--- title: 'Regional Vice President, Business Development - North America at Adlook' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/regional-vice-president-business-development-north-america-adlook-chicago-p3pjxp9b5zav' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-14' --- # Regional Vice President, Business Development - North America at Adlook - **Company:** Adlook - **Location:** Chicago, IL - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-08-17 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-14 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/adlook/43c72055-6d94-4fff-a4d0-411c134a5dd7 ## Job description North America is a top growth priority for Adlook, and we're looking for the leader to build it. As VP of Business Development, North America, you'll build and lead a team of Business Development Reps, own senior relationships with agencies and brands, and set the go-to-market strategy for the region. ## What You'll Do - Take an entrepreneurial approach to winning new business across North America, with the US as a focus market - Build and lead a team of Business Development Reps across the region - Own relationships with senior stakeholders at agencies and brands - Drive cross-functional projects to deliver against business expectations - Evangelize Adlook's values and USPs within the regional team and with clients - Mentor and lead the team - Define and execute the go-to-market strategy for North America, in partnership with global leadership - Represent Adlook at industry events, conferences, and client meetings to build brand presence in the region ## Requirements - 10+ years in business development / sales within adtech, martech, or digital media — ideally with DSP, programmatic, or performance marketing exposure in a managerial role - Proven track record building and scaling a BD or sales team from the ground up - Established network of senior relationships at agencies and/or brands in the US market - Strong commercial acumen — comfortable owning a revenue number and building the plan to hit it - Experience operating in a high-growth, entrepreneurial environment with limited structure - Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to work cross-functionally with Product, Marketing, and Ad Operations - Based in the US (or willing to relocate), with flexibility to travel across North America - Fluent English; additional languages a plus Why Adlook? - A real leadership mandate. This isn't inheriting a built-out org — it's building one. You'll shape the team, the strategy, and the North America playbook from close to zero. - Backed, not bootstrapped. As part of RTB House Group, you get the stability and resources of an established global player while still working with startup speed and autonomy. - A seat at the table. Direct visibility with senior leadership and a real say in how Adlook shows up commercially in the region. - Momentum. North America is a strategic growth priority right now — you're joining at the point where the impact of what you build is most visible. ## About Adlook ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Adlook is an independent, AI-powered media buying platform that helps brands grow on the open web and Connected TV by simplifying programmatic complexity and delivering measurable outcomes. - **Entity Type**: Private (no funding rounds publicly disclosed) - **Headquarters**: Warsaw, Poland (with offices in London, Paris, São Paulo, Chicago, and other global locations) - **Founded**: 2022 - **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Advertising Services / AdTech / Programmatic Advertising - **Target customers**: B2B – consumer marketers and product-driven brands across verticals like automotive, FMCG, healthcare, and food - **Mission / purpose**: “Empower product-driven brands to grow faster and smarter – cutting through digital noise and turning media into measurable results.” ## Products & Services - **Self-driving Media Buying Platform**: A unified, end-to-end model offering Curated, Managed, or Self-service levels of control. Built-in tools for brand safety, attention-based buying, and creative optimization. - **Smart Audiences (AI-powered)**: Uses generative AI to double targeting precision compared to legacy segments. - **Deep Learning Bidder**: Ensures 90% more efficient media buying paths. - **Supply Path Optimization (SPO)**: Delivers seven times better media quality. - **Attention & Sustainability Measurement**: Partners with Adelaide, Lumen, and Scope3 to measure attention, brand lift, and carbon impact. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding not publicly available; revenue not disclosed. Employee count: 167 (as of latest data, +20.8% YoY, +35 people). - **Notable Investors / Partners**: Not publicly listed. Partnerships include Adelaide, Lumen, Scope3. Backed by 400+ engineers within a global AdTech network cooperating with 7,000+ advertisers in 100+ markets. - **Growth Signals**: Rapid headcount growth (+20.8% YoY); expansion into multiple global offices (10+); active hiring across Sales, Business Development, Client Development, and Solutions roles in North America, Europe, and LATAM. ## Competitive Advantages - **Engineering-first, transparent AI** built by Deep Learning pioneers – differentiates from black-box competitors. - **Outcome-focused accountability** – goes beyond clicks/impressions to measure real business outcomes. - **Cookieless targeting** – future-proof solution in a privacy-first world. - **Full integration** of planning, activation, and analysis in one platform, reducing complexity for advertisers. ## Strategic Focus - Scaling global presence, particularly in North America (multiple Business Development and Sales Director roles in Chicago, Boston, Dallas). - Deepening AI capabilities (agentic AI, generative AI for audience creation). - Strengthening partnerships for attention and sustainability measurement. - Hiring aggressively across commercial and technical teams to support growth. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Flat hierarchies, clear communication, full ownership and responsibility. Employee rating 4.5/5.0 on LinkedIn (36 reviews), with high marks for Work-Life (4.5), Compensation (4.5), Culture (4.3), and Career (4.5). - **Work model**: Hybrid roles in most locations (Warsaw, Paris, São Paulo, London, Chicago, etc.), with some on-site positions (e.g., Finance in Warsaw). - **Notable perks**: Backed by a global network of 400+ engineers; opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI in advertising; international team across 15 countries. ## Sources 1. [adlook.com/about-us](https://adlook.com/about-us/) 2. [linkedin.com/company/adlookco](https://www.linkedin.com/company/adlookco/) 3. [jobs.lever.co/adlook](https://jobs.lever.co/adlook/) 4. [cbinsights.com/company/adlook](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/adlook) 5. 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