Head of Performance Marketing

Burlington, MA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Own global performance marketing strategy and paid media execution across channels to drive revenue and growth.

  • Own multi-channel paid media strategy and cross-functional planning aligned to sales impact.
  • Requires 10+ years in performance marketing with hands-on media planning and execution.
  • Global scope with agency/vendor management and vision for AI-enabled media transformation.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • The person in this role will be responsible for developing short and long-term performance marketing strategies across channels including (but not limited to) Paid Search, Display, Video, Social, Programmatic and more.
  • This includes owning a full-funnel strategy that balances demand capture with demand creation and brand-building initiatives to drive both short-term revenue and long-term customer loyalty.
  • They will also have a forward-looking vision for how our channels should evolve, ensuring we are positioned to win in a rapidly changing landscape, including agentic AI, search transformation, and emerging media technologies.
  • They will collaborate cross-functionally within eCommerce, Commercial/Sales, Product, Supply Chain, Finance/Controlling, and regional teams to build paid media plans that clearly outline impact to sales, underpinned by industry trends, competitor threats and market opportunities on a global scale.
  • They will also be responsible for further strengthening channels that are strong revenue contributors while exploring new channels for growth and revenue contribution.
  • The authority on performance marketing strategy and investment across the global eCommerce organization
  • Anticipates and plans for the future of performance marketing, including the evolution of channels, agentic AI, and search transformation, ensuring the organization is set up to maintain a competitive advantage
  • Develops annual and long-term performance marketing strategies
  • Responsible for strategy, planning and execution of paid media programs to meet/exceed financial targets
  • Determine the optimal media mix across all channels, including pivoting when opportunities arise to diversify
  • Identifies and incubates emerging paid media channels and tactics, building business cases and scaling those that demonstrate incremental value
  • Translates business growth priorities into actionable media investment strategies
  • Oversees all performance marketing channels (paid search, Shopping, display, social, programmatic, etc.)
  • Key contributor to developing the vision and implementation of MarTech roadmap that will enable customer-centric marketing and personalization at scale
  • Fluent in advanced measurement solutions to quantify the incremental revenue impact from paid media, including marketing mix modeling (MMM), multi-touch attribution (MTA), incrementality testing, and experimental design methodologies
  • Builds and develops a high-performing team by attracting and retaining top talent
  • Drives strategic initiatives forward with agility while collaborating in a highly matrixed global environment, effectively communicating and influencing at various levels of management
  • Understands the roles of brand and creative in the financial outcomes of performance marketing
  • Articulate storyteller capable of elevating and simplifying your message for all levels of audience
  • Unafraid of challenging the status quo and embracing change to test new ideas, experiment with emerging tactics, and lead in next-generation digital and AI-driven marketing approaches
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Together with our colleagues, customers and stakeholders, we impact life and health with science. Before researchers can make scientific breakthroughs, they must have access to state-of-the-art tools, services and expertise to perform experiments and engineer new products. That’s where we come in. We offer one of the broadest portfolios in the industry for scientists, best-in-class products for pharmaceutical development and manufacturing, and a fully integrated service organization to support CDMO and contract testing across traditional and novel modalities. Our vision is a world where our innovative products, services and digital offerings help create solutions for people globally and a sustainable future for generations to come.The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, operates as MilliporeSigma in the US and Canada. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany is a global science and technology company with around 60,000 employees in more than 66 countries. Intended only for US/CA visitors.

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