Sales Director - Programmatic

About Us

Permutive is the data collaboration platform that powers the advertising ecosystem. 

We exist to build an advertising ecosystem that respects and adapts to consumers’ choices around their privacy, and in doing so unlocks enormous uplifts in scale and outcomes for publishers and advertisers alike.

Trusted by 60% of Enterprise Media Companies across the US, EMEA, and LATAM, we work with leaders such as News Corp, Warner Bros Discovery, Hearst, Conde Nast, dmg media, BuzzFeed, and The Guardian. Our technology enables them to drive >$1B in advertising spend across hundreds of millions of users without compromising user privacy. 

Permutive works with many of the largest Advertisers, enabling them to collaborate with Publishers to triple their audience reach and drive a doubling in incremental sales, including with advertisers such as Sky, Dentsu and Apple.

We leverage patented edge technology, AI and cloud collaboration to safely process data where it is, and our platform combines privacy-safe DMP, data clean room, and curation capabilities to unlock unmatched scale and precision for publishers, advertisers, agencies, and retail media networks.

At Permutive, You'll Help Our Customers:

• Achieve Better Outcomes: Leverage our unique position in the ad tech ecosystem to access broader audiences and improve outcomes.

• Boost Sales Significantly: Capitalize on 100% addressability to connect with the 70% of audiences beyond traditional cookies.

• Transform Collaboration Efficiency: Move from lengthy processes to seamless collaboration in minutes.

Join us as a key player in shaping the future of Permutive, backed by leading investors like Softbank and EQT Ventures and recognised as a YCombinator Top 150 company.

About the Role

Permutive is at the forefront of the advertising industry's biggest shift, empowering publishers and advertisers with the most scaled and durable audience data on the open internet: publisher first-party signals. Our innovative Curation offering has seen remarkable success in a short time, and we're expanding our team to drive significant growth in the programmatic advertising landscape.

We're looking for a highly accomplished and results-driven Sales Director with deep expertise in programmatic advertising and strong relationships within the agency world. If you're a strategic thinker, a proactive seller, and passionate about revolutionizing how advertisers connect with audiences, we want to hear from you.

About the Team

The Curation team at Permutive is a lean, high-performing group of industry experts. We've successfully launched our Curation solution, achieving impressive growth and market validation in just six months. Our unique advantage lies in leveraging publisher first-party signals to drive 100% addressability, enabling us to forge significant partnerships with leading brands and agencies.

We're in an accelerated phase of growth, specifically focused on replacing third-party data on the open web through our innovative Curation solution. As a Sales Director, you'll have a direct path to exceeding significant media spend targets on the Permutive platform across a portfolio of agencies. Your strategic acumen in promoting the curation and activation of bespoke audiences will directly contribute to our industry-defining mission.

What You'll Do

• Drive Adoption & Usage: Increase the adoption and usage of Permutive curated audiences among agency trading teams, with a particular emphasis on the curation of custom audience solutions.

• Pipeline & Revenue Growth: Qualify, build, and meticulously manage an accurate sales pipeline across agencies and brand advertisers, consistently identifying opportunities to expand client relationships and grow programmatic revenue.

• Proactive Engagement: Maintain a high volume of activity, including outbound calls, emails, in-person sales and education sessions, and social selling, focusing on generating new business and nurturing existing relationships.

• Trusted Advisor: Become a trusted advisor to your prospects, taking a consultative approach to uncovering business needs for both the agency and its end clients, and demonstrating how Permutive's curation capabilities can address those needs.

• Programmatic Expert: Serve as the primary programmatic expert for key media agencies and their digital planning and buying teams, providing strategic guidance, audience curation recommendations, and performance insights.

• Relationship Building: Build strong, lasting relationships with clients based on kno