Publisher Acquisition Manager

Publisher Acquisition Manager

Rakuten International oversees seven businesses with over 4,000 employees globally. The brand is recognized for its leadership and innovation in e-commerce, digital content, advertising, entertainment, and communications, bringing the joy of discovery and access to more than 1 billion members across the world. Our teams deliver on the company's mission to delight merchants and customers through innovation, optimism, and teamwork.

Rakuten Advertising provides advertising technology and consumer insights to the world's leading brands and retailers. Working with agencies and brands around the world, Rakuten Advertising unites technology, client strategy, and consumer insights to deliver advertising experiences that drive increased brand awareness and marketing performance. With access to Rakuten's diverse media properties and audiences, combined with an award-winning performance network and proprietary consumer research, Rakuten Advertising creates the right conditions to reach new customers and sustain long-lasting loyalty.

Job Summary

The NA Publisher Acquisition team is responsible for identifying and recruiting new publisher prospects for the Rakuten Advertising Affiliate Network. The focus will be to acquire new supply opportunities in distinct markets, verticals, and categories, increasing available audiences and helping to maximize demand opportunities globally. By understanding business needs and strategy, the goal is to recruit and onboard supply inventory, which matches the needs of the business, with the best possible commercial relationships.

The Publisher Acquisition Manager is crucial in expanding our publisher network, focusing on depth and breadth within a specific region, vertical, or key project. This role directly contributes to client satisfaction and the achievement of Publisher and Rakuten Advertising objectives.

Reporting to the Director, Publisher Acquisition NA, you will build direct relationships to acquire and onboard new publishers, introducing them to our services and technology to drive activation across Rakuten Advertising's client portfolio. You will collaborate closely with Commercial teams, matching publisher opportunities to business needs. As an internal advocate for new partners, you will promote new publisher opportunities across the organization, supporting their growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Proactively prospect and engage premium publishers based on market, vertical, and business needs with high-volume outreach through compelling pitches.
• Develop and maintain a robust pipeline ensuring accurate data entry and consistent progress towards targets and overall business growth. Work towards a quota and revenue target to achieve set objectives.
• Regularly update leadership on successes, challenges, and pipeline progress, providing clear visibility into performance. Stay up to date on industry and new publisher trends.
• Support partner on-boarding to help achieve faster adoption and activation, into Publisher / Supply Development.
• Function as an internal advocate, educating global Commercial teams promoting newly recruited publishers to maximize partnership approval.
• Use commercial and legal aptitude to secure partners for key agreements for Rakuten Advertising, with a focus on maximizing high revenue driving opportunities.
• Learn and educate publishers on Rakuten Advertising product capabilities to increase adoption, driving deeper product adoption with Rakuten Advertising services.
• Represents Rakuten Advertising at external facing events (tradeshows and events), with the goal to develop key leads for the acquisition group.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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At the time of posting, Rakuten expects the base compensation for this role to be within the range shown below. Individual compensation will vary based on job-related factors, including the skills, qualifications, and experience of the successful candidate as well as business need and geographic location. The successful applicant for this role will be eligible for discretionary bonus, health, vision, dental insurance, 401k matching, PTO, Volunteer Time Off (VTO), and other employee benefits as the company implements. USD $72,090.00 - $123,876.00 annually