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Sales24 days agoHybrid

Kargo

Account Director

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Key details

Salary

$120K – $140K

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Director

Years experience

5-10

Location

Chicago, United States

Full job description

The Director, Sales at Kargo is responsible for revenue growth across a portfolio of strategic agencies, brands, and platforms. This hybrid role requires onsite presence 4 days a week in Chicago, IL. Key responsibilities include meeting or exceeding annual revenue targets, opening new brand-direct and agency accounts, growing existing accounts through renewals and upsell, maintaining a healthy sales pipeline with accurate forecasting in Salesforce, and providing market feedback to influence product roadmap. The role requires 5+ years selling online and programmatic advertising, plus 3+ years in brand advertising, media sales, or marketing, strong relationships with brand and agency contacts, ability to engage C-level executives, deep knowledge of digital and mobile advertising, and consultative selling skills. Preferred skills include Salesforce CRM proficiency and fluency in PowerPoint and Excel. The salary range is $120,000 to $140,000 USD.

What you'll do

  • Deliver against quota by meeting or exceeding annual revenue targets with predictable quarter-over-quarter attainment
  • Open net-new business by closing new brand-direct and agency accounts
  • Grow existing accounts through renewals and upsell, improving year-over-year spend per account
  • Maintain a healthy pipeline with qualified coverage at 3x quota and accurate stage progression and forecast reliability inside Salesforce
  • Provide consistent, structured market feedback to the product organization influencing positioning or roadmap decisions
  • Pursue and close deals with persistence, owning the full cycle from prospecting to signature
  • Invest in understanding each client's business, challenges, and goals before positioning a solution
  • Build trust across all levels of an account, acting as a strategic partner
  • Maintain sharp awareness of Kargo's products, competitors, and the broader ecosystem
  • Translate frontline market signals into actionable feedback for product and leadership
  • Partner closely with Account Management, creative, design, and yield teams to build compelling proposals
  • Mentor and elevate junior sellers

Requirements

  • 5+ years selling online and programmatic advertising
  • 3+ years in brand advertising, media sales, or marketing
  • Established, active relationships with brand and agency contacts across the region
  • Proven ability to engage and win support from C-level executives and key stakeholders
  • Deep working knowledge of the digital and mobile advertising ecosystem
  • Consultative selling fluency: building ROI cases, presenting new and existing products, and closing
  • Strong written and verbal communication, including executive-level presentation skills
  • Salesforce CRM proficiency for activity tracking and forecasting (preferred)
  • Fluency in PowerPoint and Excel for proposals and revenue modeling (preferred)

Tech stack

Salesforce CRMPowerPointExcel

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