Full job description
The Strategic Partnerships Lead will manage and grow Attain’s social platform partnerships, driving revenue growth through adoption of outcomes solutions. Responsibilities include owning partnership portfolios, advancing opportunities from discovery to launch, identifying monetization aligned with platform priorities, building strategic account plans, leading partnership motions including technical integration planning, collaborating with internal teams, presenting business cases to senior stakeholders, managing partnership performance, leading negotiations, and advising on measurement strategy. Requires 7+ years in partnerships or commercial roles in digital advertising or ad tech, proven revenue growth track record, executive relationship management, deep advertising ecosystem knowledge, technical proficiency with CAPI, MCPs, APIs, understanding of privacy-safe data environments, strong analytical skills, and a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, or related field. The role is hybrid, based in Chicago, IL or New York, NY, with 4 days per week in-office.
What you'll do
- Own and grow a portfolio of strategic social platform partnerships with full accountability for revenue impact, scaled adoption, and long-term expansion
- Serve as the primary commercial lead for assigned platforms, advancing opportunities from discovery through close, technical alignment, launch, and multi-product expansion
- Identify and unlock monetization opportunities aligned to platform priorities by leveraging Attain’s outcomes, activation, and measurement capabilities
- Build and execute strategic account plans that drive scaled adoption across platform sales teams, revenue orgs, and enterprise customer groups
- Lead full-cycle partnership motions including prospecting, RFP participation, commercial structuring, technical integration planning (CAPIs, event pipelines, APIs), launch coordination, and performance optimization
- Partner closely with Agency Sales, Account Management, Revenue Operations, Product, and Executive Leadership to accelerate pipeline velocity and remove execution blockers
- Present compelling business cases and value narratives to senior platform stakeholders, translating complex data, measurement, and AI concepts into clear commercial outcomes
- Forecast, track, and manage partnership performance against defined revenue goals with strong pipeline discipline and risk mitigation
- Lead negotiations, deal structuring, and quarterly business reviews that reinforce executive alignment and drive predictable growth
- Serve as a trusted advisor to platform teams on measurement strategy, incrementality frameworks, optimization signals, data collaboration, and success metrics
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in partnerships, business development, platform sales, or commercial roles within digital advertising, ad tech, data, or measurement
- Proven track record of meeting or exceeding revenue targets through strategic partnerships with major platforms, media owners, or enterprise technology partners
- Strong executive presence with ability to build and retain senior relationships (VP/C-level), drive alignment across stakeholder groups, and grow long-term, multi-year partnerships
- Deep fluency across the modern advertising ecosystem, including performance media, measurement frameworks (incrementality, attribution, lift), identity, and data collaboration
- Technical proficiency with advertising and data activation infrastructure, including CAPI, MCPs, and agentic-led workflows
- Strong understanding of privacy-safe data activation and measurement environments, including clean rooms, collaboration platforms, and first-party data workflows
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business value for partners and customers
- Strong analytical mindset with ability to interpret performance signals, diagnose issues, and translate data into strategic recommendations and growth plans
- Highly organized, self-directed operator with ability to manage multiple strategic initiatives simultaneously across internal teams and external partners
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, or related field (MBA a plus)
Tech stack
CAPIMCPsAPIsadtech infrastructuredata activationmeasurement frameworksincrementalityattributionliftidentityclean roomscollaboration platformsfirst-party data workflows