Principal Product Manager - Ventura OS

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

We are looking for an experienced Product Manager who will help define and deliver a new CTV product Ventura OS from concept to production. We highly value people who learn fast, who are humble, and drive results through incredible teamwork. If you deeply believe you can make our customers' world a much better place, then this may be the opportunity for you. The ideal candidate will be technical, data-driven, creative, business savvy, and love elegant user experiences. They will be 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 the 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:

You would join a team creating a new product in the CTV space. We are continually working to make media accessible to all. In this role, you will help us shape our vision and form strategies to innovate and bring a new product to market. This is a tremendous opportunity for an experienced and successful Product Manager. We are a visionary team, so your ability to imagine an amazing future with rich media and the market instruments to deliver it will be key. The growth in our team will accelerate with your execution skill and ability to work with several team members across disciplines. We value relationship and trust-building on our team. Your technical and business skills should complement refined soft skills and a passion to build and be a part of a highly effective team. Your work will help us drive business worldwide, so the scale is huge.

WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

• Product Strategy & Vision: This role will lead a substantial part of the product strategy and vision for our CTV platform, crafting roadmaps that bring this vision to life. The ideal candidate will own the product, user experience, design, and technology needed to create state-of-the-art Connected TV consumer experiences.
• Startup Mode: This position involves projects that are fast-paced, challenging, and diverse. Candidates will have the opportunity to experiment with new approaches, take calculated risks, and work alongside talented colleagues.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: This inherently cross-functional role works closely with engineering, design, finance, legal, business development, content acquisition, and executive teams to enhance Ventura's OS Personalization & Discovery customer experience.
• End-to-End Product Development: Build and guide product concepts from ideation to validation, launch, measurement, and iteration.
• Strategic Communication: Craft strategy memos and presentations to represent the team’s work to senior executives, ensuring the organization has a clear understanding of the product strategy and roadmap.
• Business Case Development: Work with finance, strategy, and data science partners to build business cases and assess the impact of product innovations.
• Customer-Centric Focus: Collaborate with consumer insights and design partners to deeply understand and address the evolving needs of our customers.

WHAT YOU BRING:

• 8–10+ Years of Product Management Experience: Extensive experience driving product success and growth.
• In-Depth Knowledge of the Digital Video/CTV Industry: Broad and deep understanding of video streaming, advertising, OTT, and Connected TV platforms.
• Technical Expertise and Background: Either by education or experience, you have hands-on involvement in building user interfaces for consumer products, a strong grasp of market trends, and can present to technical audiences with authority.
• Proficiency in Machine Learning-Driven Experiences: Skilled in leveraging ML for content search and discovery, content metadata, and publisher tools.
• Bonus: Experience in mobile and voice assistive technologies is an added advantage.

NY, CO, CA, and WA residents only: In accordance with NY, CO, CA, and WA law, the range provided is The Trade Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location. All employees may be eligible to become The Trade Desk shareholders through eligibility for stock-based compensation grants, which are awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. The Trade Desk also offers other compensation depending on the role such as sales-based incentives and commissions. Plus, expected benefits for this role include comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents, retirement benefits such as a 401k plan and company match, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, well-being benefits, reimbursement for certain tuition expenses, parental leave, sick time of 1 hour per 30 hours worked, vacation time for full-time employees up to 120 hours thru the first year and 160 hours thereafter, and around 13 paid holidays per year. Employees can also purchase The Trade Desk stock at a discount through The Trade Desk’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click here to learn more.

Note: Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leave

At the Trade Desk, Base Salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base salary range for this role is $136,300—$249,900 USD

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