Director, EMEA Marketplaces, Classified and emerging sectors Strategy

As Director, EMEA Marketplaces, Classified and emerging sectors Strategy & Strategic Accounts , you will be accountable for the revenue and growth of the Marketplaces, Classified and emerging verticals. You will strength of Criteo's largest and most strategic verticals.  You'll oversee a team of Client Partners managing our top accounts in these categories, guiding them to deliver measurable results, identify new opportunities, and scale Criteo's impact across markets. You will lead the strategy and development of Marketplace and Classified advertisers across the region, ensuring strong business outcomes and lasting partnerships. In addition to leading existing verticals, you will explore and assess new emerging sectors with high growth potential, shaping where Criteo should expand next. This role combines strategic focus and commercial leadership — turning insight, execution, and collaboration into impact at scale.

Responsibilities

• Deliver revenue targets and growth according to AOP for strategic accounts across your verticals. 
• Own the vertical strategy and growth agenda for Marketplaces, Classifieds, and Emerging Verticals across EMEA, aligning plans with Criteo's broader commercial priorities.
• Lead and develop a team of Client Partners, ensuring they drive client success, revenue growth, and strategic depth across their portfolios.
• Partner with New Business teams to identify and win high-potential advertisers, building the next generation of strategic accounts.
• Work cross-functionally with Product, Analytics, and Marketing to ensure our solutions continue to meet the evolving needs of marketplace and platform advertisers.
• Evaluate and shape opportunities in new emerging sectors, assessing market potential and defining actionable growth strategies.
• Represent the voice of Marketplace, Classified, and Emerging advertisers within the organization, bringing forward insights and opportunities that influence go-to-market and product evolution.
• Ensure consistent excellence in execution, fostering collaboration, focus, and accountability across markets.

• 10+ years of experience in digital media, ecommerce, or performance advertising, with proven success in driving strategic and commercial growth.
• Strong understanding of marketplace and platform dynamics, and how advertisers scale across multi-sided ecosystems.
• Demonstrated leadership and relationship-building skills, able to influence senior stakeholders internally and externally.
• Strategic and analytical mindset — able to translate data and market trends into concrete growth actions.
• Comfortable operating in a matrix, fast-paced environment, balancing strategic priorities with executional rigor.
• Curious, pragmatic, and impact-driven — you combine market insight, collaboration, and accountability to deliver results.

We acknowledge that many candidates may not meet every single role requirement listed above. If your experience looks a little different from our requirements but you believe that you can still bring value to the role, we'd love to see your application​

Criteo is a leader in commerce media, helping brands, agencies, and publishers create meaningful consumer connections through AI-powered advertising solutions. We're shaping a more open and sustainable digital future for advertising.  

At Criteo, our culture is as unique as it is diverse. From our offices across the globe or from the comfort of home, our 3,600 Criteos collaborate together to build an open, impactful, and forward-thinking environment.  

We foster a workplace where everyone is valued, and employment decisions are based solely on skills, qualifications, and business needs—never on non-job-related factors or legally protected characteristics.  

Ways of working – Our hybrid model blends home with in-office experiences, making space for both.  
Grow with us – Learning, mentorship & career development programs.  
Your wellbeing matters – Health benefits, wellness perks & mental health support.  
A team that cares – Diverse, inclusive, and globally connected.  
Fair pay & perks – Attractive salary, with performance-based rewards and family-friendly policies, plus the potential for equity depending on role and level.  

Additional benefits may vary depending on the country where you work and the nature of your employment with Criteo.