The Trade Desk · 3 days ago
VP, Head of Strategic Initiatives
New York, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$190K/yr - $348K/yr
10+ years expThe Trade Desk is changing the way global brands and their agencies advertise to audiences around the world. The VP, Head of Strategic Initiatives will serve as a key strategic counsel to the CSO and will be responsible for translating directives into actionable plans, driving new initiatives, and ensuring effective internal communications across the organization.
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Responsibilities
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 offering and 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 and communication
Lead special projects that cross functional lines and transition ownership to leader(s) to scale as needed
Qualification
Required
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
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
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
Competitive benefits package
Company
The Trade Desk
The Trade Desk is an online demand-side platform that provides buying tools for digital media buyers.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
The Trade Desk has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (57)
2024 (49)
2023 (38)
2022 (39)
2021 (31)
2020 (15)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$257.5MKey Investors
Wellington ManagementBridge BankHermes Growth Partners
2021-07-08Post Ipo Equity
2016-09-21IPO
2016-05-09Debt Financing· $125M
Leadership Team
Jeff Green
CEO
Mitch Waters
Senior Vice President of Client Service APAC
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