Lead Associate Trading Director
As part of a dynamic global organization, this role sits within a close-knit and entrepreneurial regional team in the Nordics. Despite being part of a large-scale international business, our Nordic presence remains agile, focused, and deeply collaborative. This gives you the best of both worlds: the scale, resources, and innovation of a global leader, combined with the autonomy, creativity, and impact of a startup-like environment.
In this role, you will play a key part in driving commercial performance across the region through smart, data-led trading decisions. You will be responsible for managing campaigns, optimizing performance, and maximizing value for both clients and the business. Working closely with internal stakeholders, agencies, and direct clients, you will contribute to strategic planning while ensuring operational excellence.
You’ll also be instrumental in helping grow our business and team in the Nordics - identifying new opportunities, deepening partnerships, and helping shape our long-term regional strategy.
We’re looking for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, has a strong analytical mindset, and brings an entrepreneurial spirit. If you’re excited by the idea of shaping the future of our trading operations in the Nordics while being supported by the strength of a global network, we’d love to hear from you.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
- Oversee the health client relationships as a strategic advisor, guiding problem-solving discussions and providing best-in-class client services.
- Demonstrate the value of The Trade Desk to clients by providing innovative solutions that meet the clients’ needs and our business goals.
- Lead key agency client meetings in collaboration with business development and trading counterparts.
- Develop trusting and productive relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally.
- Lead the development of portfolio-specific goals based on the company’s vision and values and responsible for tracking progress of portfolio goals on a regular basis.
- Become heavily involved in product development by identifying how to build product that provides solutions for our clients’ business objectives and serving as a liaison between our clients and our product team.
- Manage one Trading Specialist - overseeing their day-to-day management, motivating the team by setting clear expectations, developing career path plans, providing constructive feedback, and maintaining a high level of performance from the team to develop the next generation of leaders.
- Manage for team bandwidth, delivering a high-level of account support and reporting progress against goals to management.
- Communicate effectively with other functional leaders by solving business challenges together, identifying opportunities for growth, and collaborating to drive efficiency and effectiveness across the organization.
WHO YOU ARE:
- You are an effective client-facing leader who is skilled in building and nurturing client relationships while also leading an agile team and developing talent. We are looking for an individual possessing excellent communication, strategic and leadership skills to serve as a player-coach across a portfolio of accounts.
- 7+ years of relevant professional experience with at least 2 directly managing a team.
- Experience in developing, nurturing and managing client relationships.
- Proven track record of driving revenue growth with large customer accounts.
- Strong management and leadership skills through a collaborative team approach.
- Ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, executive team and industry groups.
- Execute (and coach others to execute) timely in fast-paced environment through effective time management and prioritization skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ambition to develop personally and nurture the development of others.
- Excellent influencing and negotiation skills.
- Highly organized with a strong attention to detail.
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