Lead and grow the Denver sales team to exceed revenue targets by coaching sellers, driving new business, managing client relationships with agencies and brands, partnering cross-functionally for onboarding and success, delivering forecasts and market insights, and representing Viant at industry events.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
We’re seeking a high-impact, results-driven Director of Sales to lead our Denver sales team. This is a key leadership role within Viant, where you’ll mentor and empower a high-performing team of sellers to drive new business and deepen client relationships across agencies and brands in Denver and the surrounding markets.
In this fast-paced, collaborative environment, you’ll play a vital role in growing our presence and revenue in the region. If you're a hands-on leader who thrives on coaching others to succeed, building strategic partnerships, and closing big deals, we want to hear from you.
THE DAY-TO-DAY:
- Lead and inspire the Denver office to exceed sales goals and deliver exceptional client outcomes.
- Coach and mentor team members, providing ongoing guidance, training, and support to help them grow and succeed.
- Drive new business, supporting the team in prospecting, pitching, and closing opportunities.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior executives across brands and agencies.
- Partner with internal teams (Account Management, Client Services) to ensure seamless onboarding and long-term client success.
- Provide clear revenue forecasting and market insights to inform company strategy.
- Guide discovery sessions and storytelling product demos that highlight Viant’s value proposition.
- Participate in industry events and serve as a brand ambassador for Viant in the market.
- Deliver customer feedback to internal stakeholders to support continuous product improvement.
GREAT TO HAVE:
- 10+ years of experience in digital media or ad tech sales, ideally 4+ years in a leadership or team management role.
- Proven success building and leading high-performing, quota-exceeding sales teams.
- Strong understanding of the programmatic/DSP/data-driven advertising landscape.
- Established network of agency and client-direct relationships across Denver and surrounding markets, including all of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, and New Mexico.
- Skilled communicator with experience leading senior-level client meetings.
- Passionate about mentorship, professional development, and creating a winning team culture.
- Organized, detail-oriented, and proficient in CRM tools like Salesforce.
- Confident, driven, and motivated by helping others achieve their goals.
Investing in our employee’s professional growth is important to us, but so is investing in their well-being. That’s why Viant was voted one of the best places to work and some of our favorite employee benefits include fully paid health insurance, paid parental leave and unlimited PTO and more.
Base compensation range: $170,000 - $210,000
In accordance with California law, the range provided is Viant’s reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. Final title and compensation for the position will be based on several factors including work experience and education.
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About Viant
Viant Technology (NASDAQ: DSP) is an exclusively buy-side, AI-powered advertising platform purpose-built for CTV. Viant uniquely combines proprietary content intelligence, household-level identity resolution, and person-level attention signals to connect advertisers with real customers and drive measurable outcomes across the open internet. Through its award-winning AI solutions, Viant is building the future of autonomous advertising, where AI doesn't just assist the campaign, it delivers real results. Learn more at viantinc.com.
Viant is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. Viant prohibits unlawful discrimination against employees or applicants based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, reproductive health decision making, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, military status, veteran status, uniformed service member status, sexual orientation, transgender identity, citizenship status, pregnancy, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. Viant also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.
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