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Senior Director, Inventory Development (Audio)

los angeles, CA

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Job description

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.

What you'll do:

Lead a results driven business development org focused on negotiating and executing highly technical partnerships, including in the Audio space

Build strategic business plans with audio publisher partners for overall growth in transparent access, addressability, decisioning and bottom-line revenue.

Oversee strategic inventory (publisher) partners across North America responsible for the long-term success of supply relationships

Lead contract negotiations with publisher partners across initiatives

Develop a mid and long-term strategy for Publisher partnerships identifying the best ways to unlock growth and innovation across all channels

Build and maintain strong relationships with executive-level leadership at strategic publishers in North America

Partner with Product, Marketplace Quality, and Inventory Management teams to execute a roadmap of supply-focused strategic initiatives that support business growth in North America

Serve as an escalation point for key decisions related to Publisher partnerships.

Enable improvements across audio and CTV publishers for long term success

Understand and communicate TTD's value proposition and technology in various contexts.

Who you are:

Execution mindset with experience leading scaled teams to deliver against a multi-year plan.

SME level knowledge and a thought leader in the audio space

A proven leader with strong people management abilities and a collaborative team approach

Strong business development skills with the ability to create data driven influence with key partners.

Excellent narrative capabilities that communicate TTD's strategy and align partners to long term goals.

10+ years of experience in business development at ad tech companies, media companies or other related organizations

Ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, executive team and industry organizations.

Understanding of the North American media landscape and the trends impacting programmatic advertising

Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Legal, Commercial, Product and Operations teams.

Ability to motivate, set priorities, guide and mobilize a team to execute, deliver results, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Proven critical thinking, data driven communication, questioning and listening skills in formal and informal settings.

Ability to rapidly grasp new technology and product changes, and comfort with complex concepts in a fast-paced environment.

Highly organized with a strong attention to detail but adaptable to a quickly evolving landscape.

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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. .

(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

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los angeles, CA, 90079, US

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