Director, Performance Marketing

Wilmington, DE (Hybrid)

$132K/yr – $231K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive end-to-end performance marketing across paid media, lifecycle (email/SMS), and partnerships to accelerate enterprise growth.

  • Own and optimize a multi-channel program to maximize revenue impact.
  • Must-have: 10–12+ years in paid media with ROI/attribution leadership.
  • Standout: Large-budget ownership with cross-functional MarTech/analytics integration.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Set the performance marketing strategy and lead execution across paid media, email/SMS, and partnerships to accelerate enterprise growth objectives.
  • Own a significant paid media budget and maximize ROI by aligning spend to objectives and continuously optimizing for revenue impact (e.g., CPA, CPM, ROAS).
  • Partner with external media agencies, guiding strategy, execution, and continuous testing to improve performance across channels and business lines.
  • Build measurement that leadership can act on, including campaign and quarterly reporting, dashboards, and multi-touch attribution approaches.
  • Create seamless paid/owned customer journeys across audience segments and lifecycle stages.
  • Scale lifecycle marketing across email and SMS, driving segmentation, personalization, engagement, and opt-in growth across business lines.
  • Build and scale a partnership marketing engine that expands awareness, reach, and lead generation; assess existing partners and onboard new partners based on ROI and strategic fit.
  • Activate strategic relationships with major media partners (e.g., Google, Meta), ensuring strong alliances and driving innovation programs.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally (including Marketing Transformation) to align AdTech/MarTech tooling, data integrations, and the marketing data foundations required for future growth.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Data Analytics, or related field (Master’s preferred).
  • 10–12+ years of experience in a media agency or brand environment handling paid media.
  • Proven leadership experience overseeing multi-channel marketing functions and influencing senior stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated success improving ROI, driving lead generation, managing large budgets, and implementing measurement and attribution approaches.
  • Experience collaborating effectively with external agencies and cross-functional internal teams to deliver measurable outcomes.
  • Deep expertise across performance channels (SEM, paid social, programmatic, video, display, affiliate) and A/B testing frameworks.
  • Experience with modern marketing technology stacks, analytics, dashboards, and data-driven decisioning.
  • Hands-on understanding of lifecycle marketing, including email/SMS platforms, segmentation, personalization, and CRM.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision plan options
  • Up to 2 weeks Paid parental leave
  • 401k plan with company match up to 7%
  • 2+ weeks of PTO within your first year
  • Paid company holidays
  • Company provided volunteer opportunities + 1 volunteer day per year
  • Free AAA Membership
  • Continual learning reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
  • And MORE! Check out our Benefits Page for more information