Account Manager - Paytm Ads

About Us:

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

About the team:

Paytm Ads is digital advertising vertical that offers innovative ad solutions to clients across industries It offers advertisers the opportunity to engage with 300Mn+ users who interact with over 200 payment; retail services, online and offline - offered on the Paytm app. Paytm Ads maps the user transactions to their lifestyle choices and creates customized segmentation cohorts for sharp shooting ad campaigns to the most relevant TG.

Advertising Sales Manager

Paytm Ads is Paytm's digital advertising vertical that offers innovative ad solutions to clients across industries. It offers advertisers the opportunity to engage with 350Mn+ users who interact with over 200+ payment & retail services, online and offline - offered by Paytm. Paytm Ads maps the user transactions to their lifestyle choices and creates customized segmentation cohorts for sharp shooting ad campaigns to the most relevant target group.

We are hiring for the role of Advertising Sales Manager for FMCG, Consumer Internet, Gaming verticals. The responsibilities would be as follows:

• 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, 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

Desired Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in advertising sales managing large clients (digital preferred) for the vertical lead, 7+ years of experience for the account manager
• Proven experience in managing programs / categories / 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