VP, Japan and Korea at The Trade Desk in Tokyo

Job description

The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising, with over 3,000 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. We are looking for a strong business leader to lead our fast-growing business in the Japan and Korea markets, who will be responsible for driving our business strategy and growth, without compromising on innovation or our Company culture. The person will also have the proven ability to inspire and empower their teams to stretch themselves to achieve ever greater goals and to collaborate closely both locally and globally. You will also mentor and lead our business teams to build consultative business relationships and ensure long-term client success. The person is a strategic business leader – with a strong ability to envision, create and execute on highest impact growth opportunities, to shape and influence how the markets think about our industry and company and can foster the most senior, strategic relationships in the respective regions. This person will be motivated by a desire to make advertising work better for brands, publishers, and partners in those markets. They must have a high aptitude for and comfort level with working in complex business and technology environments along with a strong leadership and business acumen. What You'll Do Will be the external and internal figurehead for the TTD Japan and Korea business Lead team to develop and land strategic market plans to achieve revenue goals Working with the team to define and lead an effective upstream sales strategy Own and sponsor relationships with senior levels of stakeholders within target accounts and partners Collaborate with other functional leaders to identify growth opportunities, solve business challenges and drive efficiency across the organization Strong cultural leadership across the whole Japan & Korea business. Driver in creating an environment that inspires the Sales organization to perform effectively and efficiently Ensure effective team management through coaching, mentoring and development of the team Contribute in product roadmap build-out discussions based on client needs with senior leadership, product, & engineering Who You Are 15+ years of experience in online advertising. At least 10 years in a team leadership capacity covering Japan / Korea Able to bring together culture across markets and knowledge along with a global business mindset Proven track record of working within Japan and Korea and strong relationships in the regional markets Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to speak to C-Level clients and establish client relationships Proven track record of driving and exceeding revenue expectations through a history of sales leadership experience Strong management and leadership skills through a collaborative team approach Proactive in managing and developing talent as well as talent attraction Ability to navigate difficult and ambiguous situations and inspire others to positivity Ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, executive team and industry groups Executes (and coaches others to exec