Lead advertiser development and manage merchant offers, coordinate sales activities, and foster partnerships for Mastercard's Commerce Media team, focusing on card-linked offers and affiliate programs.
Our Purpose
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.
Title and Summary
Manager, Advertising Development-Commerce Media
Overview:
The Manager leads advertiser development and sources merchant offers. The Manager is on the Mastercard Commerce Media team that sells and manages merchant offers. They will report to the global merchant offers sourcing lead and will be closely aligned with our global product and regional product partners.
Role & Responsibilities • Responsible for aligning with local market and global team on opportunities pipeline and product roadmap to ensure merchant offers are available to meet new and existing publisher opportunities. • Identify any gaps in the region and develop a strategy to close them through direct sales, aggregator partnerships, and contractor workers to get the job done.• Lead Commerce Media sales in the region; managing full funnel of sales activities from identifying relevant advertisers for Commerce Media, to developing the merchant pipeline, prospecting, pitching to merchants, and closing sales. Specifically for card-linked offers and affiliate programs.• Responsible for onboarding merchants and managing content.• Manage merchant relationship, including conducting regular client meetings to review program performance, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring merchant billing is completed. • Develop new and manage existing merchant aggregator partnerships, including contracts and onboarding to deliver quality content at scale and supplement direct sales in the region.• Coordinate across regions to unlock global merchant offers opportunities.
All About You:• Experienced at Business Development within Advertising, speaks the language and knows how the industry works.• Expert in card-linked offers, and affiliate marketing programs, has established merchant network.• Strong communication and commercial abilities, both written and verbal, with the capacity to foster positive relationships with internal and external partners at all levels.• Previous experience in merchant loyalty marketing or a related field of digital marketing is preferred.• Proven ability to act with a persistent and urgent approach to tasks.• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (with a focus on Excel and PowerPoint).• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining a keen attention to detail.• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and cross-functional team-building capabilities.• A Bachelor's degree is required, ideally in Marketing, or Sales.
Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.
Corporate Security Responsibility
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
In line with Mastercard's total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.
Pay Ranges
Purchase, New York: $150,000 - $254,000 USD
New York City, New York: $156,000 - $265,000 USD
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.
Title and Summary
Manager, Advertising Development-Commerce Media
Overview:
The Manager leads advertiser development and sources merchant offers. The Manager is on the Mastercard Commerce Media team that sells and manages merchant offers. They will report to the global merchant offers sourcing lead and will be closely aligned with our global product and regional product partners.
Role & Responsibilities • Responsible for aligning with local market and global team on opportunities pipeline and product roadmap to ensure merchant offers are available to meet new and existing publisher opportunities. • Identify any gaps in the region and develop a strategy to close them through direct sales, aggregator partnerships, and contractor workers to get the job done.• Lead Commerce Media sales in the region; managing full funnel of sales activities from identifying relevant advertisers for Commerce Media, to developing the merchant pipeline, prospecting, pitching to merchants, and closing sales. Specifically for card-linked offers and affiliate programs.• Responsible for onboarding merchants and managing content.• Manage merchant relationship, including conducting regular client meetings to review program performance, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring merchant billing is completed. • Develop new and manage existing merchant aggregator partnerships, including contracts and onboarding to deliver quality content at scale and supplement direct sales in the region.• Coordinate across regions to unlock global merchant offers opportunities.
All About You:• Experienced at Business Development within Advertising, speaks the language and knows how the industry works.• Expert in card-linked offers, and affiliate marketing programs, has established merchant network.• Strong communication and commercial abilities, both written and verbal, with the capacity to foster positive relationships with internal and external partners at all levels.• Previous experience in merchant loyalty marketing or a related field of digital marketing is preferred.• Proven ability to act with a persistent and urgent approach to tasks.• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (with a focus on Excel and PowerPoint).• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining a keen attention to detail.• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and cross-functional team-building capabilities.• A Bachelor's degree is required, ideally in Marketing, or Sales.
Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.
Corporate Security Responsibility
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
- Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
- Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
- Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
- Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.
In line with Mastercard's total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.
Pay Ranges
Purchase, New York: $150,000 - $254,000 USD
New York City, New York: $156,000 - $265,000 USD
Top Skills
Excel
Microsoft Office Suite
PowerPoint
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