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Sales Director, Agency Growth
- Location NY, USA
- Salary $175k/year - 225k/year
- Posted November 4, 2025
Sales Director, Agency Growth
$175K–$200K Base + Commission + Equity | AI SaaS | New York (Hybrid)
A fast-growing AI marketing SaaS company is hiring a Sales Director, Agency Growth to drive enterprise sales across global agency holding companies and leading independent agencies. This is a high-impact role for a proven agency-facing seller who thrives in consultative enterprise sales, understands complex agency structures, and is excited to help define a new era of AI-powered marketing.
If you know how to navigate account teams, partnerships groups, centers of excellence, and investment teams—and you love closing new logos in competitive markets—this role offers autonomy, influence, and meaningful upside.
What You’ll Do
- Own sales strategy and execution for global agencies and independent agency networks
- Build relationships across holding companies, COEs, investment teams, and agency leadership
- Lead full-cycle sales: outreach, diagnosis, pitching, negotiation, and closing new logos
- Evangelize the platform and educate agency leaders on emerging AI marketing opportunities
- Become an expert in the evolving AI-driven marketing landscape and how brands will shift budgets, workflows, and measurement
- Partner with product and marketing to develop sales collateral, narratives, and case studies
- Influence pricing, packaging, and GTM motions based on agency needs and market insights
- Represent the company at agency meetings, industry events, and executive briefings
- Track pipeline, forecast revenue, and hit ambitious quota targets
What Will Set You Up for Success
- 5+ years of platform, data, or media sales into agency holding companies
- Proven track record closing enterprise deals and hitting revenue targets
- Ability to navigate complex agency organizations and multi-stakeholder sales cycles
- Strong understanding of digital media, ad tech, or marketing platforms
- Familiarity with AI—or a deep interest and willingness to learn fast
- Consultative, strategic, and comfortable educating clients on new technology
- Entrepreneurial and self-sufficient—comfortable selling as an early IC on a small but elite team
- Willingness to travel as needed for pitches, meetings, and industry events
Why This Opportunity
- Sell into the most powerful agencies and brands during a once-in-a-generation shift in marketing
- Huge whitespace as budgets move from legacy mar-tech to AI-driven tools
- Work with seasoned industry veterans and a best-in-class product
- Competitive comp, uncapped commission potential, and meaningful equity
- High ownership and a clear path to expand the revenue organization