SEM Manager

Charlotte, NC (Hybrid)

$110K/yr – $135K/yrMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end paid search growth with a focus on ROAS/ CPA, bid strategy, and landing page optimization across Google and Bing for lead-gen products.

  • Growth Infrastructure: Own bid management processes and automation to drive efficiency and scale.
  • Demand Gen/Performance: Manage daily spend, structure, and targeting plus QA of landing pages and ad messaging.
  • Analytics & Ops: Lead reporting, competitive intel, and cross-functional collaboration with product/tech to optimize funnels and adoption of ML-based approaches.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Full funnel search marketing: ads, bids/bid strategies, landing pages, keyword research & reporting.
  • Ownership of the direction, optimization, spend, and P&L of specific campaigns in the online lead aggregation space.
  • Daily management of bids, spend and ROAS/CPA.
  • Ongoing account optimization, including structure & targeting improvements (geo, demographic, day-parting, keyword and landing page), search query mining, keyword expansion, advanced use of negative keywords, and improvement of bid management processes and algorithms.
  • Run all ongoing reporting and communication requirements as needed to keep general managers, business teams and SEM/marketing peers informed of results and insights as appropriate.
  • Research and communication of the competitive landscape for specific products to be marketed, including: landing page and conversion funnel paths, as well as insight into competitors’ impact on our volume, cost and performance in the paid search space.
  • Work closely with vendors to ensure appropriate support, and to stay on top of product releases and new available features, such as Performance Max and AI Max.
  • Working closely with product/tech teams to streamline and optimize the consumer experience and conversion funnels for specific products and sites to be marketed.
  • Demonstrate internal and external capabilities to drive adoption of machine learning-based approaches to improve marketing efficiency.
  • Ongoing testing and optimization of visitor experiences, including ad messaging, landing pages, while working closely with the product and analytics teams.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience executing and optimizing paid search campaigns across Google and Bing with a proven ability to improve KPIs.
  • Extensive experience using automated bid strategies (tCPA, tROAS, Maximize Conversions, Rule Based Bidding etc…).
  • Experience with Google Performance Max preferred
  • Experience with lead generation within financial industry preferred
  • Advanced knowledge of Excel & Powerpoint
  • Working knowledge of Tableau, advanced knowledge is a plus.
  • Strong analytical, communication and presentation skills.
  • Be self-motivated, able to execute effectively on new ideas and see projects through start to finish.
  • Hard-working, creative and eager to learn and expand knowledge of online direct marketing.

    Benefits

    • Medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k) matching, life insurance, pet insurance, and a competitive PTO (paid time off) policy
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