Local Business Development Manager

NewsBreak is looking for a Local Business Development Manager to acquire local advertising budgets at scale. This hire will leverage NewsBreak's local mission to establish a repeatable partnership pipeline in the local / home-services category. This is a foundation-building role tied to NewsBreak's long-term strategic focus on local to break through and improve local ad density in a way that fits the user experience.

Responsibilities

Scaled Acquisition: Acquire local ad budgets at scale by building and closing one-to-many partnerships (partner networks, marketplaces, referral/affiliate-style deals); Full-Cycle Ownership: Own the full partnership lifecycle: prospecting, pitching, negotiating, and onboarding one-to-many partners that bring local advertiser demand onto the NewsBreak platform; Category Leadership: Serve as NewsBreak's direct BD presence in the local / home-services category, reducing dependency on agency relationships NewsBreak doesn't directly manage; Cross-Functional Support: Partner with Product, Account Management, and Marketing to ensure new partnerships are supported post-launch and retained; Reporting: Track and report on partnership pipeline, signed deals, and resulting local ad spend / ad density metrics

Requirements

4+ years of business development, partnerships, or channel-sales experience, ideally with a track record building one-to-many or affiliate-style partnerships (not solely single-advertiser sales); Experience in, or strong familiarity with, the local / home-services advertising ecosystem; Demonstrated ability to source, negotiate, and close scaled partnership agreements; Comfortable working against a longer-term, foundation-building mandate rather than a purely short-term revenue quota; Existing relationships within the home-services, local-lead-gen, or local-marketplace space; Experience at a self-service advertising platform, DSP, or ad network

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision care for you and your family; Top-tier 401(k) plan with company matching; Paid time off and paid holidays; Paid parental leave; FSA and commuter benefits programs; Team activity budget