Business Strategy and Activation Director

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. The NAMER Business Strategy and Activation team is seeking a Director, Sales Operations to lead operational excellence and serve as a strategic partner to GTM Sales and Client Services leadership. This role sits within the Global Revenue Operations (GRO) organization, where Business Strategy and Activation plays a critical role in advancing commercial priorities, scaling processes through continuous improvement and innovation, and enabling field productivity through strong cross-functional collaboration. In this role, you’ll act as a thought partner to senior sales leaders– driving the rhythm of the business, building scalable infrastructure, and supporting execution against growth targets. A core focus of this role will be to uncover trends, surface actionable insights, and translate data into strategy to deepen understanding of what’s happening within the book of business. You will lead key operational initiatives, shape go-to-market plans, and partner across functions to bring clarity and consistency to how we evaluate performance, identify growth opportunities, and respond to risks across NAMER. This role requires a strong analytical mindset, comfort with ambiguity, and the a bility to operate autonomously while driving impact at scale. What you’ll do: Serve as the strategic operations lead for the Global Advertiser/Agency client services team, supporting execution, driving consistency, and unlocking team productivity through influence and results. Collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders—Marketing, Sales Strategy, Training, Product, Finance, and Legal—to align efforts and ensure seamless execution of Agency-focused initiatives.