Business Development Director - Political Audiences

Business Development Director - Political Audiences

About Rev Optimal:

The Role:

We are seeking a high-performing Business Development Director - Political Audiences to significantly grow revenue by selling our proprietary audience solutions and data packages to brands, media agencies, and trading desks.

The successful candidate will be a specialist in Political data and possess a deep understanding of the agency and ad tech landscape. This role requires a professional who is disciplined, brings urgency, and has a proven passion for partnering with agency and client leaders to drive digital transformation.

This is an individual contributor role, reporting directly to the SVP of Sales.

What you'll Do:

• Build and manage a revenue pipeline: Hunt new business within target verticals and agencies, run outbound campaigns, develop warm introductions into long‑term partnerships and maintain 3–4× pipeline coverage.
• Practice consultative selling: Understand each client’s goals and develop tailored audience strategies that unlock those objectives. Collaborate with internal teams to design PMP deals and direct IO campaigns.
• Package audiences: Understand our 1P signals and data partnerships and translate into sellable opportunities; brief Product/Operations, create PMP deals, whitelists, and direct IO deals for social activations—with a strong focus on Political focused, data-layered PMP offerings.
• Forecasting & pricing: Own deal strategy, rate cards, and volume commitments; maintain accurate pipeline in Hub Spot, drive opportunity progression, and ensure SLAs are met.
• Relationship management: Cultivate senior relationships at agencies (planning, investment, programmatic), sales leadership at platforms and directly with brand marketers. Position Rev Optimal as a long-term growth partner, not just a data vendor.
• Voice of customer: Channel market feedback to product and data teams to improve audience product strategy and internal reporting.

You Have:

• 7+ years in digital ad, audience or programmatic sales at a publisher, data provider, DSP, SSP or other media platform.
• A track record of exceeding quota selling audience/data solutions, PMPs or direct IO deals to agencies/brands, including experience with pPolitical-focused opportunities.
• Experience selling data or media solutions directly into the political/public affairs sector (campaigns, agencies, advocacy groups).
• Existing, strong connections within the political and advocacy advertising landscape (Republican, Democratic, and Non-Partisan).
• Knowledge of campaign finance compliance (FEC/local laws) and common political advertising platforms.
• Existing relationships across holding-company agencies or independents and/or trading desks; comfortable presenting to senior buyers and stakeholders.
• Fluency in the programmatic landscape and all its acronyms - from DMP to PMP
• Strong commercial acumen: pricing strategy, negotiation, and multi-threading complex deals.
• CRM discipline (Salesforce or Hub Spot), plus working knowledge of Excel/Sheets; comfort with BI tools like Omni/Looker/Tableau a plus.
• Strategic, disciplined, and proactive — someone who thrives in high-accountability, performance-first cultures
• Excellent communication—clear, concise proposals and persuasive storytelling.
• I AB Digital Media Sales Certification, The Trade Desk Edge Academy, Google DV360 certifications.
• Familiarity with privacy frameworks (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA), consent signals, and identity/clean-room solutions.
• OTE: base + uncapped variable, with accelerators for over-performance

Rev Optimal is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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