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Director / Senior Director, Agency/Brand Sales

Purple Lab

Purple Lab

Sales & Business Development
Remote
Posted on Jan 2, 2026
Job Type
Full-time
Description

PurpleLab® is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Director or Senior Director to drive revenue growth by building and expanding relationships with advertising agencies that manage pharmaceutical manufacturer clients. This individual will play a critical role in positioning our advertising solutions as a trusted partner to agencies, helping them deliver compliant, data-driven, and high-impact campaigns across omnichannel platforms.

This is a high-impact role suited for candidates who thrive in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments and are excited by consultative, value-based selling. This role will report to the VP of Agency/Brand Sales.

What You’ll Do:

Sales Growth & Revenue Generation

  • Own and exceed a defined revenue quota by selling advertising solutions to top agency partners in the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Identify new business opportunities within agency holding companies, independents, and pharma-specialist agencies.

Agency Relationship Management

  • Build and deepen strategic relationships with senior agency decision-makers across planning, investment, and analytics functions.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for agencies, ensuring alignment of our offerings with their client objectives.
  • Partner with agency leads to influence pharmaceutical manufacturer marketing investments.

Strategic Account Planning

  • Develop account plans to expand penetration within agency networks and their pharmaceutical brand clients.
  • Coordinate with cross-functional teams (product, client success, ad operations) to deliver solutions tailored to agency and brand needs.

Market & Industry Expertise

  • Stay current on pharma advertising trends, regulatory requirements, and agency dynamics.
  • Provide consultative insights to agencies on how to leverage our compliant health data, measurement tools, and omnichannel audience solutions.

Collaboration & Partnership

  • Work closely with internal leadership to shape go-to-market strategies for agency engagement.
  • Collaborate with client success teams to ensure campaign execution meets performance and compliance standards.
Requirements

For Director:

  • 5-10 years of sales or business development experience in healthcare data, SaaS, agency, or adtech industry
  • Proven ability to exceed quota in a B2B selling environment
  • Familiarity with healthcare claims, RWD, or life sciences analytics preferred

For Senior Director (SAE):

  • 10+ years of experience selling into agencies and/or pharmaceutical companies, ideally in SaaS, DaaS, or healthcare analytics
  • Demonstrated success managing large, complex deal cycles
  • Deep understanding of advertising ecosystem and the mechanics of omnichannel media investment

This role will work primarily from home but will be expected from time-to-time to report to our facility in Wayne, PA (the days and frequency to be determined at the discretion of your manager). In addition, this position may require some travel to participate in occasional meetings, events, and trade shows. Of course, the Company may change your position, duties, and work location from time to time in its discretion.

A background check is required for this role.