FreeWheel - Account Manager, Platform Demand

Comcast; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Comcast’s FreeWheel Buyer Cloud team is seeking an Account Manager to manage and grow a portfolio of strategic customers, including large agencies and tech partners. You will advise executives on platform capabilities and industry trends, building trusted, long-term relationships.

You’ll become a product expert on Buyer Cloud, delivering reviews, pitches, and insights to leadership while identifying opportunities across accounts and coordinating cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years in digital advertising in a customer-facing role with a primary focus on real-time bidding technologies.
• Proven track record of managing and growing large, complex customers with sales acumen, product knowledge, and relationship-building skills.
• Experience developing trusted relationships with C‑Suite decision makers.
• Deep understanding of real-time bidding mechanics, standards, and protocols.
• Strong understanding of the digital advertising partner ecosystem, including data, measurement, optimization, and identity.
• Experience navigating complex commercial negotiations.
• Hands-on experience leading DSP/SSP platforms and knowledge of strengths/weaknesses.
• Experience with Salesforce, SQL, Looker, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Bachelor’s Degree

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow a book of FreeWheel Buyer Cloud’s largest and most technical customers and agency clients.
• Develop trusted relationships with customers’ senior decision makers, including C‑Suite.
• Deeply understand customers’ businesses including revenue streams, key people, strategy, and roadmaps.
• Provide guidance, recommendations, and insights to customers’ leadership teams on digital advertising.
• Become a product expert on the Buyer Cloud platform and demonstrate expertise of programmatic software.
• Deliver compelling business reviews, product pitches, and educational sessions.
• Utilize cross-company relationships and product knowledge to identify opportunities and develop solutions for customer challenges.
• Negotiate renewals, upsells, and other legal amendments with customers.

Skills

Account Management

Relationship Building

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Salesforce

SQL

Looker

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

FreeWheel, a Comcast company, provides comprehensive ad platforms for publishers, advertisers, and media buyers. Powered by premium video content, robust data, and advanced technology, we’re making it easier for buyers and sellers to transact across all screens, data types, and sales channels. As a global company, we have offices in nine countries and can insert advertisements around the world.

Job Summary

FreeWheel Buyer Cloud (formerly Beeswax), FreeWheel’s DSP technology, is hiring an Account Manager to manage and grow a book of existing strategic accounts. In this role, you will develop trusted relationships with decision makers and C‑Suite executives, acting as a strategic advisor on topics related to FreeWheel Buyer Cloud and broader industry trends. Your customers will include leading advertising technology companies and agencies that have built their platforms on top of FreeWheel Buyer Cloud, utilizing our advanced APIs, logs, and other technical tools.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

• Manage and grow a book of FreeWheel Buyer Cloud’s largest and most technical customers and agency clients
• Develop trusted relationships with customers’ senior decision makers, including C‑Suite
• Deeply understand your customers’ businesses including revenue streams, key people, strategy, and roadmaps
• Utilize your deep understanding of digital advertising to provide guidance, recommendations, and insights to customers’ leadership teams
• Become a product expert on the Buyer Cloud platform and demonstrate expertise of programmatic software
• Deliver compelling business reviews, product pitches, and educational sessions
• Utilize cross-company relationships and product knowledge to identify opportunities and develop solutions for customer challenges
• Negotiate renewals, upsells, and other legal amendments with customers

Qualifications

• 2-5 years in digital advertising in a customer facing role with a primary focus on real-time bidding technologies
• Proven track record of managing and growing large, complex customers utilizing sales acumen, product expertise, and relationship building skills
• Experience developing trusted relationships with C‑Suite decision makers
• Deep understanding of real-time bidding mechanics, standards, and protocols
• Strong understanding of digital advertising partner ecosystem, including data, measurement, optimization, and identity
• Experience navigating complex commercial negotiations
• Hands on experience in leading DSP or SSP platforms and knowledgeable about strengths and weaknesses
• Experience with Salesforce, SQL, Looker, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Bachelor’s Degree

Employees At All Levels Are Expected To

• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
• Own the customer experience think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
• Know your stuff be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
• Win as a team make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
• Drive results and growth.
• Support a culture of inclusion in how you work and lead.
• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer:

This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Comcast is an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Skills

Account Management; Relationship Building; Collaboration; Communication

Salary

New York Pay Range: $84,835.76 - $127,253.64

Comcast intends to offer the selected candidate base pay within this range, dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience. The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.

Targeted Commission: $38,571.00

Our sales compensation programs offer the potential for significant upside above targeted earnings for those who overachieve their sales targets.

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality - to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Relevant Work Experience

2-5 Years