VP – Head of Strategic Initiatives

The Trade Desk is changing the way global brands and their agencies advertise to audiences around the world. How? With a media buying platform that helps brands deliver a more insightful and relevant ad experience for consumers –– and sets a new standard for global reach, accuracy, and transparency. We are proud of the culture we have built. We value the unique experiences and perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work every day.

So, if you are talented, driven, creative, and eager to join a dynamic, globally-connected team, then we want to talk!

What you’ll be doing:

• Serve as key strategic counsel and close partner to Trade Desk's CSO as we continue to scale the company and evolve the company’s strategy, partnerships, client service model, product offeringand organizational structure.
• Translate CSO directives into an action plans consistent with the vision, culture, and pace of the company.
• In partnership with executive leadership and their broader operational teams, ensure that the company has thoughtful, regular internal communications about business milestones, challenges, and progress.
• Assist with driving new initiatives – sourcing partnership opportunities to define and execute on new opportunities or ways of doing business aligned with our strategic vision.
• Build a strong, trusted relationship with The Trade Desk's CSO to support and/or lead as new initiatives arise or lines of business expand.
• Build strong relationships across the organization. Establish credibility with the executive team and broader organization by listening and learning about what makes The Trade Desk unique and where we have opportunities to expand and improve.
• Provide support and oversight for special projects and initiatives.
• Hold senior leaders accountable to action plans through strong project management andcommunication.
• Lead special projects that cross functional lines and transition ownership to leader(s) to scale as needed.

Who you are:

The successful candidate will be a well-rounded business leader who understands public company resource management and team collaboration, and has thrived in both larger and smaller-scale organizations, ideally in a variety of industries. She or he will have hands-on experience building highly efficient and effective teams, programs, partnerships, and processes. Success is viewed as achieving business results, with extreme ownership and accountability – not just being busy. He or she will have experience crafting strategic partnerships, which are then executed and maintained by themselves or their teams. S/he will makes decisions and proposals backed by data and analysis. The candidate will be innately nonpolitical, open, authentic, service-oriented, driven, and low ego. S/he should display a management style that emphasizes collaboration, and will work seamlessly across the company’s functions and levels.

• 10+ years of experience creating, building, or leading Strategy, Partnership and/or Operations teams.
• Outstanding project and partner management skills.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to craft a compelling strategy, and translate it to an inspirational vision to be communicated to the industry or key executives at partners or potential partners.
• Experience in planning, setting priorities, and driving execution for maximum impact across sizeable organizations.
• Experience negotiating and executing complex and innovative deals
• Demonstrated ability to work across organizational boundaries to build alignment and drive closure on issues and drive results.
• Empathetic leader who knows how to get stuff done while role-modeling company values including vision, grit, agility, generosity, openness, and full heartedness.