Head of Product Management, Inventory

Company: The Trade Desk, Inc.
Location: New York
Posted on: May 24, 2025

Job Description:

Head of Product Management, InventoryThe 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 do:

• Reporting to the VP, Product, you will work collaboratively with and as a member of our senior leadership team across the company to lead product strategy and execution as it relates to our inventory products - Deal Desk, Price Discovery & Provisioning API, Open Path, the Open Market, Sellers & Publishers 500, and Blue List.
• Help design measurable tactical and strategic indicators of success that include data-driven inputs and outputs that will help serve expected growth.
• Scale a high-performing and mission-driven Product Management team. Build, hire, coach, develop and retain the PM leadership of today and the future.
• Set the roadmap for TTD's inventory products that take the business' current and future needs into account, and prioritize a seamless UX.
• Partner with UX/UI, Engineering, Inventory Development, and Inventory Operations to develop and execute the product roadmap with the ultimate goal of increasing adoption and revenue.
• Partner with engineering & design to build a culture of empowered product teams where all roles excel together and deliver as a single team. Be a great partner to sales and operations - support, listen, guide and enable.
• Define and deliver the product vision in collaboration with all stakeholders and ensure alignment across the entire organization.
• Establish and maintain product lifecycle: discovery, shaping, execution, and sunset, ensuring stakeholders have commensurate visibility and involvement, with adequate tooling to measure performance.Who you are:
• Experience in product leadership at a high-tech or SaaS software company.
• Proficiency building intuitive user experiences for complex products at scale.
• Ability to think and operate at a "strategic level," but maniacally driven towards execution with the willingness to roll-up your sleeves.
• History of building and coaching high-performing teams who are motivated to do better and think bigger.
• Data-driven mindset and highly analytical with the desire and ability to dig into metrics to derive insights.
• Effectively influence, partner, and communicate cross-functionally with design, engineering, and financial business teams across a company to set and deliver on product vision.
• Strong awareness of technology trends and potential influence on the current and future business.
• Ideally have experience working with inventory teams and publishers, coupled with experience developing, managing, and communicating AdTech products.
• A problem solver, with a proven record of accomplishment of solving complex technical problems as part of a comprehensive forward-looking product roadmap.
• A deep appreciation and understanding of the intersection of Authentication, Identity, Security, Trust, and Marketplace Quality.The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. The Trade Desk is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
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