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:
We’re growing, we’re scaling, and we’re building the future — and we need your expertise to shape our executive talent strategy. Our Executive Recruiting team is passionate about connecting extraordinary leaders with opportunities that drive lasting business impact.
What You’ll Do:
As a Senior Executive Sourcer, you will lead the proactive identification, engagement, and cultivation of world-class executive talent across multiple business functions. You’ll combine research, insights, and innovative sourcing strategies to build strong and diverse leadership pipelines while acting as a trusted advisor to recruiters, hiring managers, and senior stakeholders.
- Design and execute creative sourcing strategies to attract, engage, and nurture top executive-level talent through research, market mapping, and targeted outreach.
- Partner with Executive Recruiters and senior business leaders to deeply understand leadership needs, role impact, and organizational priorities.
- Develop market intelligence and insights, providing competitive research, industry mapping, and succession planning frameworks to inform hiring decisions and influence long-term talent planning.
- Act as a strategic talent advisor, sharing market trends, data, and recommendations to help shape executive hiring strategies and decision-making.
- Build and maintain a diverse executive pipeline, ensuring a balance of proactive sourcing and relationship development for current and future needs.
- Represent and elevate our employer brand by compelling outreach, storytelling, and authentic candidate engagement.
- Track, measure, and analyze pipeline data to continually refine sourcing strategies and improve efficiency.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with recruiters, coordinators, and people partners to deliver a seamless and positive candidate and hiring manager experience.
- Continuously optimize tools, processes, and strategies, ensuring the sourcing function remains agile, data-driven, and scalable.
Who You Are:
- 8+ years of experience in executive-level sourcing or executive search, with a strong emphasis on corporate/in-house environments; retained search or search firm experience is a strong plus.
- Demonstrated success sourcing and engaging senior and C-suite talent within dynamic, high-growth, or global organizations.
- Expert knowledge of executive search methodologies, market mapping, and candidate research techniques.
- A trusted talent advisor skilled in influencing and partnering with senior stakeholders and hiring leaders.
- Exceptional ability to communicate and articulate complex opportunities to senior-level talent with poise and credibility.
- Highly adept at building diverse leadership pipelines and utilizing multiple sourcing channels to uncover top talent.
- Strong analytical mindset with experience leveraging data and insights to inform strategy and track results.
- Emotionally intelligent, collaborative, and able to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- Passionate about people, culture, and creating meaningful impact through talent.
- High level of integrity, discretion, and professionalism in handling confidential information.
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In accordance with various US state laws, the range provided is the Trade Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, and location. All employees may be eligible to become The Trade Desk shareholders through eligibility for stock-based compensation grants, which are awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. The Trade Desk also offers other compensation depending on the role such as variable compensation-based incentives and commissions. Plus, expected benefits for this role include comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents, retirement benefits such as a 401k plan and company match, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, well-being benefits, reimbursement for certain tuition expenses, parental leave, sick time of 1 hour per 30 hours worked, vacation time for full-time employees up to 120 hours thru the first year and 160 hours thereafter, and around 13 paid holidays per year. Employees can also purchase The Trade Desk stock at a discount through The Trade Desk’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click here to learn more.
Note: Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leave
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 of experience in executive-level sourcing or executive search, with emphasis on corporate/in-house environments
- Demonstrated success sourcing and engaging senior and C-suite talent within dynamic, high-growth, or global organizations
- Expert knowledge of executive search methodologies, market mapping, and candidate research techniques
- Proven ability to act as a trusted talent advisor and partner with senior stakeholders and hiring leaders
- Exceptional communication and credibility when engaging senior-level talent
- Demonstrated ability to build diverse leadership pipelines using multiple sourcing channels
- Strong analytical mindset with experience leveraging data and insights to inform strategy and track results
- High emotional intelligence, collaboration skills, and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- High level of integrity, discretion, and professionalism handling confidential information
- Retained search or search firm experience
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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