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.
We are looking for an experienced Head of Product who will help define and deliver a new CTV product, Ventura OS, from concept to production. This is an exciting role for someone that is energized by a 0 to 1 opportunity and unphased by ambiguity.
So, if you’re talented, driven, creative, and hungry to bring something entirely new and wildly ambitious into the world (and have some fun doing it), then we want to talk.
What You’ll Do:
- Product Strategy & Vision: This role will lead and manage the team responsible for the product strategy, vision and execution for our CTV platform, crafting roadmaps that bring this vision to life. The ideal candidate will own the product, user experience, design, and technology needed to create state-of-the-art Connected TV consumer experiences.
- Startup Mode: This position involves projects that are fast-paced, challenging, and diverse. Candidates will have the opportunity to experiment with new approaches, take calculated risks, and work alongside talented colleagues.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: This inherently cross-functional role works closely with engineering, design, finance, legal, business development, content acquisition, and executive teams to enhance Ventura’s Personalization & Discovery customer experience.
- End-to-End Product Development: Build and guide product concepts from ideation to validation, launch, measurement, and iteration.
- Strategic Communication: Craft strategy memos and presentations to represent the team’s work to senior executives, ensuring the organization has a clear understanding of the product strategy and roadmap.
- Business Case Development: Work with finance, strategy, and data science partners to build business cases and assess the impact of product innovations.
- Customer-Centric Focus: Collaborate with consumer insights and design partners to deeply understand and address the evolving needs of our customers.
- Team Development: Scaling a high-performing and mission-driven Product Management team. Building, hiring, coaching, developing and retaining the PM leadership of today and the future
Who you are:
- In-Depth Knowledge of the Digital Video/CTV Industry: Broad and deep understanding of video streaming, advertising, OTT, and Connected TV platforms.
- Zooming in & out: Ability to think and operate at a “strategic level,” but drive execution on a “tactical level” with the willingness to roll-up sleeves.
- Team development: History of building and coaching high-performing teams who are motivated to do better and think bigger.
- Data-driven mindset and highly analytical with the desire and ability to dig into metrics to derive insights.
- XFN Partnership: Effectively influence, partner, and communicate cross-functionally with design, engineering, marketing, sales, & finance to set and deliver on product vision.
- Market Intelligence: Strong awareness of technology trends and potential influence on the current and future business.
- Navigating ambiguity: A problem solver that welcomes the challenge that comes with solving complex technical problems with many unknowns.
- Vision: Ability to develop, communicate and execute on a product vision from concept to launch.
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.
CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC residents only: In accordance with CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC 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
$294,500—$539,900 USD
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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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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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