Currently tracking 13 active AI roles, up 14% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $125k–$252k (avg $186k).
The Trade Desk is actively hiring for 16 AI-related roles, with a significant focus on the agents stage, which accounts for 69% of their current openings. Engineering is the primary function for these positions, followed by product. The majority of these roles are located in the United States. Frequent technical tags include agent_orchestration, llm_observability, and guardrails, suggesting a focus on managing and deploying AI agents. Over the last 30 days, The Trade Desk has added 10 new AI roles, representing a 233% increase compared to the previous 30-day period.
The Trade Desk currently has 15 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Staff Applied Scientist (3), Senior Product Manager, Audience (2), Applied Scientist II, Data Scientist II, Director of Design Technology. Most positions are in Engineering and Product.
The Trade Desk's active AI hiring is concentrated in: agents (60%), data (20%), post-training (13%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
The Trade Desk is hiring AI talent in: United States (13 roles), United Kingdom (1 role), Australia (1 role).
Job postings at The Trade Desk most frequently reference: model serving, agent orchestration, llm observability, forecasting, recommender systems.
In the past 30 days, The Trade Desk has posted 3 new AI-related roles. That is a -67% change versus the prior 30 days (9 → 3).
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Product Manager, Audience Senior Product Manager for Audience team, focusing on defining product vision, strategy, and roadmap for next-generation audience targeting, segmentation, and insights tools. The role involves designing and owning Agentic-AI product workflows where AI agents autonomously identify, segment, and activate high-value audiences. Requires end-to-end execution, deep partnership with Engineering and Data Science, and operating as a strategic leader across APAC and globally. | Agent | 7 |
| Staff Product Manager, Generalist Product Manager role focused on improving the developer experience by defining and implementing AI strategy and tools for engineers. This includes understanding developer needs, industry trends, and building AI solutions to enhance efficiency and innovation within the software development lifecycle. | Agent |
| 7 |
| Analyst II, Commercial Intelligence & Analytics This role supports commercial analytics and insight generation for sales and client services teams, focusing on translating business needs into scalable analytical deliverables and insight pipelines. It involves partnering with engineering teams to embed analytics into workflows and tools, using AI/LLM-assisted tools to enhance analytical speed and quality, and communicating findings to drive business impact. | — | 5 |
| Sr. Staff Product Manager, Revenue Products This role is for a Sr. Staff Product Manager focused on Revenue Products within The Trade Desk. The primary responsibility is to define product strategy, roadmaps, and drive execution for mission-critical revenue products that power the global go-to-market organization. The role involves partnering with GTM, Engineering, and Data teams to translate business problems into AI-native product solutions and intelligent tooling, aiming to improve productivity, decision-making, and operational scale. It emphasizes a modern, composable architecture approach and data-driven decision-making, with a focus on building scalable platforms and workflows. | — | 5 |
| Senior Product Manager, Audience Product Manager for Audience team, responsible for defining vision, strategy, roadmap, and execution of audience and insights products. This work increasingly relies on Agentic-AI workflows to identify and reach high-value consumers. Requires collaboration with Engineering, Data Science, and Business teams, gathering customer requirements, and bringing products to life. | Agent | 5 |
| Staff Product Manager Product Manager for Identity products, focusing on identity quality, frequency management, and privacy-first innovation in digital advertising. Responsibilities include defining product strategy, owning roadmaps, partnering with Data Science, driving cross-functional execution, and shipping iteratively. Requires experience in ad tech, data analysis, and communication. | — | 5 |
| Trading Specialist This role is a strategic and consultative trading specialist in programmatic advertising. The specialist will advise clients on campaign planning, measurement, and optimization, identify growth opportunities, and develop strategies. They will work closely with Account Management and Business Development, translate complex data into actionable insights, and train clients on the platform. The role involves using AI-enabled tools to improve productivity and experimenting with new technologies and AI applications to drive innovation and tangible improvements. | — | 2 |
| Senior Business Development Manager (Gaming&Apps) Senior Business Development Manager role focused on building strategic partnerships with China outbound advertisers and agencies in the gaming and apps vertical for The Trade Desk's digital advertising platform. Responsibilities include client relationship management, sales, forecasting, and understanding market differentiators. | — | 0 |
