Manager, Retail Data Partnerships… at The Trade Desk · Chicago

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 we do: Drive strategic growth of The Trade Desk’s retail data partnerships by accelerating execution, adoption, and operational rigor across a dedicated portfolio of retailers. This role sits at the center of retailer success - ensuring day‑to‑day partnership excellence, enabling offsite and onsite media activation, and creating leverage for senior leadership to focus on strategic acceleration, executive relationships, and enterprise priorities. This position plays a critical role in scaling our retail ecosystem by strengthening operating cadence, improving adoption signals, translating insights into action, and supporting go‑to‑market efforts across internal commercial teams and external retailer stakeholders. What you do: Run a consistent partner operating rhythm, including weekly/monthly checkpoints, structured agendas, follow‑ups, and clear documentation to drive momentum across initiatives for a portfolio of grocery and e-commerce retailers Take primary day‑to‑day ownership of assigned retail partnerships, serving as the lead while escalating strategic or executive moments to Directors as appropriate Develop and shape QBR/MBR narratives, performance storylines, and progress tracking to support Director‑led executive conversations Serve as the strategic bridge between AI‑driven insights and client action by contextualizing segment‑level findings, responding to client questions, shaping executive‑level interpretation, and ensuring recommended actions are executed Partner with Retail Operational Excellence (ROE) team to manage to operational workflows, ensuring consistency and self-sufficiency across our commerce marketplace Monitor usage and adoption signals, proactively flagging gaps or risks and routing issues with recommended actions Own end‑to‑end negotiations and contracting for assigned partners - shaping commercial frameworks, managing deal execution, and aligning terms to long‑term partnership and revenue goals. Support internal go‑to‑market and sales enablement efforts by preparing partner updates, contributing to internal announcements, and helping maintain partner‑specific knowledge assets Coordinate retailer‑to‑TTD seller connections to support scaled commercialization Identify and develop case study proof points by partnering across stakeholders Translate retailer feedback into clear inputs for Product, supporting priority initiatives through disciplined operating plans and cross‑functional alignment Work closely with ROE, Technical Account Management, Product, Legal, Marketing, and Sales to support successful integrations and ongoing partnership health Qualifications: The ideal candidate has experience working with retailers, data partners, platforms, or agencies and thrives as an experienced execution leader in a fast‑moving, complex environment. Proven operator with a strong bias toward action, structure, and follow‑through—able to run complex initiatives with minimal oversight Strong understanding of programmatic advertising, data partnerships, and retail media ecosystems, with an audience‑first mindset Experience supporting offsite and/or onsite media activation and retail data adoption across advertiser and agency use cases Comfortable developing performance narratives using both outcome‑based metrics (e.g., adoption signals, activation progress) and standard media KPIs Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, shifting priorities, and cross‑functional dependencies Strong communicator with excellent documentation, synthesis, and stakeholder management skills Adept at building internal trust and external credibility through consistency, preparation, and clear point of view Additional qualification requirements: 4-6+ years of experience in account management, partnerships, programmatic media, or related roles Expertise navigating legal frameworks and negotiations in support of complex partnership agreements Experience working with Salesforce, including opportunity and relationship tracking Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in fast‑paced, evolving environments Comfort working with ambiguity and solving problems across multiple levels of abstraction BA/BS degree required Why this role: This role creates leverage across Retail Data Partnerships by driving best‑in‑class strategy and execution for our retailers. You will accelerate adoption, deepen strategic partnerships, and work with senior leaders to advance growth and executive engagement. #LI-JS1 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. [LA JOBS ONLY] The Trade Desk will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Ordinance No. 184652. [SF JOBS ONLY] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. In accordance with various US state laws, the range provided is the Trade Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, and location.  All employees may be eligible to become The Trade Desk shareholders through eligibility for stock-based compensation grants, which are awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. The Trade Desk also offers other compensation depending on the role such as variable compensation-based incentives and commissions. Plus, expected benefits for this role include 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, and 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. The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click here to learn more. Note: Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement or parental leave At the Trade Desk, Base Salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base salary range for this role is $93,800—$172,000 USD As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. Please reach out to us at accommodations@​thetradedesk.​com to request an accommodation or discuss any accessibility needs you may require to access our Company Website or navigate any part of the hiring process. When you contact us, please include your preferred contact details and specify the nature of your accommodation request or questions. Any information you share will be handled confidentially and will not impact our hiring decisions.