General Manager, Independent Agency, West

Location: Los Angeles; San Francisco · Category: Sales & Business Development · Seniority: Director · Posted: August 27, 2026 · Verified: Sep 20, 2026

Role Overview & Description

This general manager role oversees The Trade Desk's business with independent agencies in the West region, driving revenue and strategic alignment. It requires leadership in agency relations and programmatic advertising.
Source & Transparency: This position was structured directly from the publicly accessible career portal of The Trade Desk. Details on the employer’s original job posting are authoritative. Polaris7 charges no placement fees and conducts no candidate screening.

About the company

The Trade Desk

thetradedesk.com

Independent DSP for omnichannel programmatic advertising on the open internet.

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