Job Description

Taboola is looking for India\'s Country Manager who will expand Taboola\'s business in the country by being the catalyst of our business growth, the champion of our in-market reputation, and the builder of our culture. We are looking for a leader with strong sales leadership experience who can execute quickly, operate independently and interdependently who\'s not afraid to make tough choices and get their hands dirty. Responsibilities Catalyst of Business Growth

• Identify white spaces and develop country strategy to grow Taboola\'s advertiser business nationally
• Generate new business initiatives and manage a robust pipeline with the sales and account management team, and accurately forecast new business closure rate
• Negotiate new deals and renewals with publishers and advertisers to retain and grow revenue YoY
• Ability to present, articulate, and reframe Taboola products in an appealing manner to appeal to advertisers and publishers to drive product adoption and revenue growth

Champion of our in-market reputation

• Influence and contribute to Taboola\'s reputation in India including hosting and participating in industry events and speaking engagements
• Write or contribute to thought leadership pieces to influence the advertising and publishing ecosystem on behalf of Taboola India
• Develop a broad network of contacts to drive preference and loyalty toward Taboola\'s offerings and solutions

Builder of our Culture

• Belief in growth mindset, value empathy and lead with conviction
• Be people centric, embed people into the design of our growth plan, processes and structure
• Experience in developing people through mentorship, training, and develop plan design

Requirements:

• 15+ years of sales experience with strong leadership and people management skills
• Proven ability to penetrate new markets and learn new industry
• Well-connected within the local market, either advertiser or publisher and display impeccable local market understanding
• Experience independently building, pursuing and closing a large pipeline of leads
• Technologically Savvy \xe2\x80\x93 ability to learn what is needed to support deal\'s successful implementation and optimization
• Excellent networking skills with a proven ability to develop long-lasting relationships with customers
• A solid understanding of budgeting and business planning is essential

What is Taboola?
Taboola is the world\'s leading content discovery platform, serving 360B recommendations to over 1B unique visitors each month on the web\'s most innovative publisher sites, including the BBC, Axel Springer, LeFigaro, Evening Standard, NBC, USA Today and more!
Since our inception in 2007, Taboola\'s team of ninja-like engineers and digital media experts has built the world\'s largest and most advanced discovery platform \xe2\x80\x93 or "search engine just the other way around" \xe2\x80\x93 that provides more than a billion users each month with personalized recommendations on many of the most innovative and most visited websites on the internet.
Thousands of leading publishers (e.g. India today, Zee, NDTV) and media agencies use Taboola\'s innovative technology to increase user engagement, monetize their traffic and distribute content to committed users on the web.
Today there are more than 1,400 Taboolars around the world (and the number is growing) connecting users to content they might like but didn\'t know existed. We have offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Berlin, Paris, Tel Aviv, New Delhi, S\xc3\xa3o Paulo, Shanghai, Tokyo and Bangkok If this sounds like an interesting opportunity, hit (easy) apply!
All shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Taboola is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity in all forms. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and believe such an environment is critical for success. Employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.