Advertising Business Manager

Wallapop is a Barcelona based scale-up driven by the purpose to empower people to embrace a more conscious and human way of consumption. We believe in a world where collaborative economy is mainstream. This is what drives us.

Wallapop operates in Spain, Italy and Portugal, offering a catalogue of several hundreds of millions of products and services. Powered by technical innovation and continuous improvement, we bring together the scale & trust of classifieds with the marketplace's convenience & reach. Our mission is to enable a connected trade ecosystem, making 2nd-hand the norm through smart use of technology.

Backed by top investors such as Accel, Insight Partners & Naver Corp we bring our total valuation to 690 million EUR and are embarking on our international journey with the aim to become the world's best unique goods trading platform.

**The Challenge**

We are looking for **Advertising** **Business Manager**, leading the display advertising unit within our Professional Seller Business department. You will be responsible for delivering advertising revenues coming from direct sales and programmatic solutions that we offer to a wide range of customers & brands. Together with internal stakeholders you will look for how to create the right balance between generating revenues and user experience, and propose new ways to optimise the monetization of our platform traffic. You will lead the advertising team and work closely with them to make them successful and drive results. Partnering with the direct sales team is essential to bring in new clients and nourish existing relationships. In addition, you'll work closely with AdTech and AdOps team members to address and resolve issues quickly.

**What You Will Do**
- Manage the P&L, including creating yearly budget plans for the advertising business together with our finance and analytics teams
- Work closely with the direct sales team to acquire clients, create proposals, negotiate contracts and manage the overall pipeline to ensure achieving revenue targets
- Collaborate with the programmatic manager to identify and prioritise opportunities to increase yield & performance of our programmatic solutions
- Manage relationships with key external partners for our programmatic & operational platforms
- Drive team engagement and ensure alignment with company culture and business strategy

**What We're Looking For**
- Bachelor's degree (or similar) in a business-related field or relevant professional experience
- Well founded & hands-on experience in managing advertising solutions, with good understanding of how the industry works
- Solid knowledge & working experience with common tools and technologies in online advertising, including Google Ad Manager, ADX and DV360
- Experience managing a multi-disciplinary team
- Comfortable in fast-paced, agile environments and proactively working collaboratively with stakeholders from different departments and functions.
- Ability to collaborate well with teams and proactively manage multiple tasks
- Strong commercial communication and negotiation skills
- Natural relationship builder and networker with the ability to develop client relationships quickly
- Digital adapt, able to troubleshoot & resolve issues as they arise
- Fluency in Spanish & good level of English required

**What Would Be A Plus**
- Having a good personal network in the Spanish marketing advertising agencies space
- Hands-on experience with programmatic and AdTech solutions
- Experience in media or classifieds business

Do note that all our jobs are Barcelona based. We work in a mostly remote capacity offering great flexibility to our employees, but we believe in the power of getting together regularly in our office. As a first iteration, we expect a 4+ day/month office attendance for which the specifics are decided on a team level.

Wallapop is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees as we want Wallapop to be a place for everyone.

Additionally to the opportunity to contribute to an agile product set up and work together towards achieving our meaningful mission, we offer the following **Perks & Benefits**:

- Competitive phantom shares package for all employees
- Generous individual learning budget of 2k per year + our very own Wallalibrary
- Group and individual English & Spanish lessons as part of our working day
- Private Health Insurance with Cigna
- Flexible working hours + short Fridays
- Flexible remuneration to deduct from gross salary (kindergarten/food/transport check)
- Gym & Wellness plan, including physiotherapist in the office
- Generous referral Program & Charity Donation
- Extended newborn & adoption leave
- Bonus for weddings & newborns
- Wallarenta (Tax income support)
- Monthly plan for free shipping, bumps & home-pick-up on our services
- Wallanniversary loyalty program
- Contribution towards your WIFI in your monthly payroll
- One-off payment based