Advertising Partnerships Manager

At Bumble, we’re building the Love Company — creating technology that helps people form healthy, equitable relationships and meaningful connections across dating, friendship, and beyond. Advertising plays a growing role in how we sustainably power that mission, and our Advertising Partnerships team sits at the heart of this work within Growth and Tech. As our first EU‑based seller, you’ll shape our regional advertising presence from the ground up — combining commercial ambition with thoughtful execution that respects our members and our values. This role champions our Bumble values of Courage and Excellence by building high‑impact partnerships, influencing our ad product evolution, and turning insight into scalable growth. You’ll operate as a senior individual contributor: owning revenue, deepening relationships, and embedding smart, responsible use of AI to elevate how we sell, execute, and learn.

What You’ll Do

• Drive advertising revenue across Bumble’s portfolio by identifying, pitching, and closing strategic partnerships with brands and agencies across the European market, taking full ownership from first conversation to signed deal.
• Build and grow long‑term partner relationships, delivering campaigns that balance commercial impact with a respectful, member‑first advertising experience that reflects our value of Respect.
• Manage a healthy mix of inbound demand and proactive outbound prospecting, using data, AI‑powered research tools, and market insight to prioritise opportunities and maintain a strong pipeline.
• Lead end‑to‑end campaign execution in close partnership with Ad Operations, coordinating creative assets, timelines, setup, optimisation, and reporting to deliver high‑performing outcomes.
• Act as a trusted problem‑solver for partners, resolving operational or delivery issues quickly and calmly to protect revenue, strengthen trust and ensure consistent campaign quality.
• Gather and synthesise marketplace feedback, translating advertiser and agency insights into clear recommendations that inform go‑to‑market plans and influence the advertising product roadmap.
• Contribute to global advertising initiatives by supporting new ad formats, test‑and‑learn opportunities, and monetisation strategies across regions.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Product, Engineering, Marketing, Comms, Legal, and Finance, working with ownership and an agile mindset to move ideas from insight to impact.

About You

• You bring advanced experience selling digital advertising solutions and are recognised as a trusted partner by brands, agencies, and internal stakeholders alike.
• Typically requires 5+ years of experience, though we welcome candidates with alternative backgrounds that demonstrate equivalent skills.
• You have a strong understanding of the European advertising ecosystem, including brand and agency dynamics, mobile app advertising, and both direct‑sold and emerging ad solutions.
• You’re confident owning complex deal cycles — from RFP response and proposal development through to negotiation, execution, and post‑campaign analysis.
• You apply AI thoughtfully in your work, using tools to enhance prospecting, proposal development, pipeline insights while staying curious about new capabilities.
• You communicate with clarity and influence, tailoring narratives and presentations for senior client stakeholders and internal leaders with equal confidence.
• You collaborate with purpose across global teams, take ownership of outcomes, and adapt plans as conditions evolve — demonstrating excellence through follow‑through.
• You’re motivated by Bumble’s mission and role‑model our values through inclusive behaviour, sound judgment, and a commitment to building advertising that adds value for people, not just platforms.

About Us

Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble Date, BFF, and Badoo. The Bumble platform enables people to build healthy and equitable relationships, through Kind Connections. Founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014, Bumble was one of the first dating apps built with women at the center and connects people across dating (Bumble Date) and friendship (BFF). BFF is a friendship app where people in all stages of life can meet people nearby and create meaningful platonic connections and community based on shared interests. Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products.

Inclusion at Bumble Inc.

Bumble Inc. is an equal‑opportunity employer and we strongly encourage people of all ages, colour, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non‑binary people, veterans, parents, people with disabilities, and neurodivergent people to apply. We’re happy to make any reasonable adjustments that will help you feel more confident throughout the process, please don’t hesitate to let us know how we can help.

AI in Bumble Inc. Hiring

At Bumble, we may use AI tools to support parts of our recruitment process — such as helping us record, transcribe, and summarise conversations, and supporting job alignment by comparing resumes and job descriptions to highlight skills and potential roles that may be a good match. These tools help us work more efficiently and stay focused on you during our conversations. Importantly, all hiring decisions are made by people. AI is used only to support our team’s efficiency and improve the candidate experience — not to evaluate or decide on your candidacy. Participation in AI‑supported interviews and conversations is completely voluntary and will not impact your candidacy. If you’d prefer to opt out, simply let your recruiter or interviewer know at the start of a call, or anytime during the interview or conversation.