The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising, with nearly 4,000 employees across more than 30 offices. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet — from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more.
Advertising powers the content people love. By making it more transparent, effective, and responsible, we help support trusted journalism, quality entertainment, and creators worldwide. The world’s brands and agencies rely on us to reach their customers and grow their businesses responsibly.
The scale of our platform brings unique technical challenges — from processing massive datasets in real time to building systems that operate reliably on a global scale. When you work here, your impact is worldwide. We welcome diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and build teams that learn from one another. If you’re driven to solve meaningful challenges, we’d love to meet you.
The Associate Account Director in Japan is a strategic account leader and commercial owner responsible for driving sustainable revenue growth, deep client partnerships, and long-term business planning across a defined portfolio of priority agency and advertiser relationships. This role supports the Global Pod model by ensuring clear ownership, focused prioritization, and strong alignment across stakeholders.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
A client services pro, you’re comfortable managing and growing lots of agency accounts, and able to prioritise between a hundred different things at once. You love learning new technology and teaching it to others. You’re as comfortable diving into Excel to improve a campaign as you are with taking an agency out for dinner. You’re a self-starter and can set your own priorities.
Commercial Ownership & Growth
- Own and drive revenue growth across a defined portfolio of priority accounts
- Identify and convert upsell and cross-sell opportunities across channels, data, and measurement
- Track and manage quarterly and annual revenue performance
- Build structured account plans including growth drivers and risk areas
Strategic Client Leadership
- Act as a trusted strategic advisor to senior agency and client stakeholders
- Shape mid to long-term investment strategy beyond campaign execution
- Influence client direction toward data-driven, programmatic-first approaches
Platform & Solution Consultancy
- Translate The Trade Desk capabilities into client business outcomes
- Provide strategic recommendations aligned to campaign performance and growth
- Identify opportunities across channels such as CTV, display, and data activation etc.
Team Collaboration & Development
- Maintain clear internal reporting and alignment between CS and Sales
- Help build the Client Services practice, by creating training materials, best practices, sales materials and customer facing guides.
WHO YOU ARE:
- Significant experience in digital advertising, media, or adtech, with a strong track record in client-facing roles.
- Deep understanding of programmatic advertising, data-driven marketing, and measurement solutions.
- Commercially minded, with experience managing and growing complex agency or advertiser relationships.
- Proven ability to build credibility with senior stakeholders and influence strategic business decisions.
- Strong consultative selling, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize effectively, navigate ambiguity, and make sound business decisions.
- Analytical and data-driven, with the ability to translate insights into actionable client strategies and business outcomes.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both Japanese and English.
The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. The Trade Desk is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
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Skills Required
- Significant experience in digital advertising, media, or adtech with client-facing roles
- Deep understanding of programmatic advertising, data-driven marketing, and measurement solutions
- Experience managing and growing complex agency or advertiser relationships
- Proven ability to build credibility with senior stakeholders and influence strategic decisions
- Strong consultative selling, negotiation, and relationship management skills
- Analytical and data-driven with ability to translate insights into client strategies
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both Japanese and English
- Comfortable using Excel for campaign analysis and account planning
The Trade Desk Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The Trade Desk and has not been reviewed or approved by The Trade Desk.
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Affordable Benefits — Healthcare premiums are often paid in full for employees and dependents, reducing out-of-pocket costs. Coverage includes medical, dental, and vision alongside mental health and wellness support.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Packages commonly include new-hire stock grants, a generous Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and equity refreshers tied to performance. Feedback suggests equity meaningfully boosts total compensation alongside base pay and bonuses.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, paid holidays, paid sick time, and sabbaticals are available. Paid parental leave and extensive family-planning support broaden time-off and caregiving coverage.
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What We Do
The Trade Desk is changing the way global brands and their agencies advertise to audiences around the world. Our mission is to transform media for the benefit of humankind. Our media-buying platform helps brands deliver a more insightful and relevant ad experience for consumers — and sets a new standard for reach, accuracy, and transparency.
Why Work With Us
With up to 11 million queries per second and SLAs in the milliseconds, we’re tackling data and software challenges at massive scale. While we’re growing fast, investing in our value based company culture remains one of our top priorities. If you’re talented, driven, and hungry to bring something entirely new and wildly ambitious, let's talk.
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