Lead Client Partner, Restaurants & Delivery Apps at Pinterest

**Who this is for** A strategic leader with a background in the Restaurants and Delivery apps vertical, tasked with driving revenue and deep partnerships for th

Work type: hybrid

Location: Los Angeles, CA, US

Salary: $119,489 – $209,106/yr

Type: Full-time

Summary

**Who this is for** A strategic leader with a background in the Restaurants and Delivery apps vertical, tasked with driving revenue and deep partnerships for these specific high-velocity industries on Pinterest. **Key highlights** This role involves managing end-to-end sales strategies, driving product adoption for performance media solutions, and leading cross-functional teams to solve complex client challenges in the food and delivery space. **You might be a good fit if you...** - Have a deep understanding of the restaurant and delivery app ecosystem and their specific performance media requirements. - Can independently manage relationships with key decision-makers at both the brand and agency levels. - Are skilled at executing full-funnel campaigns that drive measurable conversion results. - Demonstrate strong analytical skills in evaluating partner goals and developing strategic roadmaps.

Job Description

About Pinterest:

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the [flexibility](https://www.pinterestcareers.com/our-life/pinflex/) to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.

At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.

Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process [here](https://www.pinterestcareers.com/our-philosophy-on-ai-in-hiring/).

As a Client Partner at Pinterest, you will serve as a strategic visionary, cultivating trusted relationships with top-tier clients through your deep expertise in full-funnel sales. By leveraging your nuanced understanding of client businesses, you will independently engage assigned customer accounts to promote Pinterest products effectively. Your primary responsibilities include meeting performance targets, developing new business, maintaining and expanding customer relationships, and resolving specific customer issues. By guiding clients’ efforts, you'll drive value for millions of Pinners seeking inspiration and action, forming strategic alliances both internally and externally. Success in this role depends on your ability to drive substantial revenue growth and spearhead a vision for long-term client success in a collaborative, dynamic environment.

What you'll do:Strategic Vision and Partnership Building

• Develop and execute full-funnel sales strategies that encompass awareness, consideration, conversion, and retention for top-tier clients, driving measurable business results.

• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships across client and agency stakeholders, including C-suite, Investment, Strategy, and Activation teams, organizing key educational summits, strategy sessions, and QBRs.

• Build and execute a strategic business plan to drive revenue growth on Pinterest. Get buy-in from key stakeholders (internally and externally) to your strategic approach and drive accountability through influence. Drive y/y growth and spearhead annual deal conversations.

• Demonstrate executive presence, leadership and influence with clients by understanding the ins and outs of their business that includes but is not limited to macro trends (headwinds, tailwinds), business goals & media KPIs, opportunities, etc to think critically, the status quo and not take client directives at face value.

• Serve as a product expert, delivering guidance on digital ecosystem and Pinterest's ad offerings, focusing on both upper and lower funnel formats, and staying at the forefront of industry trends to address partner needs.

• Develop tailored media strategies leveraging industry insights to achieve business goals, driving adoption and scaling Pinterest’s performance media solutions (search, Shopping, feed-based ads).

• Spearhead negotiations and develop joint business plans to foster an understanding of partner goals, maximizing impact while mobilizing cross-functional teams to address complex challenges.

• Drive business growth by analyzing partner goals, delivering data-driven insights, and crafting compelling narratives to guide successful media strategies.

• Champion Pinterest's value proposition by showcasing impactful ad metrics and positioning Pinterest as a key player in advertisers’ media mix.

• Proactively identify and communicate opportunities for incremental growth, working closely with clients to expand partnerships.

• Ad sales and Digital Advertising Expertise: Deep understanding of full funnel advertising solutions that includes media and measurement solutions for brand, consideration and conversion. Nice to have specialized knowledge/expertise in search, shopping, display and/or social.

• Strong Consultative and Negotiation Skills:Proven track record of developing long-term partnerships and effectively negotiating annual partnership agreements, ensuring mutual satisfaction and driving high-value client engagements.

• Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to think critically and analytically by leveraging insights, macro trends and micro performance trends to translate learnings into actionable insights to propel revenue growth.

• Goal and Result-Oriented Approach: Demonstrated ability to consistently achieve revenue goals while balancing both short and long-term growth objectives to foster continued partnership development. This includes a strategic, results-oriented approach to client and media management, ensuring sustainable success and mutually beneficial outcomes.

• Excellent Communication and Collaboration Skills: Able to thrive in fast-paced environments, maintaining high standards of operational excellence, strategic thinking, and fostering a collaborative team atmosphere.

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as digital media or SAAS sales, or equivalent experience.

• Challenger mindset:willing to challenge and stay persistent with key decision makers. Client Partners will continually evolve their relationships (client, agency and creative decision makers), drive weekly accountability with action plans and get creative where there are gaps in product or capabilities.

• AI Enthusiast: Demonstrates a strong curiosity for and practical application of AI to improve productivity, streamline workflows, and elevate client communications, presentations, and recommendations. Uses AI thoughtfully across account strategy and sales motions to uncover insights, sharpen strategic narratives, and show up as a strong, trusted advisor while maintaining sound judgment and a high bar for quality.

• We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.

• This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 2times per week and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance from our Los Angeles office.

• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our[ PinFlex](https://www.pinterestcareers.com/pinflex/) page to learn more about our working model.

At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity and incentive compensation. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

US based applicants only
$119,489—$209,106 USD

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