Title – Ad Sales Manager
Amazon is looking for an experienced Ad sales Manager to help grow its advertising business in India. The person will have the opportunity to define and execute the go-to-market strategy for Amazon's, fast-growing advertising business, by engaging with media agencies and brands.
The ideal candidate will have a strategy/BD/sales background preferably with revenue responsibility. A proven track record of building partnerships and working in a complex, cross functional environment is a key requirement. He/she must also possess strong communications skills and the ability to build and convey compelling value propositions to internal and external stakeholders. He/she will have a keen sense of ownership, drive, and desire to win!
The Amazon India Advertising business is a strategic start-up with support and interest from business units across the company as well as Amazon’s top management. We are a motivated, collaborative and fun-loving team building a high growth business. We are entrepreneurial and have a bias for action and a broad mandate to experiment and innovate. This role offers an opportunity to make a significant impact on the future vision for Amazon.
This position is based at the Amazon Office in Bangalore, with travel as required.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a key member of the ad sales team, helping to drive overall Amazon Advertising strategy and business growth.
- Establish and build strong, profitable, long-term relationships with media agencies and brands and expand the partner ecosystem.
- Build scale into the business development function by collaborating with internal stakeholders (product, program and marketing teams) to develop joint business plans and upsell opportunities.
- Prepare and present business reviews to the senior management team regarding progress and roadblocks to increasing adoption customers.
Basic Qualifications
- Graduate in any discipline from a Tier I institute
- MBA from a premier B-School
- 5+ years in ad sales.
- Demonstrated experience in winning and retaining clients and establishing relationships with partners.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to think strategically and execute methodically. Adept at making data-driven decisions.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, multi-tasked, high-energy environment
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of sales experience
- Experience analyzing data and best practices to assess performance drivers
- Experience closing sales and generating revenue
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- MBA
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