Lead Client Partner, Retail
PinterestAbout the role
About Pinterest:
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Role Summary
As a Lead Client Partner at Pinterest, you will serve as a strategic visionary for top-tier Retail client, cultivating trusted relationships through deep expertise in Retail Media and performance advertising. You will independently engage assigned customer accounts to promote Pinterest’s products and develop lower-funnel strategies that drive measurable business outcomes, including traffic, sales, conversion, and customer retention.
By leveraging a nuanced understanding of retail businesses, retail media ecosystems, and client growth priorities, you will meet performance targets, develop new business, expand customer relationships, and resolve specific customer issues. You will guide clients in using Pinterest to turn inspiration into action for millions of Pinners, while building strategic alliances internally and externally. Success in this role depends on your ability to drive substantial revenue growth and a long-term vision for client success in a collaborative, dynamic environment.
What you'll do
Strategic Vision and Partnership Building
- Develop and execute full-funnel sales strategies for top-tier Retail clients, with a particular focus on lower-funnel outcomes including conversion, sales, and retention.
- Cultivate and maintain strong relationships across client and agency stakeholders, including C-suite, Investment, Strategy, Retail Media, Ecommerce, and Activation teams. Organize key educational summits, strategy sessions, and QBRs.
- Build and execute a strategic business plan to drive revenue growth on Pinterest. Secure buy-in from key stakeholders internally and externally, drive accountability through influence, deliver year-over-year growth, and spearhead annual deal conversations.
- Demonstrate executive presence, leadership, and influence by understanding the ins and outs of client businesses, including retail trends, headwinds and tailwinds, business goals, ecommerce priorities, and media KPIs. Challenge the status quo and do not take client directives at face value.
Product Expertise and Market Influence
- Serve as a product expert, providing guidance on the digital and retail media ecosystem and Pinterest’s advertising offerings, with a focus on performance and lower-funnel solutions.
- Develop tailored retail media and performance strategies that leverage industry insights to achieve business goals and drive adoption of Pinterest’s performance media solutions, including search, Shopping, and feed-based ads.
- Stay at the forefront of retail, ecommerce, performance marketing, and measurement trends to identify opportunities and address partner needs.
Internal and External Collaboration
- Spearhead negotiations and develop joint business plans that align to partner goals, maximize lower-funnel impact, and mobilize cross-functional teams to address complex challenges.
- Drive business growth by analyzing partner goals and performance data, delivering data-driven insights, and crafting compelling narratives that guide successful retail media and performance strategies.
Champion Pinterest’s Value
- Champion Pinterest’s value proposition by showcasing impactful lower-funnel and performance metrics, positioning Pinterest as a key driver of retail growth within advertisers’ media mix.
- Proactively identify and communicate opportunities for incremental growth, working closely with clients
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