Pinterest

Lead Industry Manager, SMB Sales - Agency

Pinterest$110K — $130K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in digital media or online advertising
  • 2-3+ years in sales leadership, achieving quotas
  • Experience with digital agencies and agency landscape
  • Strong data analysis and project management skills
  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing or related field
  • Growth mindset and openness to AI-led workflows

Responsibilities

  • Drive retention and upsell for 1K+ SMB agencies
  • Grow and manage over 7K advertisers
  • Define and standardize operational sales strategies
  • Lead a high-performing sales team to meet revenue targets
  • Manage relationship with vendor partners
  • Support media planning and campaign management
  • Motivate and mentor sales talent to foster a positive culture

Benefits

  • Flexible work model with in-office requirements
  • Opportunity for professional growth in a dynamic environment
  • Work with a large and diverse client base
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • Access to cutting-edge sales tools and data analysis resources
Full Job Description
The Lead Industry Manager will manage the SMB Agency Sales Account Management business, responsible for revenue delivery and growth. They will lead a large vendor sales team in executing and operationalizing the strategy.

What you'll do:
  • Drive retention and upsell across our 1K+ SMB agencies
  • Retain and grow 7K+ managed advertisers
  • Define the operational sales strategy by developing and standardizing operational systems to empower the SMB team to operate at scale
  • Lead a high-performing team of sellers to deliver against quarterly revenue targets through effective planning, goal-setting, data analysis, and forecasting
  • Manage relationship with Pinterest's vendor partner
  • Support team strategy for media planning, campaign management, media measurement and media channels (e-commerce, branding, formats and targeting)
  • Motivate, mentor and develop sales talent (managers and individual contributors), creating a positive culture
  • Work cross-functionally with internal stakeholders including product, sales operations, and engineering to help Pinterest build a world-class advertising platform
  • Establish sales team KPIs that allow live time measurement against key quarterly OKRS
  • Track, analyze, and communicate key quantitative metrics and business trends as they relate to business health
  • AI utilization: Understand and test various tools & approaches to aid in meeting preparation, performance analysis and ultimately enable prioritize high impact outcomes with velocity.

What we're looking for:
  • 8+ years of professional experience in digital media or online advertising
  • 2-3+ years of sales leadership experience with a demonstrated track record of leading sales teams to exceed quotas
  • Experience working for or with digital agencies, with a deep knowledge of the agency landscape, key decision makers, operating models, and commercial structures. Proven track record of managing revenue pipeline with forward-looking predictability
  • Ability and willingness to get your hands dirty - from SFDC reporting to call coaching, this leader will need to be able to go deep selectively to help inform the broader strategic vision
  • A data-driven leader with the ability to lead large teams against aggressive goals
  • An independent, business-focused creative thinker who is excited to work with customers partners at scale
  • Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and a bias towards action
  • Experience in project management, operations management, and/or vendor management
  • Growth mindset & open-mindedness to new techniques, skill development and AI-led workflows to drive success at scale across a diverse set of advertisers.
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Marketing, or equivalent experience


Relocation Statement: This positionis noteligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

In-Office Requirement Statement: Insert to clarify in-office requirement for the role.We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.
    • This role will need to be in the vendor Toronto office 1 week per month and should be commutable to Toronto


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About Pinterest

Pinterest is a social media platform that allows users to discover and save ideas for recipes, home decor, fashion, and more. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Pinterest has over 400 million monthly active users and is available in over 30 languages. The company's mission is to help people discover and do what they love.
Learn more about Pinterest
Size
3,225 employees
Market Cap
$16 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$128.3 million
Founded
2009
5 Year Trend
+53.9%
Revenue
$1.6 billion
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