The Trade Desk is changing the way global brands and their agencies advertise to audiences around the world. How? With a media buying platform that helps brands deliver a more insightful and relevant ad experience for consumers –– and sets a new standard for global reach, accuracy, and transparency. We are proud of the culture we have built. We value the unique experiences and perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work every day.
So, if you are talented, driven, creative, and eager to join a dynamic, globally-connected team, then we want to talk!
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
The ideal candidate is technical, data-driven, creative, and customer-focused. They have the passion and ability to contribute to the process of discovering what will delight our clients and a proven interest in driving technical projects with deep customer empathy. The Trade Desk Product Team hires courageous, passionate PMs who set big goals and execute on them. We help you grow and challenge you with hard, meaningful work. We celebrate our successes and learn from our failures together. We value and develop strong leadership, asking our PMs to take on ambitious and often ambiguous projects that promise to extend our lead in the industry.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:
In this role, you will be accelerating innovation across The Trade Desk by democratizing our data and delivering connected experiences to safely productize new analytics. Analytics and actionable insights are a critical part of The Trade Desk's customer promise. By delivering new datasets along side data catalog tools and data lifecycle management processes which "just work" in a mixed cloud architecture, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of how we generate insights that enable our customers to make data driven decisions for their campaigns. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with a proven track record of enhancing and optimizing data development workflows for technical teams. You are skilled at measuring impact for internal systems and tools. You are able to analyze problems and form a well-researched, data-driven recommendation which meets a breadth of needs to improve productivity. The Trade Desk is a high bandwidth, low latency, data infrastructure with trillions of rows of data ready for analysis. You’ll need solid data analytics, data governance, and data access best practices. The position requires excellent communication skills, success at effectively working across organizations and functional areas, and an ability to influence stakeholders at all levels. The Trade Desk is a fast-paced and complex environment, and you’ll need to identify problems in advance and design with a vision across the end to end solution, including shaping strategic approaches into milestones and stages for delivery. You’ll gain additional expertise in the overall industry and become an expert in the Trade Desk platform.
WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE:
- 5+ years of Product Management experience where you demonstrated a sustained track record of making significant contributions to large and impactful software projects.
- Subject matter expertise in Data Analytics, Data Governance, Data Protection, and Data Science.
- Experience in Ad Tech industry a bonus.
- Understanding of common Cloud-based development products a bonus (i.e. Databricks, Snowflake)
- Excellent communication and questioning skills both in large and small groups.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross functional teams towards a shared vision.
- Experience creating product vision and strategy and influencing executive stakeholders to fund key initiatives.
- Grit: Sometimes solutions take creative thinking and multiple iterations. You are prepared to try many different approaches to find the right answer.
- Collaborative: The best PMs are not necessarily those with the best ideas. They actively seek input, leading and contributing to constructive discussions that are inclusive of many differing perspectives to ensure the right decisions are identified and implemented.
- Empathy: As a PM you are the voice of the customer and are able to represent them from a position of deep understanding.
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.
[SF JOBS ONLY] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
NY, CO, CA, and WA residents only: In accordance with NY, CO, CA, and WA law, 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, abilities, 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 sales-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
At the Trade Desk, Base Salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base salary range for this role is
$149,900—$274,900 USD
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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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