Staff Product Manager-Ecosystem API

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!

ABOUT THE ROLE:

· This is a technology-focused product manager role driving and executing on our overall platform extensibility strategy through our developer community, technology information and platform APIs. The primary consumers here are developers and this position requires developer and data engineering fundamentals.

· Product Managers in this role define and drive the vision, strategy, and prioritization of work across multiple engineering teams. Your designs and influence will help The Trade Desk scale efficiently, enable developers to work independently and reduce operational overhead to the Trade Desk, all why supporting growth of our platform.

· Product Managers in this area focus on solutions for problems and opportunities with some of The Trade Desk’s largest, most sophisticated clients and integrations. Much of the work is complex and provides an array of business, privacy, and technological challenges.

· Gathering and considering feedback from developers directly, along with company stakeholders, you will work across multiple teams and author documents that accurately and thoroughly describe requirements for product improvements and processes.

· You will lead and drive many aspects of product development strategy – from gathering usage data, conducting client interviews, evaluating industry trends to designing, refining, and delivering specifications to helping deliver products for our clients.

· In role you will gain in-depth knowledge and expertise of our offerings along with solid working knowledge of the Trade Desk platform.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

· You deeply understand the why behind the work and how it feeds into our top-level objectives.

· You have a product-focused mindset. You have the passion and ability to contribute to the process of discovering what will delight our developer clients and push forward one of the world’s largest and most influential industries toward a vision of openness, transparency, and evidence-based decision-making.

· You have a proven interest and sustained track record of technical product management excellence. You should have multiple significant contributions to impactful software projects.

· You are a driver. You will be driving technical projects and providing leadership in complex, fast-paced environment. This includes task planning, milestone definition and release coordination.

· You understand engineering fundamentals and design with scale and the future in mind. You can work from first principles to evaluate solutions and adapt them to a unique environment.

· You work with confidence and without ego. Our employees have deep knowledge and exercise a high degree of leadership in their daily work. You have strongly held, defensible ideas, and advocate for what you believe is right. You are adept at analysis and conclusion, identifying and evaluating trade-offs and considering multiple viewpoints and utilizing data as appropriate.

· You value, seek out, and foster diversity. We are a global team from many diverse backgrounds, with different experiences and perspectives. To complement this team, you will welcome ideas that are different from your own and be skilled at finding and building from common ground.

· You are a creative thinker and take the time to truly understand what you are solving. What you know is less important than how well you learn and innovate.

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—$244,900 USD