This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Director, Paid Search in the United States.
This role is a senior leadership position responsible for guiding the strategy, execution, and growth of paid search campaigns across multiple client portfolios. You will act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, ensuring alignment between search strategies, business goals, and overall marketing initiatives. The position requires blending deep technical expertise with executive communication skills, financial oversight, and cross-channel integration. You will lead a high-performing team, drive innovation in automation and measurement, and translate complex insights into actionable, results-driven recommendations. Your work will directly influence client growth, efficiency, and long-term success, while fostering a culture of accountability, creativity, and operational excellence.
Accountabilities:
- Lead and manage the paid search strategy and day-to-day client relationships, ensuring alignment with client goals and expectations
- Drive cross-channel integration by connecting Paid Search with SEO, Social, Commerce/Retail Media, TV/Creative channels
- Orchestrate platform strategies and automation initiatives (e.g., value-based bidding, Performance Max), providing guardrails and adoption standards
- Translate competitive, platform, and analytical insights into executive-ready recommendations and actions
- Own the financial performance of client accounts and channels, including margin, utilization, and forecast accuracy
- Establish and maintain operating rhythms, scorecards, governance, and best practices across the team
- Mentor and develop managers and senior individual contributors, fostering a high-performing, collaborative team culture
- Lead onboarding, transitions, escalations, renewals, and expansion initiatives to ensure consistent client satisfaction and growth
Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience in Paid Search/Shopping with demonstrated results at scale (>$1M monthly spend)
- 3+ years of direct people leadership, including experience managing managers and senior ICs
- Expertise with Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Merchant Center, SA360/Skai, and competitive tools (Adthena, SpyFu)
- Strong cross-channel literacy, connecting search strategies to broader marketing channels and storytelling to executives
- Financial acumen with experience in forecasting, margin, utilization, and capacity planning
- Proficiency in data analysis, experiment design, GA4, and synthesizing complex insights into actionable strategies
- Experience in automation, platform strategy, and integrating AI or data-driven insights into planning
- Exceptional executive communication, change leadership, and stakeholder management skills
- Google Ads Search and Shopping certification required; additional certifications preferred
Benefits:
- Competitive base salary of $125,000–$150,000 with incentive pay programs, including monthly variable revenue and discretionary annual bonuses
- Fully remote work environment with flexibility and unlimited paid time off
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, vision, life, disability) and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Retirement plan with up to 4% match, immediate vesting
- Parental leave: 16 weeks fully paid for birthing parents, 12 weeks for partners
- Learning and development resources, mentorship, and leadership programs
- Employee perks including telemedicine, teletherapy, equity opportunities, and wellness initiatives
Why Apply Through Jobgether?
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!
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