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Viant Technology

Head of Industry, CPG

Salary$225k – $250k
LocationNew York, NY, Chicago, Illinois, United States; Los Angeles, California, United States; New York, New York, United States
Typefull-time
SeniorityDirector
Experience15+ yrs
DepartmentSales
Company size501–1,000 people
First seenOct 5, 2026 · 6d ago
Verified live1d ago
At a glanceSummarised by Seekless from the posting.
Must have9
15+ years of advertising experience
Minimum of 5+ years working with CPG brands in a brand-direct, agency, or ad technology environment
Proven track record of building executive relationships, driving category revenue, and developing high-performing go-to-market teams
Deep expertise across consumer packaged goods categories
Strong understanding of programmatic advertising, including CTV, Online Video, Display, Mobile, Streaming Audio, and Digital Out-of-Home
Proven success building executive brand-direct relationships and expanding programmatic investment within large CPG organizations
Experience hiring, developing, and leading high-performing go-to-market teams within ad tech, digital media, or enterprise technology
Strategic, analytical mindset with the ability to translate evolving consumer behavior and marketing challenges into measurable advertising solutions
Exceptional communication and executive presentation skills with experience representing organizations at industry events and executive client engagements
Nice to have1
Experience working with retail media networks, commerce media, shopper marketing, or omnichannel measurement solutions
Skills
AI
programmatic advertising
CTV
Online Video
Display
Mobile
Streaming Audio
Digital Out-of-Home
Benefits
Health insurance
Paid parental leave
Unlimited PTO
WHAT YOU’LL DO
About the role
Viant has established strong momentum across the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry and is seeking a Head of Industry, CPG to accelerate growth within one of our most strategic verticals. This executive leader will expand brand-direct demand, deepen agency adoption, and strengthen Viant’s position as the leading AI-powered programmatic platform for CPG marketers by delivering innovative identity, measurement, and omnichannel advertising solutions.
This role requires 15+ years of advertising experience and a minimum of 5+ years working with CPG brands in a brand-direct, agency, or ad technology environment. The ideal candidate has a proven track record of building executive relationships, driving category revenue, and developing high-performing go-to-market teams. Working cross-functionally with Sales, Product, Business Development, Marketing, and Measurement, this leader will help shape Viant’s CPG strategy while accelerating growth across both established and emerging brands.
THE DAY-TO-DAY
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Scale Viant’s CPG business by expanding strategic relationships with leading consumer packaged goods brands across food and beverage, alcbev, household products, personal care, beauty, health and wellness, and other consumer categories.
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Position Viant as the premier AI-powered programmatic platform for retail marketers by evangelizing our identity, content, attention and omnichannel advertising capabilities.
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Drive industry awareness through thought leadership, executive presentations, industry conferences, and client education.
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Own and grow brand-direct demand while partnering with the broader sales organization to accelerate agency adoption across the CPG category.
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Develop and execute a category-specific go-to-market strategy that increases Viant’s presence within key CPG marketing organizations and annual media budgets.
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Partner with agencies and enterprise clients to help them navigate evolving consumer privacy, retail media, identity, and measurement trends while positioning Viant as the platform of choice.
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Recruit, mentor, and scale a high-performing team of CPG-focused sales leaders and account professionals.
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Define category success metrics and lead execution against ambitious revenue, adoption, and growth objectives.
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Serve as the executive face of Viant’s CPG business at client meetings, executive briefings, and industry events.
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Partner closely with Product and Business Development teams to develop innovative CPG solutions, retail media partnerships, audience capabilities, and measurement offerings that strengthen Viant’s competitive position.
GREAT TO HAVE
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15+ years of advertising experience, including at least 5+ years supporting CPG marketers.
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Deep expertise across consumer packaged goods categories, including food and beverage, alcbev, household products, personal care, beauty, tobacco, or OTC health and wellness.
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Strong understanding of programmatic advertising, including CTV, Online Video, Display, Mobile, Streaming Audio, and Digital Out-of-Home.
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Experience working with retail media networks, commerce media, shopper marketing, or omnichannel measurement solutions is highly preferred.
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Proven success building executive brand-direct relationships and expanding programmatic investment within large CPG organizations.
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Experience hiring, developing, and leading high-performing go-to-market teams within ad tech, digital media, or enterprise technology.
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Strategic, analytical mindset with the ability to translate evolving consumer behavior and marketing challenges into measurable advertising solutions.
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Exceptional communication and executive presentation skills with experience representing organizations at industry events and executive client engagements.
LIFE AT VIANT
Investing in our employees’ professional growth is important to us, but so is investing in their well-being. That’s why Viant was voted one of the best places to work, and some of our favorite employee benefits include fully paid health insurance, paid parental leave, unlimited PTO, and more.
Base compensation range: $225,000 – $250,000
Legal
In accordance with applicable state law, the range provided is Viant’s reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. Final title and compensation will be based on several factors, including experience and education.
About Viant
Viant Technology (NASDAQ: DSP) is an exclusively buy-side, AI-powered advertising platform purpose-built for CTV. Viant uniquely combines proprietary content intelligence, household-level identity resolution, and person-level attention signals to connect advertisers with real customers and drive measurable outcomes across the open internet. Through its award-winning AI solutions, Viant is building the future of autonomous advertising, where AI doesn’t just assist the campaign, it delivers real results. Learn more at viantinc.com.
Viant is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. Viant prohibits unlawful discrimination against employees or applicants based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, reproductive health decision making, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, military status, veteran status, uniformed service member status, sexual orientation, transgender identity, citizenship status, pregnancy, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. Viant also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.
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