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.
Who we are looking for
The Principal Technical Account Manager will lead several of our most strategic Agency and Brand engagements deepening our integrations with both clients and partners. This individual plays a critical role in translating company initiatives through streamlined technical operations. We are looking to hire someone who understands web technology and emerging AI and agentic technologies, learns fast and is not afraid of complexity. You are comfortable leading high visibility projects and setting the standard for technical excellence across the team.
What you’ll do
- Manage the post-sale technical relationship for portfolio of accounts spanning Holding Companies, Independent agencies, and Brands. Participate in strategic meetings to support engagements that require technical consultation.
- Know our capabilities and differentiators to identify opportunities that solve client business needs and support revenue growth.
- Consult on clients' technology stacks — including data clean rooms, CDPs, and identity solutions — to identify integration opportunities and drive platform adoption.
- Ideate, scope, and program manage engineering work to facilitate custom solutions — including AI and agentic workflow solutions — scaled across the portfolio.
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with other functional leaders by solving business challenges together, identifying opportunities for growth, and collaborating to drive efficiency and effectiveness across the organizations.
Who you are
- 8+ years of working in technical client face role within the AdTech eco system ideally for DSP
- Strong acumen for technical consulting and adept in influencing client technical investments that drive positive business outcomes; passionate about applying creativity to problem solving
- Deep curiosity and working knowledge of AI, agentic workflows, and emerging standards such as Model Context Protocol (MCP).
- Expert project/program manager responsible for setting timelines, stakeholder management, and independently driving forward. Superb attention to detail is an absolute must. Experience with a formal project management method is a plus.
- Superior relationship management skills including the ability to influence/advocate for your team in our collaborations with the Commercial and Technical organizations
- Effective decision making tactics that strives to clearly define the context, stay solution oriented and when necessary, builds advocacy with your leadership team
- Experience with web technologies, APIs & web programming languages is essential, knowledge of SQL and other database technologies strongly preferred
- Worked in a layered environment where you've held internal relationships with Product, Engineering and business teams
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
- 8+ years in a technical client-facing role within the AdTech ecosystem, ideally for a DSP
- Strong technical consulting skills and ability to influence client technical investments
- Working knowledge of AI, agentic workflows, and Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Expert project/program management skills, including timeline and stakeholder management
- Experience with formal project management methods
- Superior relationship management and ability to advocate across Commercial and Technical organizations
- Experience with web technologies, APIs, and web programming languages
- Knowledge of SQL and other database technologies
- Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and business teams
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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