Business Development Director (pharma)

The Trade Desk The Trade Desk · Media · New York, NY · Direct Sales

The Trade Desk is seeking a Business Development Director for their Pharma division. This role involves managing strategic relationships with major pharmaceutical clients, cultivating accounts, and communicating the value of The Trade Desk's media buying platform. The position requires a proven track record in online advertising sales/marketing, a deep understanding of the Healthcare/Pharmaceutical category, and strong relationship-building and negotiation skills. The role will also participate in product roadmap discussions and respond to RFPs.

What you'd actually do

  1. Take ownership for representing 1-2 of our most strategic relationships with The Trade Desk’s largest Healthcare/Pharmaceutical clients nationally.
  2. Work collectively with greater global Sales, Client Services, and Trading teams to cultivate focused accounts and brands.
  3. Establish new/cultivate existing relationships with commercial and contract leads at major Advertising clients.
  4. Communicate the value of our media buying platform by aligning The Trade Desk’s media buying philosophy and technology with our clients.
  5. Participate in product road map build out discussions based on client needs with senior leadership, product, and engineering.

Skills

Required

  • commercially savvy
  • senior sales or marketing minded individual
  • proven track record in online advertising outbound sales and/or marketing
  • detailed understanding of the Healthcare/Pharmaceutical category
  • Experience at an online publisher, ad network, ad exchange, ad server, SEM platform, DSP, or other online advertising/marketing role
  • Existing relationships with decision makers at major agencies and advertisers
  • Experience establishing longstanding, consultative client relationships
  • Strong quantitative skills
  • negotiation ability
  • Strong communication skills
  • ability to speak with C-level clients

Nice to have

  • Core belief in the power of Omnichannel to drive business results for our partners.
  • Passion for owning a room, closing deals, and getting wins.

What the JD emphasized

  • proven track record of delivering results in the category
  • proven experience in the space is a prerequisite
  • Proven track record of exceeding revenue expectations