Senior Sales Manager UK

About This Opportunity

Our talent team is representing a confidential client in the location intelligence and programmatic advertising space. They're seeking a Senior Sales Manager to drive strategic growth across major UK agency holding companies. This is a senior individual contributor role based in London, operating in a hybrid work environment.

We're looking for someone with deep agency relationships and a proven ability to position data-driven advertising solutions that connect digital campaigns to real-world customer behavior and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own and grow strategic revenue across Omnicom and IPG, focusing on priority UK and international agency teams and their advertiser portfolios
• Develop and deepen senior relationships across programmatic, data, planning, investment and client leadership teams within target agencies
• Build a robust new-business pipeline across brands with physical stores, locations or offline points of sale
• Lead consultative sales conversations from prospecting and discovery through solution design, commercial negotiation and close
• Translate evolving product and technology capabilities into clear client value propositions and scalable commercial opportunities
• Negotiate data usage and commercial agreements with key agency and advertiser partners
• Represent the client credibly with senior agency and advertiser stakeholders, communicating value proposition and vision with clarity
• Maintain a strong presence across the UK programmatic and advertising community, leveraging your existing network alongside targeted new-business development

What We're Looking For

• 6+ years of successful sales or business development experience in programmatic advertising, data, adtech or measurement, with a strong track record of delivering revenue growth
• Demonstrable experience selling specifically into Omnicom and IPG across the UK and/or international markets, with strong understanding of their agency structures, buying teams and commercial decision-making processes
• Strong existing relationships across Omnicom and IPG, from Heads of Programmatic and senior activation/data stakeholders through to Business Directors and other senior client leads
• Proven network and track record across brands with physical stores, locations, venues or products sold through physical retail environments
• Consultative sales capability: able to identify client challenges, build commercial narratives, influence senior stakeholders and convert complex data and measurement solutions into revenue
• Strong negotiation, communication and stakeholder-management skills, with fluent English
• Preferred: Experience selling location intelligence, audience data, optimization, attribution, measurement or other data-driven advertising solutions
• Preferred: Existing relationships with major advertiser accounts across retail, QSR, automotive, travel, hospitality, FMCG/CPG or other sectors where real-world customer behavior is commercially important

How We Work With You

Candidates apply directly through Get A Job.ai. Our recruiting team will conduct an initial screening to understand your background and fit for this role. Qualified candidates are then submitted to our client for consideration. Please do not attempt to contact the employer directly, as all communication is managed through our recruitment process to ensure a fair and consistent experience.

The client's interview process typically includes values-based screening, hiring manager discussion, a pitching exercise, and a final team interview conducted on-site in London.

Additional Information

This is a full-time, permanent position based in London with a hybrid work model. The role reports to the General Manager UK and offers flexible working arrangements, professional development budget, generous vacation allowance, and comprehensive benefits including mental health support and public transport contribution.

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