Sr. Client Account Manager - 12 month Fixed Term Contract

Pinterest; Delaware; Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinterest is seeking a Sr. Client Account Manager for its German CPG Team. You will manage a book of business with top partners in Beauty, Health and Household, delivering strategic guidance and performance insights.

You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize campaigns and drive value across the platform. You will bring strong digital advertising background, German and English fluency, and the ability to explain complex solutions to partners while leveraging AI tools to improve

Qualifications

• Digital advertising sales experience with high-value clients.
• Data-backed storytelling and recommendations.
• Forecasting and goal achievement expertise.
• Strong communication in person, on the phone, and via email.
• Team player in fast-paced, cross-functional environments.
• Expertise in digital advertising and media sales.

Responsibilities

• Build and nurture relationships with partners and drive campaign performance.
• Coordinate with internal teams to meet partner objectives.
• Turn data into insights and actionable recommendations for advertisers.
• Advise on media strategies, targeting, bidding, creative, and measurement.
• Ensure optimal campaign setup and communicate results to demonstrate impact.
• Present complex solutions clearly and handle objections professionally.
• Cross-sell and upsell opportunities to exceed revenue targets.

Skills

Digital advertising sales

High-value relationships

Data-backed storytelling

Forecast management

Excellent communication

Team player

Advertising tech knowledge

AI tools curiosity

Education

Bachelor/Master in a relevant field

Job description

About Pinterest

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.

At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.

Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.

As Sr. Client Account Manager in our German CPG Team, you will be in charge of driving a book of business with some of our key partners on our Beauty, Health and Household Team. You’ll work directly with some of our key advertisers as a trusted consultant to their business. Your strategic advice, sales skills & coaching are core to bringing to life the value we deliver as a platform.

What you’ll do

• Build and nurture relationships with our Partners, proactively reaching out to partners regarding campaign performance, optimisations, updates, and opportunities.
• Ensure that our partners objectives and requirements are met by liaising between them and our internal teams (Measurement & Insights, Performance Solutions, Product Marketing, Creative Strategy, etc).
• Gain a deep understanding of our partners’ business goals and turn data into compelling stories and actionable insights to help them succeed.
• Specifically own the “how” conversation with advertisers to advise on media strategies across targeting, bidding models, creative, measurement, etc.
• Become an expert at Pinterest campaign best practices, enabling yourself to be the resource for performance related opportunities. Ensure that campaign setup is optimal. Interpret and communicate campaign results so that the customer sees impact. Evaluate if a digital media campaign is successful and how to troubleshoot. Understand how to drive results, optimize campaigns and deliver performance updates to partners. Ensure the performance metrics that were agreed upon are being met, and take action to course correct.
• Actively engaging in client meetings to understand their key objectives and challenges. Presenting and explaining complex solutions in a clear and concise manner to help partners achieve their objectives. Handle resistance, complaints, or objections from partners professionally and patiently. Cross sell and upsell opportunities that contribute to the team’s ability to exceed revenue targets.
• Understand complex processes and products, distilling them down into a digestible format for our partners’, Provide partners with guidance and expertise on product, service best practices and features. Be highly knowledgeable about all relevant Pinterest ad product features and capable of clearly explaining their benefits to a customer. Maintain up-to-date education and fluency on evolving product roadmap and iterations. Efficiently interfaces with appropriate cross-functional teams to answer product-related questions or challenges when needed.
• Pitch new performance products and campaign best practices at scale.

What we’re looking for

• Digital advertising sales experience, managing high value relationships, driving strategic learning agendas and owning client communication.
• Track record of compelling data-backed storytelling and recommendations.
• Expert in managing forecasts and achieving goals.
• Strong communication skills in person, on the phone, and through email.
• A team player who’s able to work in a fast-paced environment with technical and non-technical teams.
• Expertise in digital advertising and media sales including campaign optimisation, analytical problem solving, and product/platform knowledge.
• Technical foundation with relevant experience in Search/Shopping/Display/Social advertising technologies.
• Demonstrates curiosity and a willingness to explore AI tools to improve day-to-day productivity, including campaign setup, performance reporting, client communications, and research. Leverages AI to work more efficiently, whether it’s streamlining optimizations, preparing for client meetings, or surfacing insights from campaign data, while maintaining attention to detail and a high bar for accuracy.
• We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we’re not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection. This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1 times per week and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance from the Hamburg / Berlin / Munich office.
• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Fluent German and English are essential for the role.

Relocation Statement

• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

In-Office Requirement Statement

• We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we’re not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.
• This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times per week and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance from one of our offices.

Location based applicants

€70.933,80 — €131.227,60 EUR

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit.

We want to have the best qualified people in every job.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws.

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.