Full job description
The Trade Desk is seeking a Senior Recruiter (Contract) for a minimum 6-month role based in New York to support Business Development, Sales, and Client Services hiring on the East Coast. The role requires ownership of full-cycle recruitment including sourcing, screening, interview management, feedback, and offers. The recruiter will also manage internal mobility efforts, ensuring fair and efficient internal hiring processes. Responsibilities include partnering with hiring managers, building sourcing strategies, managing internal candidates and referrals, advising on hiring strategy, maintaining ATS data integrity, and improving recruiting workflows. Candidates should have 8+ years recruiting experience, preferably in AdTech or Digital Media, with strong stakeholder management skills and experience in high-volume recruiting. The base salary range is $65,000 to $85,000 USD. Benefits include comprehensive healthcare, retirement plans, disability coverage, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, parental leave, sick and vacation time, paid holidays, stock-based compensation, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
What you'll do
- Own and drive the full-cycle recruitment process including sourcing, screening, interview management, feedback, and offers across a high volume of roles
- Partner closely with Hiring Managers to deeply understand role requirements and deliver against aggressive hiring timelines
- Build and execute creative sourcing strategies to identify top talent across Sales, Business Development, and Client Services
- Deliver strong pipelines of qualified candidates using both active and passive sourcing approaches
- Become a subject matter expert in internal mobility, ensuring consistent, fair, and well-communicated processes for internal applicants
- Manage internal candidates, referrals, and offer processes with a high degree of care, transparency, and rigor
- Partner closely with People Advisory Partners (HR) to align on internal moves, performance considerations, and hiring governance
- Help strengthen and scale internal mobility processes during a period of increased hiring activity
- Influence and advise Hiring Managers on interview best practices, decision-making, and hiring strategy
- Provide clear, consistent updates to stakeholders on pipeline health, progress, and risks
- Maintain strong relationships with both candidates and internal partners throughout the hiring process
- Maintain high data integrity within ATS and ensure accurate pipeline tracking and reporting
- Identify opportunities to improve recruiting workflows and candidate experience during this high-demand period
Requirements
- 8+ years of recruiting experience
- Strong in-house experience supporting Sales or GTM hiring (AdTech or Digital Media preferred)
- Proven ability to operate in a high-volume, fast-paced recruiting environment
- Demonstrated success in full-cycle recruiting and proactive sourcing, including passive candidate engagement
- Experience managing or supporting internal mobility processes is highly preferred
- Strong track record of influencing senior stakeholders and building trust across cross-functional partners
- Deep understanding of the US media landscape, ideally with exposure to Programmatic
- Highly organized, data-driven, and comfortable navigating ambiguity and shifting priorities
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 yearEligibility for stock-based compensation grantsVariable compensation-based incentives and commissionsEmployee Stock Purchase Plan with discounted stock purchase