Business Development Director, Growth

• →Build and cultivate a pipeline of high-value prospects, developing strategic relationships with senior commercial and contract decision-makers across advertisers.
• →Lead complex new business opportunities end-to-end, including qualification, discovery, RFP responses, commercial strategy, contract negotiation and execution.
• →Partner closely with Client Services to deliver a seamless transition from sale to onboarding, ensuring new clients are set up for long-term success through a high-quality discovery process.
• →Position The Trade Desk as a trusted advisor and thought leader, helping clients navigate the evolving digital advertising landscape through compelling commercial narratives and informed perspectives on AI and emerging technologies.
• →Build strong cross-functional partnerships across Sales, Client Services, Product, Marketing, Trading and Revenue to mobilise expertise, remove barriers and accelerate commercial outcomes.
• →Contribute to the ongoing development of the Growth organisation by helping refine operating rhythms, sales playbooks and scalable ways of working, while providing strategic input into the team's direction and success.
• →Identify opportunities to improve processes, challenge existing thinking and bring market insights that strengthen the Growth team's effectiveness and long-term performance.
• →Take end-to-end ownership of your portfolio, identifying opportunities to expand customer relationships while balancing strategic thinking with a willingness to execute the operational detail required to move opportunities forward.
• →Foster a collaborative, high-performing team culture by sharing knowledge, supporting colleagues and contributing to collective success.

• A clear point of view on the forces shaping the future of data-driven marketing, with a deep understanding of the programmatic ecosystem and a strong learning mindset.
• Established experience within the programmatic advertising ecosystem, with 8+ years in digital advertising sales and a strong understanding of the technologies, commercial models and industry relationships that underpin the market.
• Proven ability to build, negotiate and close complex, senior-level commercial deals, with established relationships across major advertisers.
• Strong commercial acumen with excellent negotiation, analytical capability and sound judgement, balancing customer needs with long-term business outcomes.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex concepts into compelling commercial narratives and influence C-level stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity, bringing an entrepreneurial mindset, resilience and a bias for action to build and scale new initiatives.
• High emotional intelligence with the ability to build trust, adapt communication styles and influence a broad range of stakeholders.
• Strong strategic thinking combined with a hands-on approach, equally comfortable shaping direction and executing day-to-day activities.
• Highly collaborative with a team-first mindset, building alignment across cross-functional teams and contributing to a culture of trust and shared success.
• Self-directed, accountable and exceptionally organised, able to manage multiple complex opportunities while maintaining momentum and attention to detail.
• Naturally curious, challenging assumptions, identifying better ways of working and continuously seeking opportunities to improve.

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