About Teads
Teads is a leading omnichannel advertising platform focused on driving outcomes for brand and performance advertisers across screens. With a focus on meaningful business outcomes for branding and performance objectives, Teads drives value by leveraging predictive AI technology to connect quality media, beautiful brand creative, and context-driven addressability and measurement. Teads is directly partnered with more than 10,000 publishers and 20,000 advertisers globally. The company is headquartered in New York, New York with a global team of around 1,700 people in 30+ countries.
For more information, visit www.teads.com.
About the Opportunity
We’re seeking a Head of Publisher Partner Management, North America to lead, develop, and scale a high-performing publisher partnerships team. Reporting to the SVP of Supply, this role is focused on setting strategy, building team capabilities, and driving consistent, scalable revenue growth across Teads’ North America publisher ecosystem.
Rather than acting as an individual contributor, you will operate as a true team leader, defining direction, elevating talent, and ensuring your team is equipped to deepen relationships with top media owners and unlock long-term value. This role is critical to shaping how Teads shows up to publishers across the region.
Key Responsibilities
Team Leadership & Development
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of 4 publisher partnership managers, driving performance, and accountability
- Set clear team goals, KPIs, and operating rhythms to ensure consistent execution and results
- Establish best practices across partner management, commercial strategy, and account growth
- Create a high-performance, collaborative culture aligned with Teads’ global standards
Strategy & Direction
- Define and evolve the North America publisher partnership strategy, ensuring alignment with global supply priorities
- Translate company objectives into clear, actionable plans for the team
- Identify key growth opportunities across the publisher landscape and guide the team in prioritizing efforts
- Oversee major commercial negotiations and provide strategic guidance on high-impact deals
Executive Relationship Oversight
- Support the team in building and maintaining strong C-suite relationships with top publisher partners
- Step in on critical or strategic accounts as an executive sponsor, rather than day-to-day owner
- Ensure consistent, high-quality engagement across the publisher portfolio
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Partner with Sales, Product, and Operations leadership to align global supply strategy with client demand and product innovation
- Advocate for publisher needs internally, ensuring feedback is incorporated into product and commercial decisions
- Drive alignment across regions and global teams to ensure consistency and scalability
Market Leadership & Industry Presence
- Stay ahead of market trends, competitive dynamics, and regulatory developments in North America
- Represent Teads as a senior leader at industry events and conferences
- Position the team—and Teads—as a trusted partner within the publisher ecosystem
About You
- 10+ years of experience in digital media, ad tech, or publishing, with deep expertise on the supply side
- Currently managing a team or recent experience managing a team
- Strong background in ad tech, ideally within an SSP environment
- Comfortable with sales best practices and ability to upsell
- Experience engaging with and influencing C-suite stakeholders at major publishers
- Demonstrated ability to set strategy, drive alignment, and execute through others
- Strong coaching mindset with a passion for developing talent and building team culture
- Excellent cross-functional leadership skills in a matrixed, global organization
- Strategic thinker who can balance long-term vision with near-term execution
- Happy to work out of our NYC office 3 days a week
The pay range for this position is USD $185,000 to $210,000 annually including on target earnings. The actual amount offered may be higher or lower, based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, job-related knowledge, skills, and abilities. In addition to salary, you may be eligible for our competitive benefits and perks to support you and your family as part of Teads’ total rewards package.
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Life at Teads
At Teads, we don’t just offer new roles - we blend creativity, technology, and data to shape the future of media. You’ll work with smart humans, meaningful brands, and cool tools, all while helping redefine how advertising works in a world that demands more transparency, better insights, and smarter strategies.
As a Teadster, you’ll play a critical role in shaping our future success in the region. Here’s why Teads stands out:
- We've merged two open internet category leaders—Outbrain and Teads—to create the ‘new’ Teads, a unified omnichannel platform that drives results from branding to performance across all screens, including CTV, mobile, and web.
- As part of our team, you’ll thrive in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment that fosters innovation, creative problem-solving, and continuous learning.
- Teads is committed to your success, offering the support, tools, and development opportunities you need to excel in your role.
Our company culture is welcoming, dynamic, diverse, global, and built on top performance.
Teads is an equal employment opportunity employer and committed to diversity and inclusion at all stages of recruitment and employment.
Our team is made up of individuals who are approachable, resourceful, passionate, and proactive. We foster a sense of belonging through our Employee Resource Groups – employee-led groups in which we debate topics and drive change: environmental, women empowerment, charitable initiatives to diversity, equity, and inclusion, you’ll be able to share your passions with likeminded people.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in digital media, ad tech, or publishing
- Deep expertise in the supply side of ad tech
- Experience engaging with C-suite stakeholders
- Strong coaching mindset and passion for developing talent
Teads Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Teads and has not been reviewed or approved by Teads.
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests the retirement program includes employer matching and is viewed as a strong component of total rewards. This provides structure for long‑term savings.
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Parental & Family Support — Feedback suggests parental leave is generous for both primary and secondary caregivers, with adoption and fertility support and a return‑to‑work program. Family‑oriented policies are highlighted as a standout element.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests time off is broad, with flexible PTO, company‑wide holiday closures, and paid volunteer time. Wellness and mental‑health days further expand available leave options.
Teads Insights
What We Do
About Teads Outbrain Inc. (Nasdaq: OB) and Teads S.A. combined on February 3, 2025 and are operating under the new Teads brand. The new Teads is the omnichannel outcomes platform for the open internet, driving full-funnel results for marketers across premium media. With a focus on meaningful business outcomes, the combined company ensures value is driven with every media dollar by leveraging predictive AI technology to connect quality media, beautiful brand creative, and context-driven addressability and measurement. One of the most scaled advertising platforms on the open internet, the new Teads is directly partnered with more than 10,000 publishers and 20,000 advertisers globally. The company is headquartered in New York, with a global team of nearly 1,800 people in 30+ countries. For more information, visit www.teads.com.
Why Work With Us
We’re redefining advertising on the open internet through innovation, global collaboration, and meaningful impact. With career growth, internal mobility, flexible work, and a culture rooted in diversity and belonging, you’ll not only keep up with change, you’ll help to drive it.
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