Principal Product Manager, Inventory & Real Time Bidding

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:  

We are looking for a driven Principalß Product Manager to run our real-time bidding (RTB) connections and capabilities who learns fast, who is humble and values teamwork; who is hungry, and believes they can contribute to a better Open Internet. We’re looking for someone fluent in RTB and the nuts and bolts of how digital advertising works. The ideal candidate will be technical, data-driven, creative, business savvy, and have previously created products that had genuine impact. 

We are looking for someone who is 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: 

The Trade Desk is dedicated to the mission of supporting and growing the Open Internet. In this role you will drive products within our inventory supply team at The Trade Desk. 

You will own the vision, roadmap, and execution for these products. You will work across a breadth of products within our inventory and bidding stack with API experiences, data science models, data engineering pipelines, and high throughput decisioning capabilities. You understand how data flows through a Demand Side Platform from the time a device has an impression opportunity on a publisher, the supply systems send a bid request, a DSP responds, an advertisement is purchased, and subsequently measured. You are an expert in RTB protocols and have strong opinions on how to make them better. Your work will directly impact how internet advertising operates globally both within and outside of The Trade Desk. You will start small, test, learn, and go big. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners in other organizations, while also displaying the ability to “show up senior” in frequent executive forums. You will work with agencies, advertisers, publishers, supply-side platforms and be able to navigate between them fluently. We value relationships and trust-building in our team. We look for win-win when working with publishers and partners.  Your technical and business skills should complement refined soft skills and a passion to build and be a part of a highly effective team. 

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE: 

 A track record of product leadership achieving audacious business goals involving advertising technology. 

• 8+ years of advertising technology Product Management experience where you demonstrated a sustained track record of driving contributions to impactful projects.  

• A deep understanding of RTB advertising protocols and standards, such as OpenRTB and Prebid.js. You have a drive to make these technologies better. 

• An understanding of the internet and how advertising operates on top of it at the most atomic elements. 

• You have hands-on experience at a technical level within one or more key channels like Display, Video, Connected TV. Experience in Audio and Digital Out of Home is a plus. 

• A nuanced technical and business understanding of open internet inventory quality measurement techniques and technologies 

• A strong understanding of how ad servers are configured and how various supply-side yield optimization strategies work. 

• Understand how decisions on inventory impact the customer experience within a DSP, campaign delivery and performance 

• Analytical mindset and skills to dive into the data using SQL-based tools to find insights. On your own for quick insights, but also leveraging partnership with data science and analytics teams for deep analysis. 

• A passion for protecting and growing the Open Internet.  

• A proven track  record of partnering with engineering teams to solve complex technical problems and delivering large and impactful software projects. 

• Excellent communication skills, including the confidence to participate in very technical conversations, the ability to drive consensus and commitment, and the ability to crisply communicate delivery timelines, trade-offs, and risks to senior management. 
• Durability and grit -- sometimes solutions take creative thinking, multiple iterations, and staging while dependencies solidify. 

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.