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Pinterest’s Small & Medium Business team supports advertisers to help them reach their marketing goals. We’re looking for an experienced sales leader to lead an Agency Scaled segment for our EMEA SMB Account Management organization to achieve quarterly and annual revenue quotas, retention, and Average Revenue per Advertiser (ARPA) growth. The SMB Lead Industry Manager will evolve sales programs and build processes that will impact thousands of SMB agencies across all of EMEA. Success in this position requires strong ability to lead and inspire a team, sales and analytical skills to make data driven decisions, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a highly dynamic team environment

What you’ll do:

Manage the day-to-day vendor operations for a scaled Agency segment of our European SMB Account Management function to drive revenue growth of Europe’s Small and Medium size businesses on the Pinterest platform. This includes developing/standardizing operational systems to allow sellers to operate at a high level of productivity, standardizing pitches, upsells, and optimisations to ensure our sellers offer a world class sales motion against a large portfolio of advertisers.
Implement the vision, sales strategy, and processes for the function segment, including goals and plans, revenue forecasting and quota setting, and reporting. Analyze business trends, market trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape, to identify growth opportunities and risks to the segment.
Core to the role is working alongside vendor function leaders and cross functional teams to implement scaled growth strategies to drive the business and accountability, monitoring metrics and milestones against established revenue targets, KPIs, and quarterly OKRs.
Collaborate with various internal teams and stakeholders across the organization, including other internal sales leaders e.g. new business, high value account management, agency sales and cross functional partners such as Sales Ops, AOS, Quality Assurance, and Learning & Development to align resources, priorities, initiatives and remove barriers to deliver on client expectations.
Collaborate with external Independent agencies to build relationships, nurture revenue growth and drive agency deals.

What we’re looking for:

6+ years professional experience in digital media sales, online advertising, or sales leadership.
3+ years of sales leadership experience preferred.
Experience working with Independent Agencies across EMEA.
A data-driven leader with the ability to lead large teams against aggressive revenue goals.
Ability to extract insights from data to inform strategic decisions.
Experience creating a driving sales motions/programs in a scaled sales organization.
Fluent in Salesforce, Tableau, Excel, and other sales productivity software.
Exceptional interpersonal and problem solving skills.
Self-driven and innovative candidate comfortable in a dynamic and rapidly changing environment that requires the balance between strategic work and tactical implementation.
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.

Relocation Statement:

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

In-Office Requirement Statement

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.

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Our Commitment to Inclusion:

Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support.

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