Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day strategy and execution of The Trade Desk’s global PR efforts.
• Establish clear processes, planning, and operational standards across regions.
• Oversee media relations strategy, strengthening relationships with top-tier, business, tech, advertising, and trade media.
• Ensure proactive storytelling and consistent messaging that reinforces The Trade Desk’s industry leadership and innovation.
• Support executive communications and thought leadership.
• Support issues communications, anticipating risks and guiding response strategy.
• Lead a high-performing PR team, setting clear direction and performance expectations.
• Partner cross-functionally with marketing, legal, business and client teams to ensure alignment and execution of communications strategies.
• Drive accountability and measurable outcomes across the team.

Requirements

• A seasoned public relations leader who brings 15+ years of deep experience in ad tech, media, and technology, ideally within a complex, fast-moving, global environment.
• A leader with significant people leadership across multiple regions and experience operating at the executive level.
• A strategic thinker with strong business insight who can translate company strategy into clear, compelling external narratives.
• A trusted executive partner who communicates with confidence, credibility, and sound judgment—especially in moments of ambiguity or change.
• A media relations expert with a proven ability to influence at scale.
• A decisive leader who thrives in complex situations and can effectively manage competing priorities and diverse stakeholder needs.
• A people-first leader with demonstrated success building, coaching, and scaling high-performing teams.
• Highly collaborative, able to build trust and strong relationships across all levels of the organization and with external partners.
• Comfortable operating with autonomy and accountability, balancing independence with alignment to company goals and values.
• Known for sound judgment, and a strong drive to achieve meaningful impact.

Benefits

• 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.