| Workplace Associate This role is for a Workplace Associate at The Trade Desk, a global technology company in digital advertising. The associate will support daily office operations, manage access, respond to maintenance issues, coordinate office communications, assist with onboarding, and organize events. The role requires strong organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills, with at least 1 year of experience in a fast-paced office environment. | — | 0 |
| Business Development Director (Pharma) This role is for a Business Development Director focused on the Healthcare/Pharmaceutical sector within The Trade Desk, a digital advertising platform. The responsibilities include managing key client relationships, collaborating with internal teams, responding to RFPs, identifying up-selling opportunities, and participating in product roadmap discussions based on client needs. The ideal candidate has a proven track record in online advertising sales/marketing, a deep understanding of the pharma category, and strong relationship-building and negotiation skills. | — | 0 |
| Trading Specialist The Trade Desk is seeking a Trading Specialist in Tokyo to manage campaigns, optimize strategies using data analysis, and provide strategic insights to clients. This role involves mastering the platform, collaborating with internal teams, and shaping product enhancements. | — | 0 |
| Trading Analyst This role focuses on optimizing digital advertising campaigns using data analysis and platform expertise. The Trading Analyst will translate data signals into actionable strategies to drive client growth and provide data-driven insights to clients and internal teams. The role also involves collaborating with Product Management to define features and drive platform enhancements. | — | 0 |
| Sr Trading Specialist The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world's leading independent platform for digital advertising. This role is for a Sr Trading Specialist in Seoul, focusing on reaching the right audiences across the open internet. The company emphasizes solving meaningful challenges at a global scale with massive datasets. | — | 0 |
| Business Development Director The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising. This Business Development Director role in Taiwan will lead commercial efforts, cultivate strategic partnerships with top clients, and drive long-term growth through a consultative approach. The role involves managing relationships with advertisers and agencies, forecasting, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. It requires a proven track record in business development and sales within the Taiwan advertising ecosystem, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to translate data into commercial strategies. The role also involves engaging in technical product discussions and representing the company at industry events. | — | 0 |
| Director, Digital Marketing Director of Digital Marketing for North America at The Trade Desk, focusing on media strategy, digital marketing execution, and team leadership to drive brand awareness, engagement, and revenue. This role involves managing paid digital channels, audience segmentation, budgets, and vendor relationships, with a global scope for shaping best practices. | — | 0 |
| Business Development Director - Strategic Accounts This role is for a Business Development Director focused on strategic accounts in the digital advertising technology space. The primary responsibilities involve leading business development strategies, driving growth in client relationships, developing and scaling brand partnerships, crafting Joint Business Plans, and communicating the company's value proposition. The role requires expertise in the online advertising landscape, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to manage long sales cycles. It is not directly involved in AI/ML development. | — | 0 |
| Director, Client Services The Trade Desk is seeking a Director, Client Services in New Delhi to lead client relationships and provide strategic technical advisory for their digital advertising platform. This role involves managing senior clients, partnering with leadership on business strategy, providing thought leadership, and growing business through cross-selling and upselling. The Director will also manage, motivate, and develop a cross-functional team of Account Managers and Traders, and participate in product roadmap discussions. The ideal candidate has a strong technical background, extensive experience in the digital and programmatic industry, and excellent leadership and communication skills. | — | 0 |
| Business Development Director (Growth) Senior Business Development Director focused on acquiring new brand partnerships for The Trade Desk's digital advertising platform. This role involves leading complex sales cycles, developing custom solutions, and negotiating commercial agreements. | — | 0 |
| Senior Account Executive Senior Account Executive for The Trade Desk, a global technology company and leading independent platform for digital advertising. This role focuses on acquiring net new advertisers by identifying, engaging, and closing new brand relationships, owning the full sales cycle from initial outreach through first scaled investment. The role requires driving net new business acquisition, prospecting, leading discovery conversations, presenting the platform, building senior relationships, developing strategies for competitive opportunities, negotiating and closing agreements, and collaborating cross-functionally. Requires 6-8+ years in digital media or ad tech sales with a strong emphasis on net new business development, proven success in a quota-carrying role, and experience selling programmatic or advertising technology solutions. | — | 0 |
