Partner Account Director – West Region

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Sales professional elevating agency partnerships to achieve revenue targets for Yelp’s SMB market. Building relationships with senior executives in local advertising and fostering collaboration to drive mutual success.

Responsibilities:

  • Foster strong, collaborative business relationships between Yelp and SMB (mainly local) agencies and their advertisers
  • Consistently surpass sales targets by delivering new partner-driven revenue every quarter
  • Lead the partnership and deal-origination process, overseeing every stage from strategy and planning to pipeline development, outreach, implementation, and ongoing growth
  • Create compelling and consultative sales presentations that showcase how Yelp’s advertising products can effectively engage consumers
  • Represent our company as an advocate and spokesperson at industry events
  • Contribute to shaping the future direction of Yelp’s advertising partner program
  • Develop and maintain partner relationships to ensure the achievement of assigned goals
  • Analyze agency structures, identify key decision-makers, budget holders, and the agencies' decision-making processes
  • Cultivate ongoing relationships with agencies, validate advertisers' needs, and maintain the prominence of Yelp’s partnership
  • Collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams to drive revenue growth with new clients
  • Begin each workday with a positive attitude and determination to succeed

Requirements:

  • Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in agency and partner sales, business development, or digital sales roles
  • Familiarity with Yelp’s advertising products, APIs, and channel programs within the industry, such as those offered by Google, Bing, or Facebook (preferred)
  • Demonstrated history of successfully achieving sales targets in previous positions
  • Extensive network of contacts within the tech industry, spanning from startups to well-established brands
  • Influential and effective communication skills across all forms, including written communication, presentations, negotiations, and attentive listening
  • Genuine passion for our company's products, as well as other consumer internet/mobile offerings
  • Flexible, startup-oriented mindset and ability to excel in a highly dynamic, fast-paced work environment
  • Self-motivated, team player, with a strong drive to exceed targets
  • Comfortable with necessary travel for the role (25%)

Benefits:

  • Full medical, vision, and dental
  • Mental health support and services via Modern Health
  • 15 days PTO (accrual begins on date of hire and increases with 2+ years of tenure thereafter), 12 paid holidays, plus one floating holiday
  • Up to 14 weeks of parental leave
  • Monthly wellness subsidy
  • Flexible spending account
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Professional development reimbursement
  • Work from home reimbursement