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title: 'Country Lead, Brazil at Samba'
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# Country Lead, Brazil at Samba

- **Company:** Samba
- **Location:** São Paulo, Brazil
- **Employment:** internship
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-03-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-14
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/sambatv/ba52ecf8-7620-4cba-b282-bd6965a0204c

## Job description

Samba is a media intelligence company. We know what the world is watching, reading, and thinking about — in real time, at scale, across every screen. Our data exists with the consent of over a billion people, organized into the most complete picture of consumer attention ever built. The biggest brands in the world use that picture to make smarter decisions. We think it’s the most interesting data asset on the planet, because it’s the most culturally relevant.

Samba is entering the Brazilian market, and we're looking for an entrepreneurial, multi-disciplinary consultant to lead the charge on the ground. This is a true 0-to-1 opportunity: you won't inherit a playbook — you'll write it. You'll combine commercial acumen, business development instincts, and technical fluency to establish Samba's presence, build partnerships, drive initial revenue, and shape go-to-market products tailored to local market conditions and regulatory requirements. This role sits at the intersection of commercial partnerships, business development, solutions engineering, and market strategy. We need someone who can pitch to senior brand and agency contacts in the morning, troubleshoot data integrations in the afternoon, and brief our product team on local market requirements in the evening. If you thrive in ambiguity, build structure where none exists, and are energized by the prospect of building a new market from scratch — this role is for you. This is a contract / consultant engagement based in São Paulo. The initial engagement period will be defined based on mutual alignment, with the potential for extension or conversion based on market traction and business needs. Travel within Brazil is expected; occasional travel to Samba offices in the US or other international locations may be required.

## What You'll Do

Own the commercial strategy for Brazil: identify target accounts, build pipeline, and close initial deals across agencies, advertisers, and media companies.

- Take a consultative approach to sales — educate the market on Samba's data, measurement, and audience solutions while adapting value propositions to local needs.
- Develop and execute account plans for key prospects, manage the full sales cycle from prospecting through close, and maintain accurate forecasting.
- Identify, evaluate, and negotiate strategic partnerships with local broadcasters, OEMs, data providers, platforms, and technology partners critical to Samba's Brazil infrastructure.
- Map the Brazilian media, advertising, and data ecosystem — understand who the key players are, where the opportunities lie, and what partnerships unlock scale.
- Serve as the technical point of contact for prospects and partners — scope integrations, troubleshoot implementation questions, and translate Samba's product capabilities into client-specific solutions. • Provide technical pre-sales support: run product demos, respond to RFIs/RFPs, and build proof-of-concept solutions that demonstrate value.
- Develop a comprehensive Brazil market entry strategy encompassing regulatory landscape, competitive positioning, data privacy compliance (LGPD), partnership requirements, and revenue

projections.

- Build the operational foundation for Samba's Brazil presence — define processes, reporting cadences, and success metrics.
- Provide regular market updates and strategic recommendations to Samba's international and executive leadership.

## Who You Are

Entrepreneurial builder with 10+ years of commercial experience in ad tech, media, data, or DaaS/SaaS — with a proven track record of launching products, entering new markets, and closing deals in Brazil or broader Latin America.

- Commercially sharp and strategically minded: you've built pipelines, closed deals, and thought beyond quota to build something new, whether through a consulting, market entry, or strategic commercial background.
- Technically fluent: you understand APIs, data integrations, programmatic ecosystems, and measurement methodologies well enough to hold your own in technical conversations and troubleshoot client implementations.
- Deeply networked across the Brazilian ecosystem: established relationships with agencies, broadcasters, platforms, and advertisers, including major holding companies such as Publicis, WPP, Omnicom, Dentsu, Havas, and IPG.
- Knowledgeable about the Brazilian media and data landscape: including the television ecosystem (Globo, SBT, Record, RedeTV!, pay TV, OTT/streaming, ACR/smart TV), audience data, cross-screen measurement, and data privacy regulations (LGPD).
- Trilingual: native or professional fluency in Portuguese, English, and Spanish is required.
- Self-directed and cross-functional: you operate with significant autonomy, set your own priorities, and collaborate effectively across sales, product, engineering, legal, and marketing, often across time zones.
- Comfortable at the executive level: confident presenting to C-suite buyers and navigating complex, enterprise-level negotiations.
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree from a top-tier program is preferred.

Samba is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We strive to empower connection with one another, reflect the communities we serve, and tackle meaningful projects that make a real impact.

Samba may collect personal information directly from you, as a job applicant, Samba may also receive personal information from third parties, for example, in connection with a background, employment or reference check, in accordance with the applicable law. For further details, please see Samba's Applicant Privacy Policy. For residents of the EU , Samba Inc. is the data controller.