| Senior Account Executive, Enterprise Senior Account Executive, Enterprise role at The Trade Desk, a global technology company in digital advertising. Focuses on leading commercial relationships, owning a quota-carrying book of business, and translating client objectives into media strategies using the company's platform and data. Requires 6-10+ years of experience in digital advertising sales, with a proven track record of exceeding revenue targets and strong client relationship-building skills. | — | 0 |
| Senior Account Executive This is a Senior Account Executive role focused on acquiring new advertisers for The Trade Desk's digital advertising platform. The role involves owning the full sales cycle, from prospecting to closing deals, and building relationships with senior decision-makers. It requires driving new business acquisition, managing pipeline, and collaborating with internal teams to ensure client success. | — | 0 |
| Senior Account Executive Senior Account Executive focused on acquiring new advertisers for The Trade Desk's independent digital advertising platform. Responsibilities include managing the full sales cycle, building pipeline, negotiating agreements, and collaborating with internal teams to ensure client success. | — | 0 |
| Trading Specialist This role is for a Trading Specialist in programmatic advertising at The Trade Desk. The responsibilities include managing daily trading efforts, developing trading strategies, growing client accounts, training clients on the platform, and acting as an internal resource for product offerings. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in programmatic advertising, client-facing skills, strong communication, time management, troubleshooting, analytical abilities, and quantitative skills with a passion for insights from large datasets. | — | 0 |
| Manager, Brand Marketing - Healthcare & Pharma This role is for a Manager of Brand Marketing focused on the Healthcare & Pharma category at The Trade Desk. The responsibilities include developing marketing strategies, creating campaigns, translating insights into messaging, leading integrated programs, and collaborating with various internal teams (Product Marketing, Research & Insights, Performance Marketing, etc.) to drive business goals and thought leadership within the healthcare and pharma sectors. The role requires experience in B2B marketing, category marketing, and a deep understanding of the healthcare/pharma marketing landscape. | — | 0 |
| Programmatic Account Manager This role is for a Programmatic Account Manager at The Trade Desk, a global technology company in digital advertising. The role focuses on managing and growing key agency accounts, providing strategic recommendations, data-driven insights, and exceptional client service. Responsibilities include onboarding new customers, identifying growth opportunities, becoming an expert on the platform, providing client training, and collaborating with Product Management on feature enhancements. The ideal candidate has experience in online advertising, preferably within a DSP, and possesses strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. | — | 0 |
| Associate Account Director Associate Account Director role at The Trade Desk, a global technology company focused on digital advertising. The role involves managing and growing enterprise accounts, communicating the value of the media buying platform, understanding competitive differentiators, acting as a consultative business partner, and working with various teams to accelerate client objectives. Responsibilities include onboarding new customers, growing existing accounts, providing training on the platform, and collaborating with Product Management on feature enhancements. The role requires a Bachelor's Degree, 10 years of digital advertising and client-facing experience, and proven account growth track record. | — | 0 |
| Director, Client Service Director, Client Service at The Trade Desk, a global technology company in digital advertising. This role focuses on managing client accounts, leading teams to drive account growth, developing client relationships, and advocating for client needs internally. Requires strong leadership, client management, and programmatic advertising experience. | — | 0 |
| Director, Retail - VenturaOS The Trade Desk is seeking a Director, Retail Partnerships to own the end-to-end strategy, execution, and growth of retail relationships for their CTV platform, Ventura OS. This role involves scaling platform distribution, activation, and monetization through strategic retail alliances, and driving joint monetization strategies linking CTV inventory with retail shopper data. | — | 0 |
