[Hiring] Product Manager II @The Trade Desk

Role Description

The Product Manager II will be responsible for managing the execution of a high-priority Account Planning reporting launch by:

• Defining scope in collaboration with business stakeholders (C-suite, VP of RevOps, GM of Sales Training).
• Aligning on requirements and overseeing delivery timelines while ensuring adherence to engineering capacity constraints in sprint planning sessions.
• Collaborating with business stakeholders on the H2H testing initiative to assess the need for tracking testing performance.
• Documenting the business problem and expected return on investment.
• Working with engineering to translate these needs into defined requirements and appropriately scoped solutions.
• Tracking project milestones and associated deliverables by managing the team’s Business Technology Jira board.
• Preparing and delivering project artifacts, such as product briefs, to engineering and business stakeholders.
• Gathering and assessing current and future business needs by regularly engaging with marketing, growth, and sales teams.
• Managing product roadmap (i.e., Account Plan, GTM Resources) and submitting it for stakeholder review and approval.
• Scheduling and facilitating meetings for projects, including user interviews, discovery and vetting calls, design sessions with engineering, and UAT sessions with business stakeholders.
• Allocating tasks according to team members’ areas of expertise to ensure project objectives are met.
• Developing implementation plans by creating product briefs that capture the business value and expected return on investment (ROI).
• Identifying the need for initial or supplemental project resources.
• Preparing and maintaining comprehensive project plans for IT initiatives.
• Performing risk assessments in product briefs by identifying potential project risks and developing mitigation strategies.
• Preparing project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing project progress and trends.
• Identifying, reviewing, and selecting platforms and external resources to meet project requirements.
• Developing and implementing project communication plans.
• Creating work breakdown structure (WBS) by breaking project into key tasks and tracking each component.
• Evaluating project team members’ performance and delivering feedback during peer reviews.
• Negotiating with engineering managers and Operations to secure engineering resources for projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field.
• One (1) year of experience in the job offered or related role.
• Experience with product ownership for Salesforce feature enhancements and new projects.
• Experience with product ownership for contract lifecycle management (CLM) system feature enhancements and new projects.
• Working closely with key internal business stakeholders to understand existing business processes.
• Conducting weekly backlog grooming sessions with engineering to review Jira epics.
• Setting engineering roadmap priorities based on business needs.
• Maintaining updated roadmap reporting visible to all key stakeholders.
• Working closely with training teams to ensure successful feature delivery and launches.

Requirements

• Salary: $151,400 - $227,000/year.

Benefits

• 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 through the first year and 160 hours thereafter.
• Around 13 paid holidays per year.
• Employees can purchase The Trade Desk stock at a discount through The Trade Desk’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.