Millions of people across the world come to Pinterest to find new ideas every day. It’s where they get inspiration, dream about new possibilities and plan for what matters most. Our mission is to help those people find their inspiration and create a life they love. In your role, you’ll be challenged to take on work that upholds this mission and pushes Pinterest forward. You’ll grow as a person and leader in your field, all the while helping Pinners make their lives better in the positive corner of the internet.
Country Manager, Canada
Millions of people across the world come to Pinterest to find new ideas every day. It’s where they get inspiration, dream about new possibilities and plan for what matters most. It’s time for us to more boldly tell the story to the outside what we know to be true on the inside: inspiration matters. Today, more than ever. Our mission is to help those people find their inspiration and create a life they love. As a Pinterest employee, you’ll be challenged to take on work that upholds this mission and pushes Pinterest forward. You’ll grow as a person and leader in your field, all the while helping users make their lives better in the positive corner of the internet.
We’re looking for a Country Manager, Canada to lead our continuous growth efforts. Reporting to Erin Elofson, our Head of Canada and APAC, you’ll be responsible for setting forth the overall sales strategy for the Canada market and working closely with cross-functional partners to drive revenue growth for our emerging business in these markets. You’ll lead and develop a high performing sales team. This is inclusive of developing and executing a local strategy as well as a wide range of general management responsibilities.
This is a full-time position based in Toronto, Canada.
What you’ll do
Lead our sales strategy and execution for Canada at Pinterest
Develop market and competitive assessments to identify and drive new opportunities for Pinterest in Canada
Partner with internal stakeholders to develop a market strategy that enables Pinterest to win the market by meeting partner marketing objectives, scaling partner media investment, and creating meaningful and sustainable revenue growth
Build on established relationships and develop new relationships with industry CEOs, CMOs, and other key executive decision-makers in Canada
Shape the future of our Canada Sales organization by leading, training and motivating a high performing sales team
Partner closely with Sales Operations and Measurement teams to analyze data trends and client performance, as to scale shared learnings and best practices to grow client’s business through Pinterest solutions
Act as an external spokesperson and evangelize our brand in Canada
Who you are
15+ years of experience in the digital media industry with 10+ years of management experience including managing managers
Proven success as an executive sales leader across revenue strategy, sales productivity, and industry partnerships
Deep understanding and established network in the consumer internet market in the local market
Strong understanding of performance, data, and measurement landscapes, with demonstrated experience using data and trends to develop winning strategies
Strong focus on operational excellence by having introduced new performance measures, processes, and systems
Fluent in English
What experience you will bring
Outstanding go-to-market strategy and operational rigor for the successful execution of the sales strategy
Strong leadership skills that inspire, drive urgency and challenge sales teams to think big and drive transformational thinking to advance team performance, health, and culture.
Strong cross-functional partnership to drive discussions and alignment with the product and engineering teams including translating business needs into the roadmap and articulating POV on technology trade-offs
Strong influencing skills to build and direct sales priorities and decisions
Outstanding presentation and communication skills with the ability to translate insights, product information, and data into key client objectives
Demonstrated ability to excel in a start-up environment and incubate new businesses
A passion for Pinterest
Who you will work with
Consult with Product Marketing, Ad Product, Insights/Measurement, Creative Strategy, Agency, Marketing, PR and Engineering teams to influence product development and support in Canada.
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