Director, Inventory Development

The Trade Desk The Trade Desk · Media · New York, NY · Inventory Partnerships

This role is focused on business development and strategic partnerships within the ad tech industry, specifically in Audio & CTV inventory. The Director will lead a team to negotiate technical partnerships, build business plans, oversee publisher relationships, and develop long-term strategies for growth and innovation. The role requires strong leadership, business development skills, and an understanding of the media landscape and programmatic advertising.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead a results driven business development org focused on negotiating and executing highly technical partnerships
  2. Build strategic business plans with audio and CTV publisher partners for overall growth in transparent access, addressability, decisioning and bottom-line revenue.
  3. Oversee strategic inventory (publisher) partners across North America responsible for the long-term success of supply relationships
  4. Lead contract negotiations with publisher partners across initiatives
  5. Develop a mid- and long-term strategy for Publisher partnerships identifying the best ways to unlock growth and innovation across all channels

Skills

Required

  • Execution mindset with experience leading scaled teams to deliver against a multi-year plan.
  • 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.
  • 15+ 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.

What the JD emphasized

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