Lead Client Partner (Financial Services)

Pinterest; Toronto; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinterest Canada is seeking a Lead Client Partner to drive strategic partnerships with the country’s largest Financial Services clients across banking and insurance. You will work with a Client Account Manager to build trusted relationships from practitioners to senior executives and craft strategies that boost revenue growth, pipeline quality, and product adoption.

You will serve as a strategic advisor navigating complex priorities, aligning Pinterest’s full-funnel solutions to measurable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Marketing or a related field or equivalent experience.
• Strong understanding of full-funnel digital advertising, media strategy, and measurement.
• Executive presence with ability to influence stakeholders from juniors to C-suite.
• Excellent strategic storytelling, commercial judgment, negotiation and cross-functional leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic partnerships with Pinterest Canada’s largest and most complex Financial Services clients across banking and insurance.
• Partner with Client Account Manager to build trusted relationships across agencies and client organizations, from practitioners to senior executives.
• Develop strategies that drive revenue growth, quality pipeline, product adoption, and measurable business impact.
• Serve as a strategic advisor navigating complex business priorities, evolving media strategies, and multiple measurement sources of truth.
• Mobilize cross-functional teams to solve client, measurement, product, technical, creative and commercial challenges.
• Lead multi-quarter account strategies and joint business plans for complex Financial Services partnerships.
• Drive revenue growth through strategic pitches, renewals, expansions, quality pipeline development, and product adoption.
• Engage in executive-ready conversations, negotiations, escalations, and business reviews.

Skills

Strategic partnerships

Executive relationship management

Full-funnel advertising

Negotiation & deal-making

Cross-functional leadership

Storytelling & narrative

AI-powered analysis

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Marketing or related field

Job description

• As a Lead Client Partner at Pinterest, you will lead strategic partnerships with some of Pinterest Canada’s largest and most complex Financial Services clients across banking and insurance
• Partnering closely with a Client Account Manager, you will build trusted relationships across agencies and direct client organizations, from practitioners to senior executives, and develop strategies that drive revenue growth, quality pipeline, product adoption, and measurable business impact
• You will serve as a strategic advisor to clients navigating complex business priorities, evolving media strategies, and multiple measurement sources of truth
• You will move quickly to understand each account, identify opportunities for growth, mobilize internal partners, and connect Pinterest’s full-funnel solutions to client outcomes
• Lead multi-quarter account strategies and joint business plans for complex Financial Services partnerships
• Build and maintain trusted relationships across agency and direct client stakeholders at all levels, including senior executives
• Drive revenue growth through strategic pitches, renewals, expansions, quality pipeline development, and product adoption
• Develop full-funnel media strategies spanning brand, consideration, conversion, and measurement solutions
• Engage in robust media, creative, and measurement discussions
• Translate performance and measurement learnings into clear recommendations, test-and-learn agendas, and investment decisions
• Partner closely with the CAM to create clear account coverage, operating rhythms, and accountability
• Mobilize cross-functional teams to solve client, measurement, product, technical, creative and commercial challenges
• Lead executive-ready conversations, negotiations, escalations, and business reviews

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field such as Marketing, or equivalent experienceStrong understanding of full-funnel digital advertising, media strategy, and measurementExecutive presence and the ability to influence stakeholders from junior practitioners through C-suite leadersExcellent strategic storytelling, commercial judgment, negotiation and cross-functional leadership skillsDemonstrated ability to move quickly, operate with ambiguity, and make sound decisions with incomplete or conflicting informationA track record of creating revenue growth, quality pipeline, and measurable change within complex accountsStrong experience managing both agency and direct client relationshipsA collaborative, growth-oriented approach and the ability to use AI to accelerate preparation, analysis, and follow-through while maintaining accuracy and ownership of outcomesMeaningful experience in at least two of the following areas: Financial Services expertise, platform sales, and enterprise sales; experience across all three is highly valued