Senior Manager, Inventory Management

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

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.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage and grow TTD’s partnerships with digital publishers and SSPs in North America by providing day-to-day partner support, managing key relationships and coordinating workstreams internally
  2. Support partner implementation of major TTD initiatives like Unified ID 2.0, EUID, OpenPath, OpenAds, and OpenPass in collaboration with internal TTD stakeholders
  3. Monitor performance and health of partnerships; oversee escalations to technical and operational teams
  4. Optimize and scale partnerships by providing data-driven solutions for commercial, product, and operational improvements
  5. Liaise with the Technical Account Management team (TAM) to strategize and prioritize technical adoptions with partners, evaluate integration health, and identify areas for operational efficiencies

Skills

Required

  • 6-8 years of programmatic experience at either a DSP, SSP, ad server, TV network, data company or other related organizations
  • Proven track record of building partnerships by forging a strong relationship with vendors and clients, understanding their objectives and recommending best strategies
  • Deep understanding of programmatic advertising with the ability to rapidly grasp new technology, product changes, and complex concepts
  • Ability to collaborate cross functionally with many teams and influence stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
  • Outstanding troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving abilities with attention to detail
  • Effective time management skills – ability to prioritize and meet deadlines with top notch organizational skills
  • Self-starter able to seek initiatives, and lead a project from start to finish

What the JD emphasized

  • programmatic experience
  • building partnerships
  • Deep understanding of programmatic advertising
  • Ability to collaborate cross functionally
  • Outstanding troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving abilities