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The Trade Desk

GM, Global Sales Learning and Effectiveness

sales enablementsales leadershipsales effectivenesssales methodologyorganizational developmentlearning and developmentsales coachingsales trainingdigital advertisingglobal saleschange managementsales strategy

Key details

Salary

$201K – $369K

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Director

Years experience

10+

Location

New York, New York, United States

Full job description

Lead the global commercial capability strategy for The Trade Desk's sales organization. Partner with Sales leadership to identify capability gaps and design scalable development solutions to improve seller performance. Recruit and manage a global team responsible for sales methodology, onboarding, skill development, leadership coaching, and product enablement. Establish capability frameworks and programs to develop seller and manager skills. Define success metrics linking capability development to commercial outcomes such as pipeline quality, deal velocity, customer growth, and revenue. Facilitate workshops, coach leaders, design learning programs, and build infrastructure to scale learning globally. Manage multiple learning initiatives in a complex organization and collaborate with internal partners across departments. Requires 10+ years in sales enablement, leadership, or consulting in technology or digital advertising, experience with sales methodologies and capability frameworks, strong facilitation and instructional design skills, and ability to travel globally up to 25%. Benefits include comprehensive healthcare, retirement plans, disability coverage, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, parental leave, paid time off, stock purchase plan, and variable compensation.

What you'll do

  • Lead the global commercial capability strategy for the sales organization
  • Partner with Sales leadership to diagnose capability gaps and design scalable development solutions
  • Drive measurable improvements in seller performance across the commercial lifecycle
  • Translate company strategy, product innovation, and market dynamics into commercial capabilities
  • Recruit and lead a global team responsible for sales methodology, onboarding, skill development, leadership coaching, and product enablement
  • Establish a capability framework defining success for sellers and managers
  • Build programs to develop required capabilities
  • Define and execute success metrics linking capability development to commercial outcomes such as pipeline quality, deal velocity, customer growth, and revenue performance
  • Facilitate executive workshops, coach sales leaders, design learning programs, and build global infrastructure to scale learning
  • Manage multiple concurrent learning initiatives in a complex, matrixed organization
  • Drive alignment and decision-making through frameworks, communication, and data-driven analysis
  • Collaborate with internal partners across Sales, Marketing, HR, Product, Policy, Finance, and Operations

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience across Sales Enablement, Sales Effectiveness, Sales Leadership, or Sales Consulting in high-growth technology or digital advertising environments
  • Experience designing and implementing sales methodologies, capability frameworks, or commercial operating models that drive adoption across global sales organizations
  • Proven ability to measure and drive improvement across training and capability development outcomes, linking learning initiatives to measurable business impact
  • Experience creating a comprehensive suite of learning experiences including workshops, coaching programs, digital learning, and scalable curriculum
  • Strong facilitation and instructional design experience with the ability to adapt content in real time to address evolving business needs
  • Experience partnering closely with key internal stakeholders such as Sales Leadership, Recruitment, Sales Operations, Marketing, Product Marketing, and L&D to align learning strategies with broader organizational priorities
  • Experience coaching sales leaders and partnering with executive stakeholders to align capability development with evolving business strategy
  • Direct experience in sales, client partnerships, or revenue-generating roles with an understanding of the realities of frontline selling
  • High emotional intelligence and experience driving change management in complex organizations
  • Ability to inspire, lead, and motivate people with outstanding communication skills across written, verbal, and presentation formats
  • Talent for blending innovation with pragmatic execution
  • Ability to travel globally up to 25%
  • Experience managing global teams with exposure to the Americas, EMEA, and APAC regions

Benefits

Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependentsRetirement benefits such as a 401k plan and company matchShort and long-term disability coverageBasic life insuranceWell-being benefitsReimbursement for certain tuition expensesParental leaveSick time of 1 hour per 30 hours workedVacation time for full-time employees up to 120 hours through the first year and 160 hours thereafterAround 13 paid holidays per yearEmployee Stock Purchase Plan allowing purchase of company stock at a discountVariable compensation-based incentives and commissions depending on roleStock-based compensation grants based on company and individual performance

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