Product Manager

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 Senior-level Product Manager who learns fast, who is humble and values teamwork; who is hungry and believes they can make our customers' world a better place. The ideal candidate will be technical, data driven, creative, and business savvy. They will be growth oriented and able to strive for product-market fit with their teams. The kind of person who joins The Trade Desk Product Team is fearless, courageous, passionate and willing to dream big and then execute on it. We are committed to helping you grow, challenging you with hard, meaningful work and celebrating our successes and failures together. Yes, we do fail at times because we believe risk is part of making big bets. So we take the risks and learn from them. We also value strong leadership, asking our PMs to take on large, ambitious and often ambiguous projects that can help extend our lead in the industry. WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING As a product manager on the Audience team you will be responsible for building the vision and strategy for The Trade Desk's suite of audience products that help advertisers better understand their consumers through insights and reach them effectively through better targeting, improving performance and growing their brand. This work increasingly relies on Agentic-AI workflows to identify and reach the highest value consumers. Defining the product strategy and roadmap for the next generation of audience and insights tools. Owning the strategy, roadmap, and execution for insights and audience products. Working closely with stakeholders across our Engineering, Data Science, and Business teams – helping to align on strategy and thinking through tradeoffs and customer impact. Gathering customer requirements, designing prototypes, prioritizing and scoping releases that represent customers' needs, and then working with the rest of the engineering team to bring those products to life and iterate on them over time. WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE You have built complex products that take years of iterations to become great. Proven background using data to make decisions to identify opportunities and iterate on products to achieve desired outcomes. A background in data science, analytics, or engineering a plus. 5+ years of combined experience in Product Management with academic or professional background in math, statistics, or data science. Excellent communication/presentation skills both in large and small groups. Demonstrable ability to align stakeholders across different disciplines. A sustained track record of making significant, self-directed, and end-to-end contributions to large and impactful software projects. Ability to solve complex, technical problems with creative solutions while managing tradeoffs. Ability to write detailed specifications that clearly articulate the 'why' behind the problem. Experience working with distributed teams. EEO Statement 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. Please reach out to us at View email address on click.appcast.io to request an accommodation or discuss any accessibility needs you may require to access our Company Website or navigate any part of the hiring process. When you contact us, please include your preferred contact details and specify the nature of your accommodation request or questions. Any information you share will be handled confidentially and will not impact our hiring decisions. #J-18808-Ljbffr