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# Regional Head – Ad Sales (Mumbai) at Z1 Tech

- **Company:** Z1 Tech
- **Location:** Mumbai, India
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-01-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-15
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/z1tech/be201e23-1bd7-48c8-8256-354eab8893fd

## Job description

VDO.AI is a global advertising technology innovator, providing brands with intelligent high impact solutions that win the war for consumer attention. Our solutions drive the right outcomes for brands by combining creativity, reach, and targeting across devices, enabling the upper- and mid-funnel brand objectives that all brands and agencies require, turning awareness into performance. We develop impactful connections by curating customized video-driven experiences that convert brand awareness into measurable response.

Regional Head – Ad Sales will own and scale ad revenue for Z1 Tech (VDO.AI). This role is responsible for driving revenue growth, building senior client relationships, and leading a high-performing sales team across agencies and brands.

What will you do as Regional Head - Ad Sales :

- Own and deliver annual ad revenue targets and sales pipeline.
- Define and execute the ad sales strategy aligned with business goals.
- Build and manage senior relationships with agencies, brands, and strategic partners.
- Drive large-value negotiations and close complex, strategic deals.
- Collaborate with Product, Marketing, and Ad Ops to strengthen go-to-market execution.
- Represent the company at key industry forums and client events.
- Set up meetings and have strategic discussions with marketing leaders
- Prepare for meetings by researching each company, their current marketing strategy, and their unique challenges

What are we looking for :

- 10+ years of experience in digital advertising, media sales, ad tech, or a related industry, with progressive leadership responsibilities.
- Proven track record of owning large revenue numbers and scaling sales teams.
- Strong agency and brand relationships across display, video, native, and programmatic.
- Excellent leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience in ad tech, programmatic, or video advertising preferred.

Z1 Tech (Great Place to Work-Certified™) is a technology first company which strives to innovate digital advertising and marketing to streamline automation in favor of humankind. Our mission is to build for the future. We believe in trying to play where the technology is going, not where it has been. This has enabled us to bet on the future and build successful brands like VDO.AI, Receptix, Jnee and NewsD. Our offices are located in New York and in India (Gurugram).

At VDO.AI, we think innovatively. We are diverse and celebrate each other’s achievement and knowledge. We believe that equality in the workplace drives progress and works as a catalyst to holistic growth. Started with just 5 core members, we are now a team of over 150 people who adhere to different values, beliefs, experiences, backgrounds, and preferences, it still seems like day one.

We're committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion and represents employees across various skill sets. We embrace contributions from all ages, sexes, races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, and gender identities

## About Z1 Tech

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Z1 Tech is a technology-first digital media and advertising company that builds products such as VDO.AI and Plunic to revolutionize digital content consumption experiences across the globe.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Gurugram, Haryana, India (with a second office in Mountain View, California, USA)
- **Founded**: 2014 (company website notes its "quest started" in 2015)
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: AdTech, Digital Media, Artificial Intelligence
- **Target customers**: B2B — brands, advertisers, agencies, publishers, app developers, and gaming studios
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Inventing the future of Digital Media and Advertising" — specifically, to explore strengths, push the limits of creativity and resilience, and develop uncomplicated yet effective solutions for various brands.

## Products & Services
- **VDO.AI**: A digital video advertising and content streaming platform, and the company's flagship brand. It powers monetization and ad delivery across web, mobile, and gaming inventory.
- **Plunic**: A product/brand built by Z1 Tech's innovation team, focused on new-age digital media experiences.
- **Programmatic & SSP/Yield Monetization Solutions**: Services for publishers including GAM-driven monetization, OpenRTB/SDK integration, mediation partnerships, and ad operations management.
- **App Campaigns & Mobile Partnerships**: Mobile supply acquisition, demand/mediation partnerships, and enterprise publisher integrations for app and gaming advertisers.
- **Search & Performance Marketing**: Media buying, app campaign advertising, and performance-driven ad sales services.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding not disclosed; however, the company reports streaming **over 5 petabytes of content** and reaching **25 million people every day**. Headcount is **143–200+ employees** depending on the source (LinkedIn reports 143; Built In and the company site report 150–200).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed. Talent and business connections observed include Airtel, Accenture, Cognizant, WNS, Media.net, Silverpush, AdPushup, and Kraftshala.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - LinkedIn follower growth of **+20.1% YoY** and monthly growth of +1.2%
  - Active job postings: **12 openings** as of the latest data, with +20% YoY job posting growth (though monthly/quarterly trends show some short-term reduction)
  - Expanding global footprint: workforce distributed across India, Canada, United States, and Saudi Arabia; offices in Gurugram and Mountain View; remote roles in Vancouver and Mumbai
  - Company states an ambition to grow **workforce, partners, and brand awareness by 3X every year**
  - Recent hiring signals in frontier areas: quantitative trading, programmatic revenue leadership, mobile apps & gaming monetization (APAC)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary adtech infrastructure**: Streams over 5 petabytes of content with in-house technology, demonstrating large-scale delivery capability.
- **Multi-brand portfolio**: VDO.AI and Plunic diversify revenue and offer integrated solutions from ad delivery to monetization.
- **Global reach**: Daily audience of 25 million plus a presence across the USA, APAC, and Europe positions the company to serve multinational brands and publishers.
- **Adtech talent density**: A deep bench of specialists across marketing, engineering, sales, and product teams, with alumni flows into/from major adtech and IT firms (Silverpush, AdPushup, Media.net, Accenture, Cognizant).
- **Great Place to Work recognition**: Certifies strong internal culture as differentiator in a competitive talent market.

## Strategic Focus
- **Mobile & gaming monetization**: Actively hiring for APAC publisher and ad sales roles to drive growth in mobile apps and gaming partnerships.
- **Global publisher expansion**: Building enterprise publisher integrations and mediation demand through SDK, OpenRTB, and server-to-server connections.
- **Programmatic and yield optimization**: Investing in SSP and yield management services to increase publisher revenue and operational efficiency.
- **Diversification beyond adtech**: Job postings for a "Quantitative Trade" role suggest exploration into quantitative/algorithmic trading as a new vertical.
- **Aggressive scaling**: Company-wide target is 3X growth in workforce, partners, and brand awareness annually.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture and recognition**: Certified as "A Great Place to Work"; employee rating of **4.3/5.0 across 379 reviews**, with sub-scores of Work-Life 4.3, Compensation 4.4, Culture 4.4, and Career 4.3.
- **Team size and growth**: Join a lean, high-output team of 143–200+ professionals across 4+ countries; the company emphasizes a start-up-like environment with growth ambitions of 3X per year.
- **Work environment**: Mixed models available — primarily in-office/on-site in Gurugram and Mountain View, with some hybrid and remote roles (e.g., Vancouver, Mumbai).
- **Tech stack exposure**: Hands-on experience with a modern adtech stack: JavaScript, React, Python, SQL, Prebid, DV360, Taboola, Google Analytics, Tableau, Looker, Figma, and more.
- **Perks and cadence**: The company describes its culture as "We work hard and party harder," emphasizing a balance between rigorous execution and team celebrations.
- **Global exposure**: Opportunity to collaborate across the USA, APAC, and Europe, with cross-functional projects spanning sales, product, engineering, and operations.

## Sources
1. [z1tech.com](https://www.z1tech.com/)
2. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/z1tech)
3. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/z1-tech)
4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/z1-tech)
5. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/z1-tech/jobs)

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