Principal Account Executive, Retail B2B, Large Customer Sales

Google; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 161,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Principal Account Executive for Retail B2B in Chicago to drive growth with top advertisers. You will lead high-level strategy, build trusted relationships with executives, and craft joint business plans that align with customer goals.

You will design and pitch data-driven Google solutions across Search, Shopping, and YouTube, translating business needs into impactful campaigns while navigating complex stakeholder landscapes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 11 years of industry experience in digital advertising, consultative sales, business development, or digital marketing, or 8 years with an advanced degree.
• Experience working with advertisers, agencies, or clients.

Responsibilities

• Engage and influence key decision-makers, including C-suite executives, building trusted relationships to understand their core business issues and priorities.
• Lead the development of Joint Business Plans, aligning with customers on ambitious goals and establishing shared accountability to unlock transformative growth opportunities.
• Design and pitch powerful, data-driven Google solutions tailored to customer needs, leveraging in-depth knowledge of Google’s advertising offerings and compelling storytelling, while effectively navigating objections to secure investment and exceed business goals.
• Demonstrate Google's value by measuring campaign results against customer objectives and performer offerings, and sharing data-driven insights that shape customer strategies and reinforce the partnership.
• Own the customer's growth trajectory by proactively identifying and cultivating a pipeline of new opportunities, leveraging insights and proven success to expand the partnership.

Skills

C-level relationships

Strategic selling

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Digital advertising knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Google Ads platform

Analytics tools

Job description

Principal Account Executive, Retail B2B, Large Customer Sales

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Chicago, IL, USA

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 11 years of industry experience in digital advertising, consultative sales, business development, or digital marketing, or 8 years of experience with an advanced degree.
• Experience working with advertisers, agencies, or clients.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience building trusted-advisor relationships with C-level executives, and managing multiple projects, business leads, and internal stakeholders.
• Strong commercial expertise across Google’s AI-powered Search solutions (e.g., AI Max, Value Based Bidding), Shopping, and Video (e.g., YouTube, Demand Gen), paired with thought leadership across the digital ecosystem.
• Ability to promote/propose creative technologies across a landscape of various decision makers.
• Proven ability to develop joint business plans in complex, ambiguous environments, influence across organizations, and drive business success for the customer and Google.
• Strong tactical thinking skills, systems thinking, and the ability to align strategies to deliver customer business outcomes.

About the job

Businesses of all shapes and sizes rely on Google’s unparalleled advertising solutions to help them grow in today's dynamic marketing environment. You bring a passion for sales, knowledge of online media, and commitment to maximize customer success. You act like an owner, move with velocity through change, finding innovative and strategic ways to consistently deliver extraordinary and incremental outcomes for both Google and your customers. You build trusted relationships with customers, uncovering their business needs and translating them into powerful solutions to achieve their most ambitious goals. You achieve as a team with sellers, shape the future of advertising in the AI-era, and make a real impact on the millions of companies and billions of users that trust Google with their most important goals.

As an Account Executive, you will need to anticipate upcoming priorities, trends and opportunities to build new budgets and influence strategy. Our client is a sophisticated Google advertiser; Google Search and Google Shopping experience is highly beneficial. Key account work includes developing and managing ambitious business plans that reflect our client's objectives and creating the environment where that plan can be successful through influence.

Google’s Large Customer Sales (LCS) teams are strategic partners and industry thought leaders to the world's leading brands and agencies. We continuously challenge how customers think about their business and how Google can support growth. We focus on helping these players navigate profound industry shifts and drive outsized business performance by competitively selling Google's full suite of advertising solutions across Search, YouTube, Measurement, and more. As a member of our LCS team, you'll have the unique opportunity to sell at the forefront of technology, collaborating with executives, influencing market-shaping strategies, and delivering tangible results that significantly impact major global businesses and drive the growth of Google.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $161000 - $234000 (USD) + 75% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Engage and influence key decision-makers, including C-suite executives, building trusted relationships to understand their core business issues and priorities.
• Lead the development of Joint Business Plans, aligning with customers on ambitious goals and establishing shared accountability to unlock transformative growth opportunities.
• Design and pitch powerful, data-driven Google solutions tailored to customer needs, leveraging in-depth knowledge of Google’s advertising offerings and compelling storytelling, while effectively navigating objections to secure investment and exceed business goals.
• Demonstrate Google's value by measuring campaign results against customer objectives and performer offerings, and sharing data-driven insights that shape customer strategies and reinforce the partnership.
• Own the customer's growth trajectory by proactively identifying and cultivating a pipeline of new opportunities, leveraging insights and proven success to expand the partnership.