The Trade Desk is looking for a Sr. Director, Product Operations to lead the operational backbone of their Product organization. The role requires equal parts operational excellence, executive facilitation, and strong stakeholder management.
Requirements
- 8–12+ years of experience in Product Operations, Business Operations, Consulting, or equivalent roles within high-growth technology environments.
- Demonstrated experience building and running structured roadmap processes at scale, including strategy facilitation, investment planning, and tradeoff management.
- Strong analytical capabilities, including opportunity sizing, business case modeling, and scenario planning.
- Experience facilitating executive-level alignment discussions across Product, Revenue, Engineering, and Finance.
- Proven ability to implement goal-setting frameworks (e.g., OKRs or equivalent) and establish measurable execution tracking systems.
- Experience designing structured feedback intake processes and translating qualitative input into prioritized action.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including executive-ready presentations and clear documentation of decisions.
- High ownership mentality – comfortable operating in ambiguity and creating clarity where none exists.
- Strong judgment and intellectual rigor when navigating tradeoffs between strategic ambition, capacity constraints, and field demands.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority and build durable cross-functional alignment.
Benefits
- 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
- 13 paid holidays per year
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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