Performance Marketing & Paid Acquisition Lead

New York City, NY (On-site)

$150K/yr – $180K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own the paid acquisition engine end to end, driving CAC, conversion, and pipeline; you’ll scale campaigns across Google, Meta, and lead marketplaces while collaborating with sales and product.

  • Own revenue-impacting systems and outcomes tied to pipeline
  • Lead experimentation, automation, and cross-functional collaboration

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own paid acquisition. Manage and scale campaigns across Google, Meta, and lead-bidding marketplaces, with vertical-specific strategies for construction, med spas, manufacturing, and new segments — controlling budget against CAC, conversion, and throughput.
  • Optimize the full funnel. Work landing pages, messaging, and conversion flows; track performance from click quote bind; and partner with sales to read lead quality and adjust targeting in real time.
  • Experiment relentlessly. Run A/B tests across ads, creative, audiences, and landing pages; scale what works, kill underperformers fast, and build playbooks for new vertical launches.
  • Automate everything. Work with engineering to automate bidding, pacing, attribution, and reporting; use AI tools to generate and test creative at scale; and build systems that let performance marketing run continuously and efficiently.
  • Who you are
  • You think in CAC, conversion rates, and throughput — and you enjoy owning revenue-impacting systems.
  • You're hands-on and comfortable operating without layers.
  • You love testing, iterating, and scaling what works — and killing what doesn't, fast.
  • You want tight feedback loops with sales and product.
  • You have 5+ years in performance marketing, paid acquisition, or growth, with hands-on Google Ads and Meta experience at meaningful budgets.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in performance marketing, paid acquisition, or growth marketing roles
  • Hands-on experience managing Google Ads and Meta (Facebook/Instagram) campaigns with meaningful budgets
  • Experience running and optimizing lead-based acquisition funnels, ideally for B2B, SMB, or high-consideration products
  • Strong understanding of CAC, conversion rates, attribution, and funnel economics
  • Experience with analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics / GA4), conversion tracking, pixels, and UTM frameworks
  • Ability to run structured experiments across creatives, audiences, landing pages, and channels
  • Comfort owning performance outcomes tied to pipeline and revenue, not just impressions or clicks
  • Highly analytical mindset with strong spreadsheet skills and the ability to turn data into decisions
  • Willingness to work on-site in San Francisco and collaborate closely with sales and engineering
  • This is not a brand role

Preferred

  • Experience with lead bidding marketplaces or third-party lead sources
  • Familiarity with tracking systems and closed-loop attribution
  • Experience supporting multi-vertical acquisition strategies
  • Exposure to automation, scripting, or AI tools for creative generation or campaign optimization
  • Prior startup or high-growth company experience

Benefits

  • Uber commuter benefits
  • Meals provided — breakfast, lunch, and dinner
  • Snacks, drinks, and coffee stocked daily
  • Free gym membership
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
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Harper takes the "stack" out of "tech stack" by combining ultra-fast data storage, caching, application, and streaming systems into a single, distributed technology. This eliminates the need for complex integrations between distributed systems, latency-inducing network hops, and time-consuming development cycles that plague other distributed system strategies.With Harper, you can deliver services previously considered unfeasible to build and maintain. Its exceptional performance, ultra-low latency, radical simplicity, and unmatched cost efficiency make it a game-changer for global-scale service delivery. Share your backend service requirements with us, and we'll demonstrate how a distributed systems technology can simplify and accelerate your mission-critical services.

Founded in 2017
Denver, Colorado, USA
49 employees (4 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$150K/yr – $180K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
3 (6% of company)
Median Tenure
4.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$8.7M
Last Raise
$3.4M
Private Equity, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2024
    Private Equity
  • Mar 2024
    Non Equity Assistance
  • Dec 2020
    Seed • $3.4M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
16.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
52%
Direct
31.9%
Referral
8.4%
Social
6%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~49

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Performance Marketing & Paid Acquisition Lead

Harper · New York City, NY · On-site