Manager, Performance Marketing, Brandformance

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

$110K/yr – $170K/yrManager5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and lead brandformance initiatives by integrating upper- and lower-funnel strategies across paid social, video, display, and emerging channels to drive CAC efficiency and pipeline impact.

  • Direct multi-channel planning and optimization from awareness to acquisition
  • Partner with Brand, Product Marketing, Growth, and analytics to align messaging, measurement, and creative

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute brandformance strategies that connect upper- and lower-funnel goals across paid social, video, display, and emerging channels.
  • Create full-funnel frameworks that evolve brand channels into performance levers — reducing CAC and improving conversion efficiency.
  • Define KPIs that bridge brand health and business impact, including aided awareness, engagement rate, conversion rate, and pipeline contribution.
  • Partner with Brand, Product Marketing, and Performance Media to align messaging, audiences, and creative across the funnel.
  • Build testing roadmaps for creative, targeting, and content sequencing to improve resonance and drive action.
  • Lead multi-channel campaign planning and execution across LinkedIn, Meta, YouTube, CTV, Linear TV and programmatic channels. Manage campaign setup, pacing, and budget allocation to deliver efficiency across both awareness and acquisition metrics.
  • Build and optimize always-on upper-funnel campaigns that directly influence down-funnel performance — leveraging data-driven creative and sequential messaging.
  • Collaborate with creative partners to evolve brand assets based on engagement, conversion, and CAC insights.
  • Ensure tracking and UTMs are implemented correctly across all campaigns for accurate attribution and reporting.
  • Partner closely with Data Science to measure incrementality of every initiative, including how to best plan for halo.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in performance or brand marketing, ideally within a B2B SaaS or fintech environment.
  • Proven track record transforming upper-funnel channels into measurable down-funnel performance drivers — improving CAC and efficiency.
  • Strong understanding of paid media ecosystems, incrementality measurement, brand lift, search lift, geoX experiments, and direct hands-on success with halo lift strategies
  • Ability to balance brand strategy with performance rigor, translating creative ideas into measurable results.
  • Exceptional analytical skills — experienced in interpreting media data and connecting it to pipeline and ROI.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across creative, marketing, and analytics functions.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Econometrics, Business Analytics.

Preferred

  • Experience running integrated brand-to-demand campaigns across multiple geographies.
  • Familiarity with multi-touch attribution (MTA), MMM, and lift testing frameworks.
  • Understanding of AI and automation workflows for creative optimization and content scaling.
  • Strong grasp of CAC, LTV, and ROI modeling to guide investment decisions.
  • Experience optimizing for B2B SaaS or fintech pipelines with full-funnel visibility (from lead to closed-won).
  • Hands-on familiarity with Marketo, Looker, SQL, Salesforce, and offline conversion tracking workflows.
  • Demonstrated analytical strength — comfortable with bid modeling, forecasting, and performance attribution.
  • Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Multi-lingual and particularly Mandarin or Cantonese.
  • MBA Degree is a plus.
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Airwallex is a leading global payments and financial platform for modern businesses, offering trusted solutions to manage everything from business account, payments, treasury, and spend management to embedded finance. With our proprietary infrastructure, Airwallex takes the friction out of global payments and financial operations, empowering businesses of all sizes to unlock new opportunities and grow beyond borders. Proudly founded in Melbourne, Airwallex supports over 150,000 businesses globally and is trusted by brands such as Brex, Canva, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more. For more information, visit http://www.airwallex.com

Founded in 2015
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2.1K employees (171 in marketing)
64% recommend to a friend
68% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.6M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$468.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
18%
Direct
62.7%
Referral
17.8%
Social
0.8%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
129 (6% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
1.7 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4

Funding

Total Funding
$1.5B
Last Raise
$330M
Series G, 3 months ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2025
    Series G • $330M
  • May 2025
    Series F • $150M
  • May 2025
    Secondary Market • $150M

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