Business Development 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.

What we do:

The DACH region represents a critical growth market for EMEA and this is a senior-level opportunity within our Market Development team, which is central to our EMEA growth

strategy. We are looking for a commercially driven sales expert to lead and develop our relationships with strategic agencies & clients in Switzerland. Success in this role requires a demonstrable history of delivering exceptional results, building influential partnerships, and fostering strong cross-functional collaboration.

What you'll do:

• Take ownership by driving and fostering strategic partnerships with local and pan-european agencies and advertisers located in Switzerland.
• Own and cultivate strong relationships with advertiser C-Suite executives and key agency partners.
• Articulating the unique value proposition of our media buying platform, leveraging industry insights to drive adoption.
• Accelerating revenue growth through collaborative strategies with the Strategic Accounts team and internal cross-functional stakeholders.
• Negotiating and managing commercial agreements with agencies.
• Contributing to product roadmap prioritization by advocating for client needs with senior leadership, product, and engineering teams.
• Representing TTD's expertise and vision for the market.

Who you are:

• A proven record of accomplishment in digital advertising outbound sales
• An agile self-starter comfortable building from the ground up
• Experience working with local blue chip companies and cross-functional teams
• Proven track record in a sales role working with advertisers and agencies
• Existing relationships with decision makers at major agencies and advertisers in Switzerland
• Experience establishing longstanding, consultative client relationships
• Strong quantitative skills and negotiation’s ability, able to lead commercial negotiations for large global accounts
• A capacity to participate in technical product roadmap and product scoping exercises
• Effective communication skills with an ability to speak with C-level clients
• Passion for owning a room, closing deals, and getting wins
• Proven record of accomplishment of exceeding revenue expectations

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