Title: Partner Manager, AppNexus Apps Marketplace – Strategic Partnerships Group

Contact: [email protected]

Role Type & Location: This is a full-time position based in New York, NY. The role is a part of the AppNexus Strategic Partnerships group.

AppNexus Strategic Partnerships: We are a team of multi-skilled thinkers building and managing world-class strategic partner relationships that grow AppNexus’ platform business.

Summary: AppNexus is looking for an App Marketplace Partner Manager to help manage activities within AppNexus’s latest industry-leading offering, the AppNexus App Marketplace.  This role is essential to help build and commercialize an innovative offering within our company. By helping to structure processes, coordinate resources internally and externally, and working closely with app partners, the Apps Marketplace Partner Manager will help to shape the future of a business unit.  The candidate’s primary role will be to help evolve a nascent program, and it will require excellent project management, knowledge of business fundamentals, great communication and strong organization skills. This is a highly valued role that will provide the candidate with a great deal of exposure to innovative companies building products and services across the display advertising ecosystem, internal AppNexus technology tools, and fantastic cross-functional opportunities within AppNexus.
Responsibilities

• Aid in apps commercialization and business planning to build the Apps Marketplace offering
• Advise, train and work with the Sales and Services teams, as well as their clients, to understand evolving business needs, identify the highest impact opportunities for app builders, and create programs to drive Marketplace growth
• Spearhead project management efforts with app partners, who are external companies, clients, and prospect clients, to help them build successful apps on top of AppNexus API frameworks
• Work with and support new app partners in their onboarding process with business-related inquiries
• Manage business needs, push for effective app feature upgrades, and handle day-to-day communications with existing partners
• Coordinate with Marketing to obtain case study materials from existing app partners
• Help create collateral for Sales, Services, Product, Engineering, and Marketing to evangelize AppNexus Apps
• Conduct research and industry benchmarking against other marketplace businesses
• Work cross-functionally with internal teams to spearhead app adoption, knowledge-building, and training for apps
• Document, track progress and prepare materials that summarize key milestones and developments within the Apps Marketplace
• Keep abreast of internal API and product features and inform app partners on company developments affecting app development
• Assist in planning and coordinating marketing events for app builders, data providers, and AppNexus app and data users

Requirements

• BS/BA from a top-tier school, MBA a plus
• Strong project management skills with an ability to manage external and internal stakeholders across several functional groups
• Entrepreneurial mindset, a self-starter and love for innovation
• Experience in product management/marketing, bringing features to market, or consulting is a plus
• Analytical skillset and a solid understanding of business concepts
• Process-oriented and organized, with attention to detail
• High energy creative thinker
• Amazing communication and people skills
• Familiarity with advertising technology products and API frameworks
• Experience in the advertising technology industry preferred