Associate Director, Paid Search (Feeds & Shopping) (Remote)

Florida, NY (Remote)

$97K/yr – $118K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

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Job Summary

Own paid search strategy across Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising for a portfolio of commerce clients, lead a team of search and feed specialists, and translate platform evolution into client roadmaps.

  • Own paid search strategy across Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising for commerce accounts
  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of search and feed specialists
  • Translate evolving platform changes into actionable client roadmaps and initiatives

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own paid search strategy across Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising for a portfolio of commerce-driven clients, with Shopping, Performance Max, and standard search working as one system.
  • Treat feed optimization as a core discipline: audit, restructure, and continuously improve product feeds (titles, attributes, GTINs, custom labels, supplemental feeds) to maximize coverage, relevance, and ROAS.
  • Participate in new business pitches.
  • Architect campaign and feed segmentation strategies that give buyers control inside increasingly automated, AI-driven products.
  • Partner with clients and internal teams on the full shopping experience — landing pages, PDP quality, merchant feed health, promotions, and conversion tracking — so media spend lands on a page that converts.
  • Set the measurement frame: ROAS, new-customer acquisition, margin-aware bidding, incrementality, and feed-level performance diagnostics.
  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of search and feed specialists; raise the bar on QA, hygiene, and documentation.
  • Stay ahead of platform changes — Performance Max evolution, AI Max, retail media adjacencies, and the shift toward signal- and feed-driven buying — and translate it into client roadmaps.
  • Act as a senior point of contact for clients: present strategy, defend recommendations with data, and build trust.

Requirements

  • 7+ years in paid search / performance media, with deep, demonstrable experience in Shopping and feed-driven campaigns at meaningful spend.
  • Genuine feed fluency — you've worked directly with Merchant Center, feed management tools (e.g., Feedonomics, Versafeed, Productsup, or similar), and know how feed structure drives auction outcomes.
  • Strong command of Google Ads (Shopping, Performance Max, search) and ideally Microsoft Advertising and retail media platforms.
  • A commerce mindset: comfort with margin, AOV, LTV, and the mechanics of how a feed connects to a storefront.
  • Experience leading people and owning client relationships at a senior level, ideally in an agency or managed-service environment.
  • Excellent communication and the ability to make complex feed/search strategy legible to non-specialist stakeholders.

Preferred

  • Experience with large catalogs (retail, marketplace, multi-region) and supplemental feed strategies.
  • Familiarity with retail media networks (Amazon, Walmart Connect, Instacart) as part of an integrated commerce program.
  • Scripting/automation exposure (Google Ads scripts) to scale feed and account management.
  • Analytical rigor — comfortable in GA4, BigQuery, Looker Studio, or similar, and able to turn data into a clear point of view.

Benefits

  • Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance - more about our coverage here!
  • Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays
  • 401k with company contribution
  • Paid parental leave
  • Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being
  • Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network
  • A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more!
  • Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledge here!)
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