Ad Sales Manager

About This Role

Managing ad sales for government clients across FMCG, Consumer Internet, and Gaming verticals is the core of this role, encompassing strategic client conversations and pipeline management. This position suits an experienced advertising sales professional with strong analytical and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Become an expert in Paytm Ads solutions for businesses of all sizes and adapt recommendations quickly to suit varying client needs
• Own end-to-end key business metrics like ads revenue
• Educate and lead strategic conversations with clients and navigate complex relationships
• Be the voice of Paytm ads in the industry and present Paytm's advertising solutions to CXOs, media heads, brand managers, and agency partners of large brands in the market
• Build a strong pipeline of media briefs and respond with customized pitches and proposals aligned with the client’s business and marketing objectives
• Work closely with the campaign delivery and optimization team to monitor and deliver expected results to the advertiser
• Lead initiatives which require significant cross-team collaboration to build innovative advertising solutions for key advertisers
• Provide constant feedback to the product team to improve advertising performance and customer experience

Requirements

• Experience in handling Government clients is a must
• 5+ years of experience in advertising sales managing large clients (digital preferred) for the vertical lead
• 5+ years of experience for the account manager
• Proven experience in managing programs, categories, or business verticals
• Strong stakeholder management experience; ability to work cross-functionally and with a wide range of employees with different skill sets
• Ability to deep-dive into a problem; very strong analytical and presentation skills required
• High bias for action required
• Ability to thrive and perform in an ambiguous setting; sound judgment and flexibility in balancing program requirements, tight deadlines, and keeping people and projects moving on schedule

About the Company

Paytm is India's leading mobile payments and financial services distribution company, pioneering mobile QR payments. Paytm builds technologies that help small businesses with payments and commerce, with a mission to serve half a billion Indians and bring them to the mainstream economy.