Key Responsibilities:
- Develop mid-to-long-term strategy for the publisher business across EMEA, including owning go-to-market, regional revenue targets, and planning headcount.
- Establish OpenX as a thought leader by maintaining a strong command of key industry topics such as curation, inventory quality, supply path optimisation (SPO), connected TV (CTV), AI applications, and privacy-first solutions.
- Lead and develop a collaborative, high-performing team across account management within the ad-tech ecosystem, providing strategic direction, clear goals, coaching, and professional development. Foster a culture of ownership, continuous learning, and thoughtful execution to drive revenue growth, strengthen publisher relationships, and deliver innovative, data-driven monetisation solutions.
- Develop a growth strategy for current supply partners and work as a lead function for our Shared Services team.
- Prospect and close strategic partners in emerging verticals such as retail media, gaming platforms, AI-driven applications, ride-share, and fitness technology.
- Provide strategic market intelligence to inform OpenX’s product roadmap and go-to-market strategy, ensuring alignment with evolving publisher and buyer needs.
- Maintain a deep understanding of your region’s publisher’s strategy, goals, and OpenX’s stack ranking to communicate to Exec and Product
- Leverage AI and automation to enhance operational efficiency and improve customer service for publisher partners.
- Be an expert in the OpenX publisher platform, analytics and reporting tools, and overall product suite
- Partner closely with buy-side teams to support strategic SPO engagements and pitches, representing OpenX’s supply perspective.
- Serve as a senior spokesperson for OpenX, representing the company at industry events, panels, and with key stakeholders across the programmatic ecosystem.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in programmatic sales and operations within ad tech or on the publisher side, with a minimum of 3 years of leading a team.
- Proven track record of exceeding sales quotas and leading high-performing account management teams
- Established relationships with premium publishers
- Deep technical knowledge of the programmatic ecosystem, including SSPs, DSPs, and publisher ad stacks
- Strong executive presence with strategic thinking and decision-making abilities
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with media, panel, and on-stage experience
- High energy, self-starter mentality with a startup mindset
Desired Qualifications & Skills
- Deep familiarity with ad tech, SSPs, DSPs and the programmatic landscape, as well as with internal org structure at brands, agencies, ATDs and consultancies
- An expansive network of strategic and transactional decision-makers on the sell side, including Tier 1 Publishers.
- Well-versed in programmatic audience strategy: CRM, CDP, DMP, 1P+2P+3P data, the future-focused people-based marketing landscape, etc.
- Programmatic Operations experience
- Strong executive presence and comfortable presenting to clients of all levels
- A consultative, partnership-minded sales approach
- Experience across multiple markets in EMEA, including but not limited to Germany, France, and the UK.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and strong business judgment
Top Skills
What We Do
OpenX is focused on unleashing the full economic potential of digital media companies. We do this by making digital advertising markets and technologies that are designed to deliver optimal value to publishers and advertisers on every ad served across all screens. We’re an independent omni-channel supply-side platform (SSP) and a global leader in supply-side targeting, transparency, and sustainability. Through our 100% cloud-based tech stack, we power advertising across CTV, app, mobile web, and desktop, enabling publishers to deliver marketers with improved performance and dynamic future-proofed solutions. With a 17-year track record of programmatic innovation, we're a direct and trusted partner of the world’s largest publishers, working with more than 130,000 premium publisher domains and over 100,000 advertisers.
Why Work With Us
At OpenX, we value curiosity, innovation, and diversity. We are passionate about pushing the boundaries of ad tech and finding new ways to deliver value to our partners and we know our best chance of delivering is by creating diverse and inclusive teams where employees can do their best work being their authentic selves.
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