Director of Growth Solutions
The Trade Desk · Chicago; Los Angeles; New York
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days The Trade Desk's roles stay open a median of 80 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 5% of The Trade Desk's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at The Trade Desk
- high 159 stale, 3 reposted of 159 open
- Hiring momentum
- 290 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-22
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from The Trade Desk's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for The Trade Desk.
About this role
The Director of Growth Solutions at The Trade Desk will lead a new technical pre-sales function focused on acquiring new advertisers. This role involves building and managing a team, defining standards for technical pre-sales, coaching team members, and driving major deals while ensuring smooth handoffs to Client Services. The position requires both leadership and hands-on involvement in high-stakes sales processes, aiming to compress time to contract and first revenue.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of The Trade Desk as an employer.
What you need
- 6+ years in solutions engineering, solutions consulting, or technical pre-sales in enterprise B2B
- 3+ years leading Sales Engineering or technical pre-sales teams
- Track record landing complex new logos with seven- and eight-figure annual potential
- Deep adtech/martech fluency including DSP, CDP, identity, measurement, clean rooms
- Strong opinions on measurement: attribution, incrementally, MMM
- Excellent written communication skills
What you get
- 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
Worth weighing
- This is a new function, meaning the role involves shaping its identity and processes from scratch.
- No specific mention of remote work options, which may be a consideration for candidates.
- The role requires a strong technical background and the ability to communicate complex ideas to non-technical stakeholders.
- The posting emphasizes a player-coach dynamic, which may require balancing leadership with direct sales involvement.
Summarised from The Trade Desk's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by The Trade Desk on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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