Advertising Sales Director - SEA

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Bangkok, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok, THA
Hybrid
Expert/Leader
AdTech • Big Data • Digital Media • Marketing Tech
Taboola empowers businesses to grow through performance advertising technology that goes beyond search and social.
The Role
Leads enterprise advertising sales growth across Southeast Asia by building, scaling, and managing high-performing sales teams. Responsibilities include recruiting and developing talent, setting KPIs, coaching, conducting pipeline reviews, creating compensation and territory strategies, managing strategic enterprise relationships, and translating market insights into actionable sales plans. The role is based in Bangkok with a hybrid schedule and may involve travel throughout Southeast Asia.
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Realize your potential by joining the leading performance-driven advertising company!  

As an Advertising Sales Director for SEA market on the Enterprise Advertising Sales Team in our Bangkok office, you’ll play a vital role in building and leading an exceptional sales organization while spearheading our growth in the SEA region. You'll create a culture of excellence, coaching your team to success while personally contributing to key strategic relationships and sales initiatives.

To thrive in this role, you'll need to have/be:

  • 10+ years of sales experience in digital advertising or related industries
  • 4+ years of people management experience
  • Proven success building, managing, and scaling sales teams in SEA
  • Experience selling performance marketing products or analytics/data platforms
  • Strong coaching and mentoring capabilities with demonstrable team development results
  • Strategic approach to sales with focus on enterprise-level relationships
  • Strong analytical skills to identify market trends and growth opportunities
  • Excellent professional presence and business acumen
  • Deep understanding of local market dynamics
  • A people-first leader who excels at identifying and nurturing talent
  • A strategic thinker who can translate market insights into actionable sales plans
  • Comfortable presenting to and influencing all levels of an organization
  • Results-driven with a track record of building high-performing teams

Bonus points if you have:

  • Additional Asian language skills are a plus
  • Flexibility to travel throughout Southeast Asia, SG, MY, PH

How you’ll make an impact:

As a Advertising Sales Director for SEA Market, you’ll bring value by:

  • Recruit, develop, and retain top sales talent across the SEA region
  • Set clear performance expectations, KPIs, and development paths for your team members
  • Implement effective coaching and mentoring programs to accelerate team growth
  • Foster a collaborative, high-energy culture that drives consistent results
  • Lead regular team meetings, pipeline reviews, and strategy sessions
  • Develop compensation structures and incentive programs that motivate peak performance
  • Create territory and account allocation strategies to maximize team effectiveness
  • Provide regular feedback and conduct performance evaluations
  • Build cross-functional relationships to support team success
Why Taboola?

If you ask Taboolars what they love about working here, they’ll tell you that they’ve been empowered to realize their full potential while growing and learning from and with smart and talented people. They’ll also share more about:

  • Adam Singolda, Taboola Founder and CEO says; “You can copy anything from another business but you can’t copy a company’s culture.
  • Well-being: Enjoy a range of locally relevant benefits and workplace perks.
  • Flexibility: We offer a hybrid work schedule with 3 days in-office with an option to come in more often if desired.
  • Work with some of the biggest names: We work with some of the biggest names in the business. Our publisher partners include Yahoo, Conde Nast, Fox Sports, NBCU, ESPN, CBS, and E! Online. Our advertiser clients include Wells Fargo, Honda, Pinterest, Expedia and Honda.

Ready to realize your potential?

Taboola is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity in all forms. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and believe such an environment is critical for success. Employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.-

Learn more about #TaboolaLife on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, & the Taboola Life Blog.

About Taboola

Taboola empowers businesses to grow through performance advertising technology that goes beyond search and social and delivers measurable outcomes at scale.

Taboola works with thousands of businesses who advertise directly on Realize, Taboola’s powerful ad platform, reaching approximately 600M daily active users across some of the best publishers in the world. Publishers like NBC News, Yahoo, and OEMs such as Samsung, Xiaomi and others use Taboola’s technology to grow audience and revenue, enabling Realize to offer unique data, specialized algorithms, and unmatched scale.


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Skills Required

  • 10+ years of sales experience in digital advertising or related industries
  • 4+ years of people management experience
  • Proven success building, managing, and scaling sales teams in Southeast Asia
  • Experience selling performance marketing products or analytics/data platforms
  • Strong coaching and mentoring capabilities with demonstrable team development results
  • Strategic enterprise-level sales relationship experience
  • Strong analytical skills for identifying market trends and growth opportunities
  • Excellent professional presence and business acumen
  • Deep understanding of local Southeast Asian market dynamics
  • Ability to identify and nurture talent
  • Ability to translate market insights into actionable sales plans
  • Ability to present to and influence all organizational levels
  • Track record of building high-performing teams
  • Additional Asian language skills
  • Flexibility to travel throughout Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines

What the Team is Saying

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Ceci
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Sam
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Taboola Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is often portrayed as a standout, with extended fully paid leave for primary caregivers and tenure-based leave for secondary caregivers. Return-to-work flexibility and broader family-support offerings are also emphasized.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is considered broad, including flexible or unlimited PTO in many U.S. locations and favorable perceptions of vacation policies. Hybrid work norms are frequently highlighted alongside generous time-off practices.
  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with multiple medical plan options (including PPOs and an HDHP with HSA contributions) plus mental-health and EAP resources. Observations also note dental and vision coverage together with wellness initiatives.

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
1,900 Employees
Year Founded: 2006

What We Do

Taboola empowers businesses to grow through performance advertising technology that goes beyond search and social and delivers measurable outcomes at scale. Taboola works with thousands of businesses who advertise directly on Realize, Taboola’s powerful ad platform, reaching approximately 600M daily active users across some of the best publishers in the world. Publishers like NBC News, Yahoo, and OEMs such as Samsung, Xiaomi and others use Taboola’s technology to grow audience and revenue, enabling Realize to offer unique data, specialized algorithms, and unmatched scale.

Why Work With Us

What sets Taboola apart? Our culture. We combine the massive data scale of a global ad-tech powerhouse with a culture anchored in empathy, non-linear growth, and trust-first flexibility. If you're looking to tackle complex AI challenges alongside brilliant, supportive peers—while being valued as a whole human being—your next chapter starts here.

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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

Taboola offers flexibility and the ability to work remotely two days a week with three days in-office.

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