Partnerships Director - Retail

Full Time
London, UK
11 months ago

About CardlyticsRemember that time you got cash back on a cup of coffee through your banking app? That was us! 

Cardlytics (NASDAQ: CDLX) is the industry-leading purchase intelligence and incentives platform. We make commerce smarter and more rewarding for everyone by helping businesses attract, understand, and incentivize consumers through their banks’ digital reward programs.

About the PositionReports to: VP, Advertiser Partnerships - RetailLocation: LondonThe role sits within the UK Advertising Team, in the Sales Department. The role is accountable for primarily the Retail industry vertical and delivery against the quota, however experience in other verticals, such as Grocery, Dining, Travel & Entertainment or Subscriptions Services is also relevant. As a Partnerships Director, you are accountable for successfully growing your book of business through winning new advertiser business while also growing the revenue from high potential existing Advertisers.

The role and remit are supported with cross department functions such as, Client Success, Ad Ops, Analytics and Publisher Teams.

Responsibilities

  • Prospect, penetrate and develop key UK merchant advertising relationships within the Retail sector
  • Create and present needs-based solutions via in-person meetings, telephone and webinar using industry knowledge, market trends, and Cardlytics marketing solutions
  • Accurately forecast and develop business plans that strategically build Advertiser revenue
  • Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to drive revenue growth with new and existing customers
  • Analyse campaign performance to recommend optimisation opportunities specific to each client’s goals, metrics, and objectives
  • Exceed quotas

Minimum Experience and Qualifications

  • Competing for a significant share of advertising budgets
  • Selling to or within the Retail/Grocery sectors
  • A deep understanding of advertising technology
  • Becoming a true strategic partner for your clients

You are: 

  • Experienced in marketing services, digital media, or marketing platform sales, business development; experience selling into senior marketing contact
  • Selling / business development within Retail/Grocery sector is preferred
  • Knowledgeable within the Retail/Grocery industry and/or card linked marketing is desirable
  • Proven track record of successfully growing revenue through the winning and development of long-term strategic relationships
  • Comfortable presenting to various key stakeholders from CMO to CFO through to Commercial Analyst
  • Strong analytical capabilities and an understanding of online and offline media
  • The ability to perform complex analysis yet deliver a simple message
  • A desire to learn and apply new technologies
  • Innovative thinker, entrepreneurial, tenacious, with a desire to exceed sales revenue goals
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment

At Cardlytics, our people, partners and product are the driving force behind everything we do. And our shared values embody our commitment to those three things. Across all roles, we are looking for teammates with these values:

  • Customer and Partner-first
  • Act with Urgency and Focus
  • Integrity with our partners and data
  • Accountability even when challenged
  • Empowerment over hierarchy
  • Growth over comfort

Benefits and Perks

  • 25 days annual leave, rising with length of service
  • Ability to buy and sell holidays
  • Eligible for Company commission plan 
  • Individual Health Insurance 
  • Eligible for participation in Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Life insurance to 3 x base salary
  • Critical Illness cover of 1 times your basic salary 
  • Pension match to maximum 5%
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Season ticket loan

As an equal opportunity employer, Cardlytics values diversity, equity, and inclusion both within our company and in the world at large. Our ongoing commitment to fostering a diverse workforce and an inclusive, equitable culture is maintained through our collaborative space where everyone has a voice, feels valued, and is welcomed.

If you need accommodation in the recruiting process due to a disability, please email recruiting@cardlytics.com or inform your recruiter.