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 are looking for a driven Staff-level Product Manager to help shape the future of AI on our platform. The ideal candidate combines strong product instincts with the ability to build in a
rapidly evolving space — agentic systems, LLM-powered workflows, and non-deterministic UX. They are technical, data-driven, and pragmatic about the tradeoffs that come with shipping AI
products at scale. They are the kind of PM who is fearless and intellectually honest, willing to make big bets, and equally willing to kill ideas that aren’t working. We are committed to helping
you grow, challenging you with hard, meaningful work, and celebrating our successes and failures together. AI moves fast — we take risks, learn from them, and iterate quickly.
What You Will Be Doing
As a product manager on the Agentic AI program, you will own strategy, roadmap, and execution for a critical slice of our AI investment — spanning the in-platform chatbot, the agent
ecosystem (Help, Search, Insights, Troubleshooting, Campaign Creation, Audience Builder, and more), and our MCP server enabling third-party agentic workflows. The program’s north star is
to move our users from managing hundreds of campaigns to orchestrating a small set of specialized agents — and your work will directly shape how traders, agencies, and partners
interact with AI on the platform.
Your responsibilities will include:
• Owning the strategy, roadmap, and execution for your area within the Agentic AI program.
• Writing detailed PRDs that clearly articulate the ‘why’ behind the problem, the proposed solution, and the tradeoffs in scope.
• Partnering with Engineering, Data Science, Design, Legal, and Business teams to align on direction and ship.
• Working closely with applied AI and platform teams on the realities of LLM behavior: evals, latency, accuracy, action resolution, hallucinations, and human-in-the-loop design.
• Gathering requirements from internal teams (Trading, Client Services) and external clients participating in alpha and beta programs, then translating them into prioritized releases.
• Defining and tracking the leading and lagging KPIs that tell us whether the AI is actually saving users time and earning their trust.
What You Bring To The Table
• 7+ years of Product Management experience, with a sustained track record of shipping complex, technical products at scale.
• Direct experience building with LLMs, agents, or other AI/ML systems in a production environment — or a demonstrated ability to ramp on these quickly.
• Strong intuition for non-deterministic product design: how to spec, test, and evaluate systems that don’t behave the same way twice.
• Excellent communication and writing skills — you can take a fuzzy strategic problem and turn it into a tight, well-argued spec.
• Ability to solve complex, technical problems with creative, practical, scalable solutions while managing tradeoffs.
• Durability and grit — AI products require many iterations, especially as dependencies and underlying models evolve.
• Bias for action and an entrepreneurial mindset — you use data-based arguments to convince others and generate meaningful progress.
• Experience working with distributed, cross-functional teams.
• Experience in adtech, demand-side platforms, or programmatic advertising is a strong plus but not required.
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.
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.
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
- 7+ years of Product Management experience
- Experience building with LLMs or AI/ML systems
- Excellent communication and writing skills
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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