Business Development Director (semi remote)

SEMI REMOTE / IN NEW YORK, OR WITHIN 2 HOUR TRAIN RIDE

Riderflex, a global recruiting firm, has been engaged by our Advertising client, Outbrain, in their search for a Business Development Director.

https://www.outbrain.com/

Outbrain is a premium discovery platform that helps connect marketers to their target audience through personalized recommendations on the world's leading publishers. We use proprietary interest and behavioral data to capture audience’s attention all the way to inspiring their next action. Outbrain is on a mission to  help people discover content that they can trust to be interesting, relevant, and timely for them. 
 
Title: Sr. Business Development Director
Type: W-2 Full-Time
Benefits: Yes
Location: New York City (semi remote). The ideal candidate lives in NY or within 2 hour train ride.

The Business Development Director Outbrain  is looking for will be a hungry, senior business development director ready to hit the ground running in expanding our current publisher base and distribution partners. The candidate will focus on securing partnerships with top 50 publishers in North America, as well as complementary platforms with monetizable distribution/inventory.

Responsibilities:
  • Renew existing agreements as well as finding and closing new partnerships.
  • Maintain good communication with internal Outbrain functions contributing to the business.
  • Making sure that the supply (inventory) coming into Outbrain’s network is well inside the company’s guidelines, performs in an optimal way and leads toward growth of the Engage business.
  • Take part in product and tech discussions, and establish and lead the conversation where required to bring business and product on both sides together based on acquired day-to-day knowledge.

Requirements:
  • Minimum 7 years’ experience in tech companies that have developed and operated successful digital ad tech products selling to publishers.
  • Comfortable in a role that requires a breadth of experience and skill-sets. Whilst having project, product and relationship management strengths, this individual will bring a wide commercial lens to their activities.
  • Experience in building and managing relationships in a significant scale with both publishers and platforms/tech companies with inventory.
  • A self-starter who is able to work independently but also reach out to key stakeholders for assistance.
  • Ability to inspire team members to think outside the box and view the world differently. 

More about Outbrain
The world’s leading, content recommendation platform, connecting audiences to the content they love through our relationships with some of the largest media companies in the world. The company currently serves approx. 250 billion personalized content recommendations every month and reaches over 2 billion visitors from across the globe. Our expansion to some of the web's largest global properties is a reflection of its rapid growth and its successful innovations in supporting a new era of digital publishing. The Engage team oversees all distribution deals and relationships creating top quality inventory for the Amplify team to sell. Our existing top-tier distribution (inventory) includes: CNN, Fox News, Vox, Washington Post, Atlantic, New York Post, Meredith, and many more.

Listen to Outbrain's VP of People & Culture Keith Pepper talk about the company and what it's like to work at Outbrain: https://anchor.fm/riderflex/episodes/Guest-interview---Keith-Pepper--VP-of-People-and-Culture-at-Outbrain-e37m49/a-aai691 

About Recruiting Firm Riderflex
Riderflex is a global Business Advisory and Recruiting Firm. As Culture Analysts, our core purpose is to maximize profits for our clients by matching their company culture to candidate personalities that fit. At Riderflex, our recruiting process includes vetting candidates through video interviews by former C-Level executives with over 30 years of experience. We recruit for all industries and functions, from C-Suite to Manager level.

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https://anchor.fm/riderflex 

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