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Viant’s Travel business is already a major success, with deep adoption across Travel, Tourism, and hospitality. We are now seeking a Head of Industry, Travel to further accelerate our growth in this category by scaling brand-direct demand, expanding agency adoption, and strengthening our travel targeting and measurement solutions.
Job Responsibility:
Scale Viant’s already-successful Travel business by expanding direct brand relationships in tourism, travel, and hospitality
Establish Viant as the premier programmatic solution for the category by evangelizing our travel targeting, measurement, and identity solutions
Drive greater industry awareness through thought leadership, conference participation, and client education
Own and grow brand-direct demand while also supporting the core sales team in driving agency adoption across the Travel category
Develop and execute a brand-first GTM strategy that ensures Viant is embedded in key tourism and hospitality marketing budgets
Partner with agency teams to help them navigate the evolving Travel programmatic landscape and ensure Viant is the platform of choice
Hire, train, and scale a team of Travel-focused sellers to drive continued adoption
Define success metrics and manage performance to ensure Viant continues to outpace the market in Travel programmatic growth
Serve as the executive face of Viant’s Travel business, representing the company at industry events and in high-stakes client meetings
Work closely with Product teams to develop new innovative Travel ad products and further enhance Viant’s travel targeting, identity resolution, develop new ad products and measurement capabilities
Collaborate with Business Development to identify key data, measurement, and supply partnerships that strengthen Viant’s Travel offering
Ensure Viant’s measurement solutions align with tourism and travel marketing objectives and help clients prove ROI
Requirements:
15+ years of advertising experience
Minimum of 7+ years in Travel marketing (brand-direct, agency, or vendor side experience)
Expertise in tourism and hospitality marketing
Deep understanding of programmatic advertising (CTV, Streaming Audio, Online Video, Display, DOOH, and Mobile)
Proven track record of building brand-direct relationships and scaling programmatic adoption in Travel
Experience hiring and leading high-performing GTM teams in adtech, programmatic, or digital media
Ability to work cross-functionally with sales, product, business development, and marketing teams