AppLovin
Agency Development Lead - Independent Agencies
$202K–$248K
New York City, NY · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years in digital advertising; significant agency development, agency sales, or agency partnerships experience.
- Education
- BA/BS degree preferred.
About the job
Build and grow North American independent agency partnerships for AppLovin Ads, driving new business, client activation, and durable revenue growth.
What you'll do
- Own full-cycle sales and manage a pipeline of independent agency prospects and partners, including executive relationships and joint business planning.
- Expand agency partnerships through new-client activation, onboarding coordination, enablement, co-marketing, and retention support.
- Represent agency feedback and market trends internally, and develop partnership programs, playbooks, and team capabilities.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of experience in digital advertising, with significant agency development, sales, or partnerships experience at a leading ad tech, paid social, search, e-commerce, or technology company.
- Track record of winning agency business and expanding partnerships for performance-focused products or services.
- Deep understanding of agency operating models, economics, and media planning and channel decisions across independent agencies.
- Established senior relationships across North American independent agencies.
Nice to have
- BA/BS degree preferred.
- Experience with agency management at a performance advertising platform, commercial agreements or joint business plans, scaled agency programs, agency-side work, or mobile advertising and e-commerce performance advertising.
Pay
$202,500 — $247,500 USD (base salary)
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