Business Development Director

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About Outbrain

Outbrain is 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, Vox, Washington Post, Atlantic, New York Post, Meredith, and many more.

 

Role Overview

Outbrain is looking for a hungry, Business Development Director 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 and Activities

PUBLISHER AND PLATFORM PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS

As the day-to-day relationship owner across publishers and Platform Partners, the BD Director will be responsible for renewing existing agreements as well as finding and closing new partnerships. The ideal candidate will have a full grasp of Outbrain’s various tools, products and monetization capabilities necessary to reach their quarterly targets. Along the way, he/she will maintain good communication with internal Outbrain functions contributing to the business.

 

RESULTS OWNERSHIP AND OPTIMIZATION

Responsible for 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.

 

PRODUCT & DEV GUIDANCE

Be a contributor, from a tech and product perspective, to the ongoing process of solidifying the business product pipeline as well as business aspects. 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.

 

Profile Overview

EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH DIGITAL AD TECH PRODUCTS

Minimum 7 years’ experience in tech companies that have developed and operated successful digital ad tech products selling to publishers. A passion for an ever-evolving process improvement while maintaining existing business in tight control and optimization.

 

ABILITY TO PERFORM IN A MULTIFACETED ROLE

Comfortable in a role that requires a breadth of experience and skill-sets. Will be working with teams of a variety of functions. Whilst having a project, product and relationship management strengths, this individual will bring a wide commercial lens to their activities.

 

SCALE & COMPLEXITY

Experience in building and managing relationships in a significant scale with both publishers and platforms/tech companies with inventory.

 

TEAMWORK & MANAGEMENT

Strong, trustworthy character with the ability to inspire team members to think outside the box and view the world differently. An energetic and engaging figure that people enjoy working with. A natural team player who has an inclusive approach but also the ability to make key decisions based on experience. A self-starter who is able to work independently but also reach out to key stakeholders for assistance.

 

CULTURE FIT

Non-political, energetic, hungry, smart, organized, collaborative, transparent, highly-motivated, entrepreneurial, high integrity, passionate, accountable, disciplined, detailed, a problem-solver, results-focused and a ‘can do’ attitude.

 

About Outbrain

Outbrain is the brains—and technology—behind those recommendations that can be seen throughout online articles, helping people digitally discover the content most interesting to them. Headquartered in New York City, with a global presence across 16 offices, Outbrain was founded to narrate the web.

 

Top publishers—including CNN, Condé Nast and Time—utilize Outbrain's technology to redefine their digital landscapes, while top marketers utilize the platform to interact with untapped audiences.

 

Outbrain currently serves more than 308 billion monthly recommendations to readers, and is paving the way in native advertising innovations.

 

The brainy culture that ignites the halls of Outbrain has even been industry-recognized and awarded ‘Best Tech Work Culture’ in 2018 by Tech In Motion.

 

Interested in discovering what’s next for your career at Outbrain?

 

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Location

Outbrain’s New York City office is our company headquarters and the heart of Outbrain’s culture. NYC is where our company was founded and is still led by those original founders today. We recently moved into a brand new office in the beautiful and lively Flatiron District.

What are Outbrain Perks + Benefits

Outbrain Benefits Overview

86% of our employees rank our Work Life Balance as excellent, according to our February 2022 Engagement Survey. Don't believe us? Check out our reviews and real employee testimonials. We accomplish this through our impact driven culture. We focus on getting things done instead of where or when it gets done. With a hybrid working model, we work how it best suits us - we come to the office for collaboration and stay at home to focus and re-energize. It's not uncommon to see a cat, dog, or infant Outbrainer pop up in a Zoom call - in fact, it's encouraged.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Employee resource groups
Hybrid work model
Flexible work schedule
Diversity
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Team workouts
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K) matching
Company equity
Employee stock purchase plan
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education available during work hours

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