Paid Digital Acquisitions Director, Branded Credit Cards

Wilmington, DE (Hybrid)

$185K/yr – $300K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Lead the paid digital acquisition strategy and optimization programs across search, social, programmatic, and partners, driving growth, efficiency, and ROI while building and guiding a high-performing team.

  • Define strategy and roadmap for paid channels
  • Own performance across primary paid channels and optimize spend
  • Manage third-party agency relationships and contracts

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the strategy, vision, and roadmap for paid digital acquisition channels, driving growth, efficiency, and competitive advantage
  • Lead development of customer-led acquisition journeys across paid digital channels, ensuring cohesive experiences from awareness through conversion
  • Own performance across primary paid channels (e.g., search, social, programmatic, affiliates), optimizing spend allocation and channel mix
  • Own and manage third-party agency relationships and contracts to drive business outcomes
  • Drive in-channel offer strategy and creative testing, continuously improving engagement, conversion rates, and customer quality
  • Lead digital conversion optimization efforts, including landing experiences, funnel performance, and test-and-learn frameworks
  • Develop and evaluate paid channel investment scenarios, optimizing for growth, efficiency, and ROI under varying market conditions
  • Partner with broader marketing teams to support mid-funnel awareness strategies, ensuring alignment between brand, consideration, and acquisition efforts
  • Leverage data and analytics to monitor performance, diagnose drivers, and identify optimization opportunities across the funnel
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Credit, Risk, Finance, Product, Tech) to ensure alignment with risk frameworks, regulatory requirements, and financial objectives

Requirements

  • 10+ years of Product Management or leadership experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
  • 4+ years of management or leadership experience

Preferred

  • Extensive credit card and consumer lending experience, preferably with multiple leading credit card issuers, spanning a broad range of customer segments and portfolios, including consumer, small business, commercial, and co-brand/partnerships
  • Previous General Manager experience with P&L accountability within credit card businesses, including responsibility for strategy, growth, profitability, and overall business performance
  • Prior experience in credit card lending roles spanning multiple aspects of lending and credit risk (originations, customer management, fraud, collections), with a strong understanding and application of risk management principles
  • Prior experience in roles leading launches or implementation of new products or capabilities, or integrations/transformations of technology platforms
  • Prior experience in data science or analytics roles involving projects with data infrastructure (data, platforms, models, monitoring tools)
  • Deep experience developing and executing full-funnel acquisition strategies, including management of paid digital acquisition channels and optimization of marketing performance
  • Exceptional analytical skills and expertise in credit, product, and marketing data analysis, with demonstrated experience leveraging data-driven insights to inform strategic decision-making
  • Exceptional strategic and conceptual thinking skills, with the ability to drive clarity in ambiguity, navigate complex credit and operational challenges, and synthesize multidimensional information into actionable insights, decisions, and business outcomes
  • Outstanding problem-solving and decision-making skills grounded in rigorous analysis, logical reasoning, market and customer dynamics, and operational assessments
  • A demonstrated focus on leading, coaching, mentoring and guiding team member development

Benefits

  • Health benefits
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Paid time off
  • Disability benefits
  • Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Critical caregiving leave
  • Discounts and savings
  • Commuter benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement
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Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial services company with approximately $1.9 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through more than 7,300 locations, 12,000 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in over 40 countries and territories to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 250,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 41 on Fortune’s 2022 rankings of America’s largest corporations. News, insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at Wells Fargo Stories. Relevant military experience is considered for veterans and transitioning service men and women. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.© 2016 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. Member FDIC.

Founded in 1997
San Francisco, California, USA
218K employees (3,215 in marketing)
63% recommend to a friend
65% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
90.7M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$7.8M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
20.2%
Direct
76.2%
Referral
2.7%
Social
0.4%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~219.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2,214 (1% of company)
Median Career Experience
21 years
Median Tenure
6.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
10

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