance strategic thinking with operational execution. The right candidate will lead by example, establish strong commercial rigor across the team, and help evolve the enterprise sales motion, account planning processes, forecasting discipline, and overall go-to-market strategy alongside VP, Sales. Importantly, this leader will inherit an already high-performing with steady growth, requiring someone who can thoughtfully scale and elevate an established enterprise business while maintaining the entrepreneurialism, autonomy, and commercial intensity that have driven the team's success to date.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING
  • 8-10+ years of sales experience, including 2+ years of people management experience leading high-performing and/or senior talent
  • Experience in digital advertising, media, ad tech, marketing, or related industries
  • Deep experience leading full-cycle enterprise sales motions across retention, expansion, and net new business to large and enterprise businesses (1000+ employees)
  • Proven success managing and growing large enterprise and strategic accounts, including navigating complex sales cycles, procurement processes, executive stakeholders, and six- and seven-figure partnerships
  • Strong strategic account planning, org mapping, and cross-functional leadership capabilities
  • Strong internal and external executive communication, coaching, presentation, and negotiation skills
  • Metrics-driven, operationally strong, and highly proactive with a modern approach to sales leadership and pipeline management

BONUS POINTS

  • Strong understanding of agency and client-side advertising ecosystems; existing agency and/or brand relationships are a major plus
  • Experience selling into Marketing, Brand, Content, Communications, PR, and/or Paid, Media organizations
  • Experience managing complex, multi-product media and/or marketing partnerships
  • Experience scaling sales organizations and improving forecasting and operational rigor
  • Familiarity with and enthusiasm for Morning Brew Inc. and its portfolio of media brands

TOOLS/ OPERATION & TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

  • Fluency in Salesforce, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo, Outreach, and related sales tools
  • Strong operational and organizational management skills
  • Experience navigating highly cross-functional environments and coordinating across multiple stakeholders
  • Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution
  • Comfortable operating in fast-paced, evolving, high-growth environments

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

  • Travel up to 20%

COMPENSATION $160,000 - $175,000 base + variable DOE *Final offers for this job will be made within the parameters of the salary range provided, commensurate with experience. Total offer package to include benefits highlighted under our perks section below.

PERKS

While being surrounded by a bunch of cool people who look great in crewnecks is its own reward, we have plenty more to offer.

Brew's HQ: Pick an adjustable standing desk or cozy corner and load up on free coffee (duh) and snacks at our new two-story office space in NYC's Flatiron District.

401(k) employer match: We want to help you prepare for the future, now.

Premium health, vision, and dental plans: Your health matters!

Mental health benefits: Personalized plans and programs to promote your mental well-being.

Extra help when you need it: Including a care concierge, plus free access to One Medical and the Calm app.

Family planning: Want to join #brewparents? Generous paid parental leave and fertility coverage for eligible employees.

Employee Resource Groups: Black Coffee, LGBTQ Brew, AAPI Brew, Cafe Con Leche, and Grounded

Gym and workout class reimbursements: It pays to be healthy.

Annual learning credit: Want to learn something new? We'll reimburse you.

About Morning Brew

Morning Brew is a media company that provides a daily email newsletter with a quick and conversational round up of business news. The company was founded in 2015 by Alex Lieberman and Austin Rief while they were students at the University of Michigan. The newsletter has grown to over 2.5 million subscribers and the company has expanded to include a podcast, a job board, and a premium subscription service. Morning Brew was acquired by Business Insider in 2021.
Learn more about Morning Brew
Size
100 employees
Industry
Founded
2015
5 Year Trend
+100%
Revenue
$20 million

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