## About Samba

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Samba (formerly Samba TV) is a media intelligence company that uses AI and first-party deterministic data from 1.5 billion people to power cross-screen TV and digital advertising measurement, targeting, and analytics for the world's largest brands, publishers, and platforms.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2008
- **Founders**: Ashwin Navin (Co-founder & CEO), Alvir Navin (Co-founder & COO)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Media Intelligence / Advertising Technology / Data & Analytics
- **Target Customers**: B2B — primarily Enterprise (global brands, agencies, publishers, and platforms like Disney, Havas Media, and "the vast majority of top global brands")
- **Mission Statement**: Unite TV, digital, and behavioral data through AI to power faster, more accurate media decisions.

## Products & Services
- **Samba Analytics**: Independent cross-screen measurement using first-party data for deduplicated reach, frequency, and performance outcomes. Allows optimization of campaigns while they are still in-flight.
- **Samba Audiences**: Exclusive audience segments and Private Marketplaces (PMPs) built from Samba's deterministic cross-screen signals for effective targeting.
- **Samba Knowledge Graph**: AI-powered mapping of interests, behaviors, and purchase intent, linking content to 1.5 billion real people, devices, and households.
- **Samba ID**: A universal identity solution linking content to real people and devices across screens.
- **Samba AI**: Contextually analyzes and indexes all media content, including brand logo detection on TV.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Total Funding**: $75.7M USD across 9 rounds
    - Last known round: Series B ($30M, June 2017, led by Union Grove Venture Partners and Disney Accelerator)
    - Other notable rounds: Series A ($7M, February 2012, led by August Capital)
- **Key Metric**: Owns first-party TV and web data for 1.5 billion people globally.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: August Capital, Union Grove Venture Partners, Disney Accelerator. Strategic clients include Disney, Havas Media, and "every platform and publisher you need."
- **Growth Signals**: Acquired Semasio in 2024, becoming the only provider owning both TV and web first-party data. Rebranded from "Samba TV" to "Samba" in 2026. Global workforce of 251 employees (+20.1% YoY growth). Operations span 6 countries with 13 offices.

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-Party Data Moat**: Nearly two decades of proprietary, deterministic data from smart TVs (24 brands, 48M devices) and web (1.5B people), creating a unique and un-copyable dataset.
- **Full-Funnel Integration**: The only provider to combine TV and web first-party data (after acquiring Semasio), offering planning, measurement, and activation in one platform.
- **AI-Powered Knowledge Graph**: Goes beyond traditional media measurement by mapping interests, behaviors, and purchase intent, enabling contextual analysis without relying on third-party cookies.

## Strategic Focus
- **Platform Expansion**: Evolving from a TV data provider into a comprehensive "media intelligence" company (rebranded in 2026).
- **Cross-Screen Unification**: Connecting TV and digital data to provide a complete view of audience behavior across all screens.
- **AI & Contextual Intelligence**: Deepening investment in AI for content analysis, brand detection, and predictive audience targeting.
- **Global Scale**: Operating across six continents and expanding direct partnerships with major platforms and publishers.

## Why Work Here
- **Founder-Led Culture**: Described as having "startup intensity and enterprise impact," with a "culture that values ownership over hierarchy and outcomes over optics."
- **Global & Distributed**: Teams span San Francisco (HQ), New York, London, Hamburg, Sydney, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, Warsaw, Taipei, and Amsterdam. Officed with a global, collaborative ethos.
- **Engineering & Data-First**: Ships products that "touch billions of signals daily." A strong emphasis on data science, engineering, and product roles.
- **Compensation & Benefits**: Competitive base salary, equity participation, performance bonuses, generous parental leave, flexible PTO, annual learning budgets, home office stipend, and best-in-class hardware.
- **Culture Values** (from company career page): Determined & Resilient, Self-Aware, Naturally Curious, Low Ego, Results Oriented.
- **Employee Rating**: 3.9/5.0 on LinkedIn (172 reviews), with Work-Life Balance at 3.9, Compensation at 3.8, and Culture at 3.8.

## Sources
1. [samba.com](https://samba.com/about-samba) — About Samba / Company History
2. [samba.com](https://samba.com/careers) — Careers Page / Culture & Benefits
3. [samba.com](https://samba.com/) — Home Page / Product & Platform Overview
4. [linkedin.com/company/sambatv](https://www.linkedin.com/company/sambatv) — LinkedIn Profile (Company Details, Size, Financials)
5. [jobs.lever.co/sambatv](https://jobs.lever.co/sambatv) — Lever Careers Page (Open Roles)

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