Responsibilities

• Own portfolio-level paid search strategy across a pod of accounts, with supervisors executing day-to-day
• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of associates and supervisors — set priorities, QA their strategic decisions, and own their career pathing
• Serve as senior client contact on enterprise-scale accounts, including ownership of QBR content and presentation
• Own budget rollups across the full pod portfolio and approve incremental investment and testing proposals ahead of director sign-off
• Partner with the director of integrated investment on RFP creation, partner negotiations, and platform-partner stewardship
• Maintain oversight of managed-service and platform-vendor partnerships run day-to-day by supervisors (e.g., YouTube trafficking/optimization partners) — confirm active vendors, ensure they deliver strategic value rather than status updates, and step in for contract-level decisions
• Own YouTube’s role within the broader paid search portfolio, guiding format mix, audience and creative strategy, as well as how YouTube investment is positioned alongside search in client-facing planning
• Track the evolution of AI and LLMs on search and translate emerging behavior into portfolio insights
• Contribute to agency POV development and stay current on the paid search vendor landscape
• Support hiring, onboarding, and staffing plans for the Integrated Investment team

Requirements

• 6–8+ years of experience in a digital media agency environment, including 2+ years directly managing people
• Proven ownership of enterprise search budgets and enterprise search and YouTube programs
• Strong senior-client and stakeholder presentation skills
• Advanced understanding of Google Ads (Search, YouTube, Performance Max) and Microsoft Ads
• Familiarity with Google Partner Program tiers and requirements is a strong plus
• High proficiency in Excel and Google Sheets, with comfort translating data into strategic recommendations

Benefits

• Paid company holidays, vacation earned per year
• Paid sick leave
• Benefits — medical, dental, and vision; life/AD&D; and short-/long-term insurance
• 401(k) and annual retirement plans