Director, Audience Activation

New York, USA (Remote)

$117K/yr – $150K/yrDirector/Executive5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead enterprise sales for audience data solutions, managing end-to-end deals with agencies/brands and guiding product input.

  • Own end-to-end sales cycles for audience data solutions and deal execution.
  • 5–10+ years in advanced advertising sales with agencies/brands.
  • Cross-functional GTM work with Product, Commercial, and Operations.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Revenue Growth & Deal Leadership
  • Identify, develop, close new business and upsell opportunities focused on audience data enablement and activation
  • Lead end‑to‑end sales cycles, including pre‑sales strategy, proposal development, negotiation, and contract execution
  • Own commercial discussions and set pricing and deal terms in partnership with internal stakeholders
  • Client & Partner Engagement
  • Leverage strong industry relationships primarily across advertising and media agencies, and at times brands, and ad tech partners, with a strong focus on stakeholders in programmatic, digital, video, investment, and account teams
  • Lead advanced advertising, audience activation, and other data‑driven presentations that clearly articulate the value of MRI‑Simmons audience intelligence
  • Act as a trusted advisor to clients by aligning MRI‑Simmons audience solutions to their business, media, and activation objectives
  • Requires approximately 25% travel
  • Product & Go‑to‑Market Collaboration

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • 5–10+ years of experience in sales or business development within advanced advertising, programmatic, addressable, data enablement, audience data, or ad tech
  • Proven success selling audience data solutions to agencies and brands
  • Strong industry network across agency and brand stakeholders, including programmatic, activation, investment, and digital teams
  • Deep understanding of the advanced advertising and audience data ecosystem, including measurement and attribution solutions for digital media
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate the value of audience and data‑driven solutions in a clear, compelling way
  • Experience applying syndicated audience data to activation, planning, and partnership opportunities preferred
  • Exceptional relationship management and executive‑level communication skills
  • Strong negotiation skills with experience navigating complex commercial agreements
  • Highly collaborative, proactive, and self‑directed

Preferred

  • Consultative, self-directed seller with a “hunter” mindset and the ability to create opportunity where none previously existed
  • Comfortable leading complex, multi‑stakeholder sales cycles
  • Familiarity with Challenger sales methodology and MEDDICC frameworks preferred
  • Strategic thinker who proactively identifies new use cases and growth opportunities
  • Strong agency presence with hands-on experience operating within ad agencies, leading educational programming, thought leadership initiatives, and events for agency planning and buying teams

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare plan (medical, Rx, dental, and vision)
  • Flexible spending accounts and a Health Savings Account (including company contributions)
  • Life and AD&D insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan including company matching contributions
  • Disability insurance
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Discretionary paid time off program and 11 paid holidays
  • Flexible working environment
  • Volunteer time off
  • LinkedIn Learning
  • Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)
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NielsenIQ

NielsenIQ (NIQ) is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. NIQ combined with GfK in 2023, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. Today NIQ has operations in 95+ countries representing 97% of the world’s GDP. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full ViewTM.

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