--- title: 'Advertising Sales Manager at Taboola' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/advertising-sales-manager-taboola-tokyo-q9xaxttkd9yj' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-05' --- # Advertising Sales Manager at Taboola - **Company:** Taboola - **Location:** Tokyo, Japan - **Posted:** 2026-05-15 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05 - **Apply:** https://www.taboola.com/careers/job/7869586?gh_jid=7869586 ## Job description Realize your potential by joining the leading performance-driven advertising company! As an Advertising Sales Manager on the Advertiser Sales team in our Tokyo Office, you’ll play a vital role in building and growing strategic partnerships with advertisers and agencies across Japan. You’ll help clients unlock the power of Taboola’s native advertising solutions, delivering measurable results and expanding our advertiser network. This is a high-impact role for someone who loves selling smart and thrives in a dynamic, fast-moving environment. To thrive in this role, you'll need: - 4+ years of experience selling in the Japan market within a tech or online media environment - A strategic mindset with experience planning and executing effective sales strategies - Strong presentation and communication skills with the ability to tailor pitches to client needs - Confidence in using data and analytics to guide decision-making and influence client outcomes - A proactive and driven approach to building pipeline, closing deals, and driving revenue - A collaborative attitude — you’ll partner closely with internal teams across account management, marketing, legal, and product Bonus points if you have: - Experience selling online video advertising - Background in digital media or advertising sales How you’ll make an impact: As an Advertising Sales Manager, you’ll bring value by: - Identifying, pitching, and closing new advertising deals with both brands and agencies - Building strong relationships with client stakeholders and introducing them to Taboola’s platform - Managing a healthy sales pipeline and forecasting business outcomes with accuracy - Collaborating with account managers to ensure smooth campaign setup and delivery - Sharing on-the-ground insights with product teams to influence new features and improvements - Leading contract negotiations and ongoing relationship management across the Japan market Why Taboola? If you ask Taboolars what they love about working here, they’ll tell you that they’ve been empowered to realize their full potential while growing and learning from and with smart and talented people. They’ll also share more about: - Adam Singolda, Taboola Founder and CEO, says: “You can copy anything from another business but you can’t copy a company’s culture.” - Well-being: Enjoy a range of locally relevant benefits and workplace perks. - Flexibility: We offer a hybrid work schedule with 3 days in-office with an option to come in more often if desired. - Work with some of the biggest names: Our publisher partners include Yahoo, Conde Nast, Fox Sports, NBCU, ESPN, CBS, and E! Online. Our advertiser clients include Wells Fargo, Honda, Pinterest, Expedia and Honda. Ready to realize your potential? Taboola is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity in all forms. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and believe such an environment is critical for success. Employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Learn more about #TaboolaLife on https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?fetchDeterministicClustersOnly=true&heroEntityKey=urn%3Ali%3Aorganization%3A128707&keywords=taboola&origin=RICH_QUERY_SUGGESTION&position=2&searchId=dcc8bfbb-b05c-458e-a7f1-726d30e7dd80&sid=9(y&spellCorrectionEnabled=false, [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/taboola/), [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/taboola.israel/?hl=en), [X](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BctKkw2Vj_EOjvy24kjRKq_ZxZzmZxweIqNLQgsLtcs/edit?tab=t.0), [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6W0hdStO0jRVYhg4ABzjRw), & the [Taboola Life Blog](https://blog.taboola.com/category/taboola-life/?_gl=1*1c2v1ec*_ga*MTI4NTM3OTcyNy4xNjkxNTA0MjA0*_ga_ERHENNM7DM*MTcxMDM1MDIwMi4yMjMuMS4xNzEwMzUwMjI5LjMzLjAuMA..). ## About Taboola Taboola empowers businesses to grow through performance advertising technology that goes beyond search and social and delivers measurable outcomes at scale. Taboola works with thousands of businesses who advertise directly on Realize, Taboola’s powerful ad platform, reaching approximately 600M daily active users across some of the best publishers in the world. Publishers like NBC News, Yahoo, and OEMs such as Samsung, Xiaomi and others use Taboola’s technology to grow audience and revenue, enabling Realize to offer unique data, specialized algorithms, and unmatched scale. ## #LI-SI #LI-Hybrid ## About Taboola ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Digital advertising / Ad tech (content recommendation, native advertising, performance marketing) - **Target customers**: B2B – publishers and advertisers of all sizes, from SMBs to large enterprises - **Mission or purpose**: To help people discover what’s next and enable advertisers to reach audiences at scale on the open web. ## Products & Services - **Realize**: Performance advertising platform that uses Taboola’s unique data and reach to drive high-intent conversions beyond search and social. - **Taboola Feed**: In-feed native ad placements integrated into publisher content streams. - **DeeperDive**: Contextual targeting solution that matches ads to article content. - **Taboola News**: Ad placements within mobile news apps and home screens. - **Taboola for Audience**: Audience extension and retargeting product. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: ~$1.14 billion (as of mid-2026) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/taboola) - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $1.9 billion (2024) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/taboola) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Fidelity (led Series E), Yahoo (post-IPO equity), Evergreen Venture Partners. Key partnerships include major publishers and Yahoo. - **Growth Signals**: 7.9% YoY employee growth (1,634 employees), 39 countries of operation, strong hiring despite market conditions, multiple Great Place to Work certifications globally. ## Competitive Advantages - **AI-driven platform**: Heavy investment in machine learning for contextual targeting and performance optimization, differentiating from legacy click-driven native ads. - **Scale and reach**: One of the largest content recommendation networks on the open web, serving billions of recommendations daily. - **Data moat**: Proprietary user-engagement data across a vast publisher network enables superior ad targeting. - **Strong publisher relationships**: Long-term contracts with top media sites create a defensible supply-side advantage. ## Strategic Focus - **Moving beyond native advertising**: Evolving into a full-fledged performance advertising platform (Realize) to compete with Google and Meta in the open web. - **AI investment**: Continued R&D to improve ad relevance and ROI for advertisers. - **Expansion into new verticals and geographies**: Growing presence in emerging markets and diversifying product offerings (e.g., Taboola News). ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Consistently rated a top workplace – 4.2/5 on Glassdoor, certified Great Place to Work in 10 countries, Fortune Best Workplaces in NYC and Advertising & Marketing (2024, 2025), Built In Best Workplace (2024–2026). [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/taboola/faq/workplace-perception) - **Work model**: Hybrid – 3 days in office, 2 remote (with flexibility to be in office more). Flexible Time Off (FTO) built on trust. - **Perks**: Daily lunch credits or catered meals, stocked kitchens, wellness zones, game rooms, gender-neutral restrooms. Biannual performance reviews, internal mobility, and promotion from within. - **Engineering culture**: 436 technical employees (21% of workforce), strong R&D presence in Israel (662 employees). Managers and specialists make up the largest seniority groups, offering clear growth paths. - **Leadership**: CEO Adam Singolda has 91% approval on Glassdoor; monthly all-hands with transparent Q&A. ## Sources 1. [taboola.com – Careers](https://www.taboola.com/careers) 2. [linkedin.com – Taboola Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/taboola) 3. [builtin.com – Workplace Perception FAQ](https://builtin.com/company/taboola/faq/workplace-perception) 4. [taboola.com – Homepage](https://www.taboola.com/) 5. 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