# Sr. Industry Manager

**Company**: Pinterest
**Location**: Tokyo, JP
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Sales
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

As the Sales Manager for CPG and Growth verticals in Japan, you will define, launch and drive strategic outcomes and operationalize the vision for the sales team.

Responsibilities:

- Drive and grow revenue with top existing and potential partners

- Partner with the world’s top marketers to build integrated marketing programs and engage partners in content growth opportunities

- Shape the future of our Sales organization by building, training and motivating a high performing advertising sales team

- Track, analyze, and communicate key quantitative metrics and business trends as they relate to partner relationships

- Build on established relationships and develop new relationships with industry CEOs, CMOs, and other key executive decision makers in the Japanese market.

- Be an internal advocate for partners by working with product and engineering teams to respond to partner needs and feedback

Requirements:

- 10+ years experience in Advertising, Digital, and/or Media Sales and established industry relationships and experience working with executive level business and marketing leaders within client organizations in Japan. Business experience in advertising for CPG and direct-response advertisers would be preferable.

- 5+ years experience in sales leadership/people management

- Proven track record of managing a world-class sales team, including building & developing the team, achieving or exceeding revenue goals, long-term business development, extensive forecasting & pipeline management experience

- Strong understanding and experience in highly analytical and performance-based media organizations

- Ability to interface with product and engineering to synthesize customer needs and feedback

- Strong team player and ability to succeed in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment

- Highly regarded and well-known thought leader in the industry

- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience

## Skills

### Required
- Advertising
- Digital Media Sales
- Sales Leadership
- Team Management
- Analytical Skills
- Communication Skills

### Nice to have
- CPG
- Direct-response advertising
- Executive level business and marketing leaders

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