Senior Product Manager, Developer Experience

The Trade Desk; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Technical Product Manager to enhance developer experiences and lead impactful software projects. This role involves owning the development life cycle, from initial feature discussions through to deployment and monitoring. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and are eager to tackle complex technical challenges while collaborating with engineering teams, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a culture that values creativity, inclusivity, and growth, where your contributions will shape the future of advertising technology.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Technical or Platform Product Manager in tech-heavy roles.
• Proven ability to partner with engineering teams on software projects.

Responsibilities

• Own the development life cycle from feature discussions to deployment.
• Define developer experience strategy and drive execution.

Skills

Technical Product Management

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Leadership

Creativity

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a Technical Field

Tools

A/B Testing Tools

Project Management Software

Job description

The Trade Desk is changing the way global brands and their agencies advertise to audiences around the world. How? With a media buying platform that helps brands deliver a more insightful and relevant ad experience for consumers –– and sets a new standard for global reach, accuracy, and transparency. We are proud of the culture we have built. We value the unique experiences and perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work every day.

So, if you are talented, driven, creative, and eager to join a dynamic, globally-connected team, then we want to talk!

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

Our mission is to ensure the Trade Desk engineering team can deliver products to our customers as quickly and efficiently as possible. Our goal is that our engineers are happy, efficient, and productive. If you are technical, data-driven, and creative, with a deep understanding of the development process, and a passion for building great developer experiences, we would love to talk to you about the open positions on our PM team.

The Trade Desk Product Team hires courageous, passionate PMs who set big goals and execute them. We help you grow and challenge you with hard, meaningful work. We celebrate our successes and learn from our failures together. We value and develop strong leadership, asking our PMs to take on ambitious and often ambiguous projects that promise to extend our lead in the industry.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

Our team owns the development life cycle at the Trade Desk – from the first discussions about a feature, to coding and debugging, through deployment into our global data centers, A/B Testing and Experimentation, and all the way to post-deployment production monitoring. Our goal is to build tools, frameworks, automation and processes that help our engineers to focus their time on delivering customer value.

You will be responsible for understanding the needs of our customers (the Trade Desk Engineering Team), the tools and processes that they use, the technical governance standards they must meet, and industry trends and best practices; you will be responsible for taking all of that information and working with our developer experience engineering team to use it to define our developer experience strategy and the roadmap to get there; you will be responsible for working with the team to drive execution against that roadmap; you will be driving deeply technical projects and providing leadership in a complex, fast-paced environment.

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE:

1. Ideally: a passion for building great developer experiences and a track record of having done so.
2. 5+ years of experience as a Technical or Platform Product Manager working in a technology-heavy role, including defining the strategy and roadmap for the platforms you built.
3. A proven track record of partnering with engineering teams to solve complex, technical problems and delivering large and impactful software projects.
4. Excellent communication skills including the confidence to participate in very technical conversations, the ability to drive consensus and commitment, and the ability to crisply communicate delivery timelines, trade-offs and risks to senior management.
5. Durability and grit -- sometimes solutions take creative thinking, multiple iterations, and staging while dependencies solidify. You try many different approaches to the right answer.
6. Enthusiasm for all things developer, emerging technologies, and a desire to keep on top of industry trends.