Programmatic Account Executive
Lyft · New York, NY · 4 days ago
HybridBusiness Development$98k–$123k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Own a book of agency and holdco accounts — prospect, pitch, negotiate, and close data licensing and off-platform audience activation deals (Lyft audiences syndicated to DSPs, SSPs, and partner platforms — not Lyft-owned inventory)
- Build relationships across investment, planning, data strategy, and programmatic trading desks at major holdcos (GroupM, Omnicom Media Group, Publicis Media, IPG, Dentsu, Horizon, Stagwell, etc.)
- Hit and exceed quarterly revenue targets
- Translate Lyft's first-party mobility data into briefs that win RFPs — audience segments, geo/movement signals, and measurement use cases
- Partner with Account Management, Data Partnerships, and Product to ensure clean activation, attribution, and renewal
- Maintain accurate pipeline hygiene in Salesforce and forecast with discipline
Requirements
- 3–5 years of digital media or data sales experience, with meaningful exposure to programmatic (PMP, PG, open exchange) and/or agency holdco accounts
- Track record of closing and growing agency business
- Comfortable with the alphabet soup: DSPs (DV360, TTD, Yahoo), SSPs, data clean rooms (LiveRamp, Habu, AWS), IDFA/MAID/postal-code targeting, MMM and incrementality conversations
- Strong written and verbal communication; can build a deck and run a meeting
- Hungry, organized, and coachable
Qualifications
- Direct experience selling audience data, data licensing, or off-platform activation (ex-LiveRamp, Foursquare, Kochava, Experian, TransUnion, Acxiom, or similar)
- Existing relationships at holdco trading desks and data strategy teams
Skills
- Comfortable with the alphabet soup: DSPs (DV360, TTD, Yahoo), SSPs, data clean rooms (LiveRamp, Habu, AWS), IDFA/MAID/postal-code targeting, MMM and incrementality conversations
Benefits
- Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled
- Mental health benefits
- Family building benefits
- Child care and pet benefits
- 401(k) plan with company match to help save for your future
- 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
- Subsidized commuter benefits
- Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership