Senior Publisher Partnerships Manager (UK)

Location: London, UK; hybrid work from home, the London office, and on the road. Candidates must be based in London or elsewhere in the UK and ready to be in London regularly.

Company

hirify.global is an independent suite of AI-powered advertising technologies built on sustainable infrastructure, helping publishers and advertisers improve programmatic monetization across web, apps, CTV, and other devices.

What you will do

• Map the UK market and identify independent premium, mid-market, vertical, niche, regional, and digital-first publishers with monetization potential.
• Activate relationships with publisher owners, founders, CEOs, CROs, and Heads of Revenue to build a qualified pipeline.
• Assess publisher ad stacks, traffic quality, and revenue potential using market and ad-stack analysis tools.
• Present hirify.global’s monetization proposition, including header bidding, consent, Core Web Vitals, yield, and average RPM uplift.
• Lead negotiations and close exclusive long-term partnerships, coordinating contractual work with Legal and handoffs to Account Management and Ad Operations.
• Provide UK market intelligence and help shape hirify.global’s UK go-to-market and supply playbook.

Requirements

• 10+ years of ad tech or digital media sales experience on the publisher side, including a proven record of closing and growing publisher partnerships in the UK.
• Established decision-maker network among UK Tier 2 publishers, including independent premium, mid-market, vertical, and niche media.
• Experience selling exclusive or managed-service monetization solutions beyond non-exclusive SSP integrations.
• Executive presence, negotiation skills, and the ability to structure and close long-term partnerships with publisher owners and C-level stakeholders.
• Hunter mindset, including opening new accounts, handling objections, closing independently, and managing complex deals.
• Understanding of programmatic mechanics, including header bidding, SSPs, ad servers, yield, consent management, IAB TCF, and UK GDPR.
• Strong analytical skills for building data-backed business cases involving RPM uplift, traffic analysis, and yield comparison.
• Experience in a fast-growing ad tech company or market launch where the business had to be built rather than inherited.
• Regular use of AI tools to research, prepare, and scale sales activity.

Nice to have

• Experience selling video monetization or CMP and consent solutions.
• Knowledge of CTV and in-app monetization trends in the UK.
• Familiarity with SimilarWeb, BuiltWith, or ad-stack analyzers.
• French language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Ownership of the UK market as the first dedicated senior seller in the region.
• Fast-moving, pragmatic, analytical environment focused on collective impact, prioritization, and problem solving.
• Collaboration with teams across Europe and North America.
• Claude is available to every team member within the AI usage policy.
• Private health insurance, pension plan, and life insurance.

Hiring process

• Interview with Talent Acquisition about motivations, ambitions, and the hirify.global mindset.
• Analytical and business logic tests, followed by discussions with the future manager and other hirify.global team members.
• References are taken; the process is mainly conducted by videoconference, although some stages may require a face-to-face meeting.