| Sr Director, Product Management - VenturaOS Senior Director, Product Management for Ventura OS, a next-generation Connected TV platform. This role involves leading strategy and execution for a core product domain, driving product strategy and roadmap, and owning the full product lifecycle from concept to launch and iteration. The position requires experience in 0->1 environments, complex platform challenges, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering, research, design, and data science teams. The ideal candidate is an experienced product leader with a platform and systems thinking approach, technically fluent, influential, data-driven, and comfortable with ambiguity. CTV/streaming experience is preferred. | — | 0 |
| Associate Account Director This role is for an Associate Account Director at The Trade Desk, a global technology company in digital advertising. The role focuses on managing and growing agency accounts, acting as a consultant, and working with internal teams to improve client campaigns and the platform. It requires extensive advertising and client-facing experience, with a focus on account growth and client training. | — | 0 |
| Associate Account Director This role is for an Associate Account Director in digital advertising, focusing on revenue growth and strategic client relationships within Tier 1 accounts in Thailand and Vietnam. The position involves acting as a strategic advisor to senior stakeholders, developing account roadmaps, and collaborating with product management to drive platform enhancements. It requires a strong understanding of the programmatic advertising ecosystem and consultative sales experience. | — | 0 |
| Senior Account Executive (Independent Agencies) Senior Account Executive role focused on building relationships with independent advertising agencies within The Trade Desk's digital advertising platform. The role involves driving sales, understanding client needs, and contributing to product roadmap discussions. | — | 0 |
| Senior Manager, Inventory Development Senior Manager, Inventory Development at The Trade Desk, a global technology company in digital advertising. This role focuses on establishing and cultivating relationships with key publisher organizations, building strategic business plans, and evangelizing identity and addressability strategies. The position requires extensive experience in programmatic advertising and publisher business development, with a strong track record of closing deals and established relationships within the digital advertising ecosystem. | — | 0 |
| Sales Development Representative The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world's leading independent platform for digital advertising. This role is for a Sales Development Representative who will pursue outbound brand prospects in North America, seeking to increase outbound demand velocity. The role involves constructing and executing outbound outreach, conducting high-level intro conversations, and working closely with sales and marketing teams. Previous advertising technology experience is required. | — | 0 |
| Senior Account Executive (Pharma) Senior Account Executive (Pharma) at The Trade Desk, a global technology company and leading independent platform for digital advertising. This role focuses on managing and growing strategic relationships with large Healthcare/Pharmaceutical clients, identifying new revenue streams, responding to RFPs, and communicating the value of The Trade Desk media buying platform. The role requires 5+ years of digital advertising sales experience, with Pharma experience strongly preferred, and a proven track record of exceeding revenue expectations. | — | 0 |
| Senior Director, Client Service The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world's leading independent platform for digital advertising. This Senior Director, Client Service role focuses on leading and scaling client service teams, driving revenue growth, building client relationships, and contributing to the evolution of the organization. The role requires strong people management, strategic planning, and client engagement skills within the digital advertising domain. | — | 0 |
| Business Development Director (P&G) Business Development Director role focused on driving revenue and deepening client relationships within The Trade Desk's strategic partnership with Procter & Gamble. The role involves developing and executing advertising strategies, providing thought leadership in media buying, and contributing to commercial strategy across various advertising solutions. | — | 0 |
| Director, Brand Marketing Director, Brand Marketing role at The Trade Desk, focusing on developing and executing go-to-market strategies, brand building initiatives, and content strategy for the ANZ region. This role requires strong leadership, collaboration with various marketing teams, and a deep understanding of marketing KPIs and lead funnel metrics. | — | 0 |
| Associate General Counsel, Product & Privacy Associate General Counsel, Product & Privacy role focused on providing legal counsel to product and business teams to mitigate legal risk in product development, with a specific emphasis on privacy laws and advertising technology, including the use of AI/ML models. | — | 0 |
| Director, Business Development (Mid Market Growth) This role is for a Director of Business Development focused on Mid Market Growth in digital advertising. The individual will lead and build a team of sales professionals, drive net-new revenue through outbound strategies, and establish scalable processes and frameworks. The role requires significant experience in digital advertising sales, a proven track record in acquisition, and strong leadership and coaching skills. | — | 0 |
