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:
We believe that world class product management organizations are created through highly skilled individuals supported by world class operational frameworks. Product Operations is the operating system that connects product strategy to execution and real client outcomes.
We are looking for a Director of Product Operations to lead the operational backbone of our Product organization. This leader will own the core processes that connect product strategy to roadmap creation, goal setting, client feedback, and predictable delivery.
This is a highly cross-functional leadership role. You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, Revenue, Finance, and Executive Leadership to ensure we have clear strategic focus, documented tradeoffs, aligned resource allocation decisions, and measurable execution against stated goals.
You will serve as a force multiplier for the Product organization - driving rigor, transparency, accountability, and alignment at scale.
This role requires equal parts operational excellence, executive facilitation, and strong stakeholder management.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:
- Own the artifact and end-to-end process for creating and governing the Product Roadmap across product lines
- Facilitate structured product strategy processes, including investment area formulation, opportunity sizing, business case modeling, capacity planning, scenario development, and tradeoff analysis.
- Lead formal roadmap presentations to Executive leaders across the company, ensuring alignment on strategic priorities, sequencing, resourcing, and explicit tradeoffs.
- Document and socialize decisions to ensure clarity and accountability across the organization.
- Own the process for quarterly Product Team Goal setting, ensuring goals ladder directly to roadmap investment areas and company objectives.
- Define measurable success criteria for product teams and implement weekly progress monitoring to track execution and escalate risk.
- Design and operate the regional intake process that channels structured field “pain” into Product, ensuring high-signal feedback informs prioritization decisions and closing the loop with stakeholders.
- Identify patterns across field inputs and ensure validated opportunities are routed appropriately and considered against strategic roadmap tradeoffs.
- Own the agenda design and management of product leadership cadences, goal tracking reviews, and cross-functional alignment meetings to ensure meetings are high-leverage and aligned to current priorities.
- Continuously improve the product operating rhythm to increase clarity, reduce noise, and improve execution predictability.
WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE:
- 8–12+ years of experience in Product Operations, Business Operations, Consulting, or equivalent roles within high-growth technology environments.
- Demonstrated experience building and running structured roadmap processes at scale, including strategy facilitation, investment planning, and tradeoff management.
- Strong analytical capabilities, including opportunity sizing, business case modeling, and scenario planning.
- Experience facilitating executive-level alignment discussions across Product, Revenue, Engineering, and Finance.
- Proven ability to implement goal-setting frameworks (e.g., OKRs or equivalent) and establish measurable execution tracking systems.
- Experience designing structured feedback intake processes and translating qualitative input into prioritized action.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including executive-ready presentations and clear documentation of decisions.
- High ownership mentality - comfortable operating in ambiguity and creating clarity where none exists.
- Strong judgment and intellectual rigor when navigating tradeoffs between strategic ambition, capacity constraints, and field demands.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority and build durable cross-functional alignment.
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.
[LA JOBS ONLY] The Trade Desk will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Ordinance No. 184652.
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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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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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