Staff Product Manager, Budget and Pacing

The role

You will own product strategy and execution for the Budget and Pacing system. This involves working on pacing controllers, bidding algorithms, and the UX experience to ensure advertisers spend budgets effectively.

What you will do

• Own product strategy and execution for the Budget & Pacing system.
• Collaborate with product teams to ensure features do not disrupt platform spend.
• Work on core pacing engine controllers and allocation algorithms.
• Partner with applied science on pacing and bidding algorithms.
• Own the intake surface for features touching spend.
• Build the roadmap from direct contact with traders and agencies.
• Define how to measure pacing quality and prove changes through experimentation.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years in product management, with at least 2 in ad tech, or 4 in a field with directly translatable mechanics such as high-frequency trading, fintech, marketplace pricing, or yield management.
• Technical depth to challenge engineering and applied science on design decisions.
• Comfort reading algorithm specs and reasoning about control loops and allocation logic.
• Understanding of the full campaign lifecycle from IO through flight setup to delivery and reporting.
• Experience owning a production system where correctness and scale matter.
• A track record of shipping through teams you do not control.
• Direct customer contact in a prior role.

Nice to have

• real-time bidding
• auction mechanics
• budget pacing
• constrained allocation at scale

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
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan to purchase stock at a discount

About the company

The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising. Its technology helps advertisers reach audiences across the open internet.