Sales Manager - Johannesburg, South Africa

InMobi Advertising is a global technology leader helping marketers win the moments that matter. Our advertising platform reaches over 2 billion people across 150+ countries and turns real-time context into business outcomes, delivering results grounded in privacy-first principles. Trusted by 30,000+ brands and leading publishers, InMobi is where intelligence, creativity, and accountability converge.

By combining lock screens, apps, TVs, and the open web with AI and machine learning, we deliver receptive attention, precise personalization, and measurable impact. Through Glance AI, we are shaping AI Commerce, reimagining the future of e-commerce with inspiration-led discovery and shopping. Designed to seamlessly integrate into everyday consumer technology, Glance AI transforms every screen into a gateway for instant, personal, and joyful discovery.

Spanning diverse categories such as fashion, beauty, travel, accessories, home décor, pets, and beyond, Glance AI delivers deeply personalized shopping experiences. With rich first-party data and unparalleled consumer access, it harnesses InMobi’s global scale, insights, and targeting capabilities to create high impact, performance driven shopping journeys for brands worldwide. Recognized as a Great Place to Work, and by MIT Technology Review, Fast Company’s Top 10 Innovators, and more, InMobi is a workplace where bold ideas create global impact.

Backed by investors including SoftBank, Kleiner Perkins, and Sherpalo Ventures, InMobi has offices across San Mateo, New York, London, Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul, Jakarta, Bengaluru and beyond. At InMobi Advertising , you’ll have the opportunity to shape how billions of users connect with content, commerce, and brands worldwide. com Role Overview Microsoft and InMobi have entered into a strategic partnership.

As per this, InMobi Advertising will be the exclusive partner for Microsoft Advertising's search display inventory. Microsoft Search Advertising empowers the largest advertisers around the world to reach their maximum potential through paid search engine marketing on the Microsoft Bing Ads platform. InMobi will be responsible for complete business management/transaction across Microsoft Advertising.

As a Sales Manager in South Africa you are expected to drive new client acquisition and grow incremental revenue against a targeted list of high potential agencies and advertisers through continuous engagement. You are expected to continually build and maintain a pipeline of clients and agencies to be onboarded to the Microsoft Advertising platform. Collaborate with internal Account Managers and Strategy teams to develop quality customer plans targeted at revenue growth and customer satisfaction.

Cultivating strategic client relationships, revenue generation and delivering customized search solutions will be key to your core function. Your success will be measured by specific key performance indicators focused on driving new customer acquisition, product adoption, emphasizing customer experience and optimizing opportunities. What is expected out of you?

In the first quarter: Understand the Microsoft Advertising Ecosystem in South Africa and collaborate with internal stakeholders. Leverage your current relationships in the advertising ecosystem to drive revenue conversations as well as open up new relationships in the industry You will be expected to build a healthy predictable pipeline of clients to initiate and successfully close partnership and onboarding discussions. Consistently create high value revenue-generating opportunities that will work towards delivering quota expectations.

Lead regular, impactful engagements with key clients. Coordinate with the required teams to help achieve targets.