Associate Director, Business Development
Job Description: • Advance Yelp's mission: Connect consumers to great local businesses by deeply integrating Yelp’s hundreds of millions of reviews, photos, action links, and business listing data into leading AI and Search platforms and products. • Work with Elite Partners: Manage relationships with a focused suite of high-value partners (e.g. Apple Maps, Microsoft, Amazon Alexa, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, Vagaro, and more). • Shape the Future: Lead initiatives that drive consumers into Yelp’s flagship apps and websites, as well as frontier initiatives: Voice AI and Yelp’s AI Assistant. • Cross-Functional Leadership: Develop deep working relationships across departments, including product management, engineering, business operations & strategy, marketing, user operations, accounting/finance, legal, and others. • Data-Driven Growth: Partner with Product and Business Operations & Strategy to measure, analyze, and optimize all aspects of the user acquisition, conversion, and retention funnel. • Innovate Relentlessly: Deliver innovative in-product experiences that improve user experience, help users reach their “aha” moments faster, and expand Yelp’s conversion funnel at the top (discovery) and bottom (task completion). • Report & Influence: Clearly and transparently communicate priorities, progress, risks, results, and learnings to stakeholders, including senior leadership. Requirements: • Minimum 10+ years experience in business development, product, strategy, consulting or finance. • Passion for Yelp’s product, as well as other consumer AI, internet, and mobile products. • Strong expertise in creating, executing, and optimizing growth product strategies across traffic acquisition, conversion, and retention. • Proven skill in using AI, product design/mockups, and advanced analytics to motivate stakeholders to execute your business and product vision. • Proven ability to work productively with product and engineering teams (prior product/engineering experience is ideal). • Strong network of tech industry contacts, ranging from startups to industry leaders. • Influential communication skills in all forms: written, presentations, negotiations, and listening. • Deep curiosity about evolving customer needs, market trends, and new growth technologies and channels. • Tenacious, can-do, positive attitude. Benefits: • Full medical, vision, and dental • 15 days PTO (accrual begins on date of hire and increases with 2+ years of tenure thereafter) • 12 paid holidays, plus one floating holiday • Up to 14 weeks of parental leave • Monthly wellness subsidy • Work from home reimbursement • Flexible spending account • 401(k) retirement savings plan • Employee stock purchase plan Apply tot his job