Associate Account Director

What you’ll do

• Lead the development of a mix of brand direct and media agency portfolio as a senior strategic advisor, providing technical and client service excellence based on TTD's vision and values.
• Demonstrate the value of The Trade Desk by crafting innovative technical solutions that meet the clients’ needs and business goals with a thorough understanding of their technology stack’s dependencies.
• Provide thought leadership to your client and their partner ecosystem on how to best leverage The Trade Desk’s platform and integration capabilities
• Work closely with Business Development team to cultivate your accounts and become an extension of your client’s organization to solve their unique challenges through technology and automation.
• Responsible for growing your book of business through strategic cross selling and upselling opportunities by understanding the core client business needs.
• Develop trusting and productive relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Inspire junior teammates with strategic and growth mindset, serve a player-coach of the team.
• Participate in product road map build out discussions based on client needs with international senior leadership, product & engineering 
• Communicate effectively with other functional leaders (product, marketing, inventory & partnership team) by solving business challenges together, identifying opportunities for growth, and collaborating to drive efficiency and effectiveness across the organisation. 
• Maintain strong cross-pod relationships to support horizonal centre of excellence across account management and traders.

Who you are

• An experienced client leader who has a solid technical background and is skilled in building and nurturing client relationships.
• A proficient Korean and English speaker.
• We are looking for an individual possessing excellent communication, strategic thinking and leadership skills to serve as a player-coach across a portfolio of key accounts. Your duties will involve both managing relationships with clients and leading junior teammates.
• Extensive experience within the digital and programmatic industry in a client focused role.
• Experience establishing longstanding, consultative client relationships.
• Ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, executive team and industry groups.
• Experience at an online publisher, agency, Mar Tech, SSP, DSP, or other online advertising role.
• Strong management and leadership skills through a collaborative team approach.
• A sense of maturity and ability to see the larger picture when making internal and external decisions and coaching your team to do the same.
• Repeatedly and consistently demonstrates confidence and good judgment in ambiguous situations, is experienced in diffusing difficult situations, and has a proven track record of resolving conflict.
• Execute, and coach others to execute, timely in fast-paced environment through effective time management and prioritisation skills.
• Ambition to develop personally and nurture the development of others.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent influencing and negotiation skills
• Highly organized with a strong attention to detail.
• Exemplars of TTD culture and values, teaching others how to act with grit, humility, generosity and poise.