Agency Sales Lead
Indrive · Abu Dhabi, Emirate of Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates · Hybrid
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Please submit your resume in English. Otherwise, your application will be dismissed. The Agency Sales Lead – MENA is an enterprise sales position responsible for securing high-value agency media agreements and multi-market budget commitments across the Middle East and North Africa. Operating from Dubai, you will leverage existing, senior-level relationships across the Big 6 agency holding networks and enterprise brand marketers to establish a predictable, long-term revenue pipeline.
As the first commercial sales lead in the region, your responsibilities extend from initial client outreach to internal operational setup. You will actively collaborate with internal Legal, Finance, Accounting, and Procurement teams to build localized contracting frameworks and resolve procedural bottlenecks. Additionally, you will serve as a primary intelligence channel, gathering agency requirements to directly inform global product and feature roadmaps.
Deliver against quarterly and annual revenue targets tied to the regional sales bonus structure.
Leverage strong persuasive and acquisition sales skills to drive inbound and outbound sales activities, acquire new clients for the inDrive Ads platform, and close successful multi-vertical flighted advertising campaigns.
Negotiate and execute regional agency media agreements and secure annual budget commitments to ensure predictable revenue growth across specific EM (Emerging Markets: Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and South Africa).
Leverage an active network in EM of decision-makers across Big 6 media agency holding groups (Omnicom, WPP, Publicis, Dentsu, Havas) and regional brand marketers to drive new business.
Manage end-to-end contract execution by partnering with internal Legal, Finance, Procurement, and Accounting teams to establish contracting workflows and address process gaps.
Own the advertising campaigns full sales cycle from prospecting and qualification through negotiation, contracting, closing, and revenue delivery against quarterly and annual targets.
Gather structured client and agency feedback on platform performance, synthesizing buyer requirements to directly inform global Product team feature development and roadmap prioritization.
Execute seamless commercial handoffs of signed contracts to central Account Management and AdOps teams for campaign setup, ongoing execution, and account retention.
Maintain accurate sales activity, pipeline tracking, and revenue forecasting within the CRM system.
Travel across EM as required to develop agency and brand relationships, attend client meetings, and drive new business opportunities.
8 to 10+ years of enterprise digital media sales or ad-tech business development experience within the EM region.
Proven track record of negotiating and closing large-scale media agreements and multi-market budget commitments with major agency holding companies.
Established, active C-level / media investment contacts across media agency networks and enterprise brand…