Sr. Client Account Manager, German Market

at  Pinterest

About Pinterest:
Millions of people across the world come to Pinterest to find new ideas every day. It’s where they get inspiration, dream about new possibilities and plan for what matters most. Our mission is to help those people find their inspiration and create a life they love. In your role, you’ll be challenged to take on work that upholds this mission and pushes Pinterest forward. You’ll grow as a person and leader in your field, all the while helping Pinners make their lives better in the positive corner of the internet.
Creating a life you love also means finding a career that celebrates the unique perspectives and experiences that you bring. As you read through the expectations of the position, consider how your skills and experiences may complement the responsibilities of the role. We encourage you to think through your relevant and transferable skills from prior experiences.
Our new progressive work model is called PinFlex, a term that’s uniquely Pinterest to describe our flexible approach to living and working. Visit our PinFlex landing page to learn more.
As a Sr. Client Partner in our DE Enterprise Sales Team, you will drive business growth and spearhead expansion efforts with some of our key partners in the Emerging Industries Team (team covers industries such as Automotive, Financial Services, Travel, Tech & Telco, etc.) in Germany. In this pivotal role, you’ll demonstrate your ability to drive results with a top-performing mindset. Your primary focus will involve cultivating and managing strategic relationships with C-level executives, sophisticated multinational companies, and agency partners. By leveraging Pinterest’s comprehensive full funnel solutions, you’ll empower our partners to achieve their marketing goals. Elevate your career by becoming an integral member of our dynamic team, where your tenacity and performance are celebrated and rewarded.

• Retain, grow and diversify the value delivered to our partners, ultimately growing Pinterest revenue as a result.
• Coordinate negotiations with partners to create joint business plans, learning agendas and have deep understanding of partners’ business and media objectives. Responsible for stakeholder management, decision maker relationships. Arrange regular meetings with partners to discuss their requirements, learn about their objectives and remove roadblocks for partners.
• Orchestrate internal support for the client and agency to solve high level strategic challenges, from measurement to creative and technical integration to deliver consistent goals and objectives of the partners on a day to day.
• Track, analyze, and communicate key quantitative metrics and business trends internally and to partners.
• Specifically own the “why” Pinterest conversation with advertisers to influence the way they think about the platform’s role in their overarching media mix. This is particularly important for industries that are non endemic to the platform - such as Financial Services and Telco
• Present tailored digital media strategies to partners that address their specific marketing needs and align with their business goals. Have a deep understanding of partners’ business goals and turn data into compelling stories through actionable insights to help them succeed. Leverage knowledge of the broader digital and advertising landscape, competitive platforms, and industry landscape to provide insights.
• Apply knowledge of customer goals and joint strategy to increase ad investment. Secure and grow revenue for Pinterest through proactive planning, pitching, deal negotiations, and upselling. Unlock new lines of revenue by navigating across multiple lines of business, marketing objectives, regions. Influences and secures budget allocation from Search, Social, Brand, Video, Agency and other relevant teams.

• Providing partners with guidance and expertise on product and service best practices and features. Be highly knowledgeable about all relevant Pinterest ad product features and capable of clearly explaining their benefits to a customer. Maintains up-to-date education and fluency on evolving product roadmap and iterations. Efficiently interfaces with appropriate cross-functional teams to answer product-related questions or challenges when needed.

  What we’re looking for:

• Experience in marketing/advertising/digital, with specific technical acumen in Search/Shopping/Display/Social advertising technologies.

• Established industry relationships and experience working with executive level business and marketing leaders within client organizations.
• Proven track record of exceeding revenue goals.
• Ability to translate partner value across various levels, such as executive, operational, creative, media, and analytics teams.
• Strong team player and ability to succeed in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment while maintaining high levels of operational rigor, digital acumen, and business excellence.
• Expertise in digital advertising and media sales including campaign optimization, analytical problem solving, and product/platform knowledge.
• Fluency in English and German is essential.
• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

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 office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times/month and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.