| Lead Associate Account Director This role is for a Lead Associate Account Director at The Trade Desk, a global technology company in digital advertising. The role focuses on managing agency relationships, providing strategic advice, demonstrating platform value, leading client meetings, and developing a team of Account Managers. It involves understanding client business objectives and serving as a liaison between clients and the product team, but does not involve direct AI/ML model development or research. | — | 0 |
| Senior Contracts Manager This role is for a Senior Contracts Manager to lead and evolve the Contracts Management function within the Legal Operations team. The individual will be responsible for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements, managing a team of Contracts Managers, establishing best practices, and partnering with technology teams to implement CLM solutions. The role requires significant experience in contracts management and people leadership, with a focus on driving operational excellence and scalability. | — | 0 |
| Senior Business Development Director (Independent Agencies) Senior Business Development Director role focused on developing strategy, building relationships with independent agencies, and negotiating commercial agreements for a digital advertising platform. Requires extensive sales and negotiation experience in the digital media and SaaS/Enterprise space. | — | 0 |
| Associate Manager, Infrastructure BizOps (Foundation) This role is for an Associate Manager, Infrastructure BizOps (Foundation) at The Trade Desk. The primary focus is on owning the on-prem compute (Foundation) product line, including financial planning, commercial strategy, and results. Responsibilities include on-prem capacity planning, building CapEx and OpEx plans, leading hardware and capacity sourcing, structuring large on-prem commitments, and managing the FP&A cycle for the on-prem infrastructure. The role requires strong financial and quantitative modeling skills, familiarity with on-prem infrastructure buildouts, and strategic judgment. It is a product-focused role within the infrastructure business operations team, managing a significant portion of the company's infrastructure spend. | — | 0 |
| Senior Manager, Inventory Management This role focuses on managing and growing partnerships with digital publishers and supply-side platforms in the digital advertising space. It involves supporting partner implementations of key initiatives, monitoring partnership performance, optimizing and scaling partnerships through data-driven solutions, and collaborating with internal teams on technical adoptions and operational efficiencies. The ideal candidate has extensive programmatic experience and a proven track record in building and managing vendor/client relationships. | — | 0 |
| Associate Business Development Director The Trade Desk is seeking an Associate Business Development Director in Tokyo to manage and grow key client accounts within their digital advertising platform. This role involves building relationships, understanding client needs, communicating platform value, and participating in product roadmap discussions. The position requires extensive experience in online advertising, strong communication and negotiation skills, and the ability to work cross-functionally. | — | 0 |
| Sr Account Manager This role is for a Sr. Account Manager at The Trade Desk, a global technology company focused on digital advertising. The role involves managing and growing agency accounts, onboarding new customers, and providing training on The Trade Desk platform. It requires experience in online advertising, client-facing roles, and campaign management, with a focus on client success and platform expertise. | — | 0 |
| Sr Accounts Payable Specialist The Trade Desk is seeking a Sr Accounts Payable Specialist for their APAC region. This role involves managing AP processes for multiple entities, assisting with audits, processing invoices and payments, and collaborating with various finance and compliance teams. The ideal candidate has experience in end-to-end AP, knowledge of accounting software, strong Excel skills, and the ability to manage international transactions. | — | 0 |
| Business Development Director, North Asia Outbound This role is for a Business Development Director focused on driving regional market expansion in North Asia by hunting new business opportunities and delivering exceptional growth for clients. The role involves prospecting and winning top cross-border brands expanding outbound from North Asia, acting as a solution seller for major exporters and emerging verticals like Social Apps and AI. It requires strong sales acumen, a drive to exceed revenue targets, and the ability to foster C-level relationships. | — | 0 |
| General Manager, Revenue Operations (Agency and Growth) The Trade Desk is seeking a General Manager, Revenue Operations to lead and scale revenue operations for their Agency and Growth Portfolios. This senior leadership role involves translating global revenue strategy into execution, partnering with GTM, Finance, and Product teams, and building high-performing operational teams. The role requires experience in revenue operations, B2B/technology organizations, and supporting agency-led commercial models, with a strong analytical and leadership skillset. | — | 0 |