Lead Associate Trading Director

The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising, with nearly 4,000 employees across more than 30 offices. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet — from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more.

Advertising powers the content people love. By making it more transparent, effective, and responsible, we help support trusted journalism, quality entertainment, and creators worldwide. The world’s brands and agencies rely on us to reach their customers and grow their businesses responsibly.

The scale of our platform brings unique technical challenges — from processing massive datasets in real time to building systems that operate reliably on a global scale. When you work here, your impact is worldwide. We welcome diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and build teams that learn from one another. If you’re driven to solve meaningful challenges, we’d love to meet you.

What you'll do:

• Manage, mentor, and work alongside Trading Specialists to grow a dedicated book of business through data-led strategy, consultative client engagement, and scalable trading excellence.

• Support the Director of Trading, as a senior member of the team, in shaping the overall trading strategy for the DACH business.

• Lead the adoption of AI-enabled trading capabilities, automation, and advanced analytics to improve campaign outcomes, team productivity, operational consistency, and client value.

• Work with internal teams to create 12-month growth strategies that connect client objectives, platform capabilities, measurement, product adoption, and commercial opportunities.

• Lead and evolve programmatic buying strategies, optimisation approaches, data visualisation, and automated workflows across complex client portfolios.

• Become a leader in The Trade Desk platform best practices and mentor both clients and internal teams on how to use platform functionality, data, and automation responsibly and effectively.

• Combine data analysis, client feedback, market trends, and product knowledge to create optimisation strategies and solutions for complex campaigns.

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