Senior Manager, Marketplace Quality
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: Represent The Trade Desk Marketplace Quality team in discussions with various internal teams, clients, partners and industry organizations on topics related to inventory quality Craft strategic external messaging about sensitive industry topics related to inventory quality and transparency Evaluate inventory partners to determine compliance to posted inventory policies Investigate client and vendor inquiries related to inventory policies Conduct regular technical analysis of platform-wide data related to supply quality Find technical, operational, policy or business solutions to complex inventory quality problems Handle complex, sensitive discussions with clients, partners and vendors to reach favorable outcomes Who you are: 5+ years of demonstrated expertise in supply quality and/or brand safety through published work, industry contributions, or measurable outcomes at a DSP, SSP, ConnectedTV vendor, ad server, agency, publisher, or ad verification vendor Proven ability to drive cross-functional initiatives from problem identification through resolution, influencing stakeholders across product, partnerships, legal, and commercial teams without direct authority Intensely curious self-starter able to work independently Proficiency in writing complex SQL queries Strong understanding of the programmatic advertising ecosystem, current trends and IAB initiatives related to supply quality and transparency Knowledge of the anti-fraud and brand safety offerings of major advertising technology vendors Outstanding ability to think critically and solve complex problems, “detective” level perseverance Ability to continually make progress on long-term projects while also managing the day-to-day needs of a dynamic, rapidly growing business Superior ability to communicate to a variety of internal and external stakeholders Highly organized and detail-oriented Experience with JIRA, Excel, OpenRTB protocol and working with APIs to create, update and retrieve ...