Agency Lead

Posted 14 Days Ago
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Paris, Île-de-France, FRA
In-Office
84K-160K Annually
Expert/Leader
Social Media
Our mission is to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love.
The Role
Lead agency partnerships in France to grow Pinterest's agency business, drive revenue with top agencies, build C-level relationships, educate agencies on Pinterest ads, close commercial partnerships, track metrics, and work cross-functionally to scale product and agency adoption.
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About Pinterest:

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.

At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.

Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.

We’re looking for a Regional Agency Lead to help grow Pinterest’s agency business globally. You’ll be 1 of a dynamic team of 3 agency leads in France. You’ll leverage executive relationships and your Pinterest ad platform expertise to inspire agencies to become Pinterest ad experts. Scaling education and product knowledge will be a big part of the role, as you will help transform our agency partners into advocates by educating them on how to leverage Pinterest’s paid and organic solutions to meet their clients’ goals. In doing so, you’ll play a key role in scaling one of the fastest growing advertising platforms in history through your agency partnerships.

What you'll do: 

  • Drive incremental and new business revenue with top agencies (WPP and France’s largest Independents)
  • Build relationships at the c-level and educate agencies to master the Pinterest ad platform and maximize success for their partners
  • Partner closely with Pinterest Sales Managers and leadership to execute the agency strategy in conjunction with the Enterprise and SMB sales teams’ priorities
  • Working closely with our Global Agency team to identify local market opportunities.
  • Build, negotiate and close annual commercial partnerships with assigned agency networks following central guidelines and policies in collaboration with our Commercial team.
  • Prove demonstrable impact of the agency team’s work using an effective combination of metrics and market feedback
  • Continually keep agencies updated with new Pinterest ad offerings so they can present new offerings to partners
  • Track, analyze, and communicate key quantitative metrics and business trends as they relate to agency relationships
  • Work cross-functionally to help Pinterest build a world-class advertising platform

What we’re looking for:

  • 10+ years Digital advertising agency and agency sales experience, working specifically with media agencies to deliver quarterly revenue targets
  • Deep knowledge of the French market and ideally the Independents ecosystem
  • Demonstrative capabilities in implementing sales strategies into the holdco and opco level of a media agency network, showing a strong understanding of agency operating models and structures
  • Experience working with executive-level business and marketing leaders within agency organizations with a customer focus. An existing network of senior agency contacts is preferred.
  • Proven track record of managing commercial partnerships, ensuring accountability from internal xfn and agency stakeholders to deliver on annual goals
  • An independent, business-focused creative thinker who is excited to work with leading agency partners
  • Demonstrated experience using AI to improve speed and quality in day-to-day work such as analysis, documentation and reporting, with a clear approach to validating accuracy and quality
  • Strong track record of critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work, including testing, source-checking, data validation and peer review where appropriate
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, attention to detail, and a bias for proactively resolving issues
  • Bachelor’s degree in business, advertising or marketing, a related field or equivalent experience.

Relocation Statement:

  • This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

In-Office Requirement Statement

  • 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 per week and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance from our PARIS office.

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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity and incentive compensation. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

Location based applicants
€83.956€159.517 EUR

Our Commitment to Inclusion:

Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support.
 
By submitting this application, I certify that all information submitted in my application and throughout the hiring process is true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that any false statement, omission, or misrepresentation may disqualify me from employment consideration or result in termination if discovered after hire.

Skills Required

  • 10+ years digital advertising agency and agency sales experience working with media agencies to deliver quarterly revenue targets
  • Deep knowledge of the French market
  • Knowledge of the Independents ecosystem (preferred)
  • Experience implementing sales strategies at holdco and opco levels of media agency networks
  • Experience working with executive-level business and marketing leaders within agency organizations
  • Existing network of senior agency contacts (preferred)
  • Proven track record managing commercial partnerships and delivering on annual goals
  • Demonstrated experience using AI to improve speed and quality in day-to-day work, with validation approaches
  • Strong track record of critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, attention to detail, proactive issue resolution
  • Bachelor's degree in business, advertising or marketing or equivalent experience
  • Ability to be in-office 1-2 times per week and commutable to Pinterest's Paris office

Pinterest Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Pinterest and has not been reviewed or approved by Pinterest.

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Compensation is considered competitive in core technical roles, with clearly defined base, bonus, and RSU components. Vesting schedules and pay elements are articulated clearly, supporting visibility into total rewards.
  • Parental & Family Support Policies include substantial paid parental leave globally alongside fertility and family‑building benefits, adoption assistance, and dedicated caregiver supports. Communications also highlight a phased return‑to‑work approach.
  • Flexible Benefits PinFlex enables role‑dependent hybrid/remote work with home‑office, connectivity, and commuter support, plus the option to work internationally for a limited period with approval. Time away is reinforced by a paid company shutdown and generous vacation framing.

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What We Do

Pinterest is the visual inspiration platform people around the world use to shop products personalized to their taste, find ideas to do offline and discover the most inspiring creators. Today, more than 460 million people come to the platform every month to explore and experience billions of ideas that have been saved. We’re proud to help people to discover and do what they love.

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