The Ride Platform - Senior Manager, Paid Media

Austin, TX (On-site)

$110K/yr – $130K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manage cross-platform budget allocation. Define the thesis and reallocate spend across channels to improve marginal efficiency, using data to back your decisions
  • Oversee channel strategy and execution. This includes SEM, Paid Social, CTV, aggregator/metasearch PPC, and emerging paid LLM or AI-surface placements. You will handle campaign architecture, bidding, audiences, and creative rotation
  • Run the testing engine. Manage a continuous, structured cadence of audience, creative, bid, and landing-page tests. Focus on documented learnings that build over time rather than one-off experiments
  • Maintain efficiency accountability. Track blended and per-brand CAC, ROAS, and CPA-to-LTV against shared growth targets. You own these numbers
  • Partner on measurement and attribution. Work with analytics and Marketing Ops on attribution and incrementality testing to ensure a single source of truth for spend and return
  • Handle budget governance and forecasting. Manage monthly and quarterly spend planning, pacing, and forecasting to ensure no surprises
  • Direct agency and vendor management. Guide paid agencies and contractors to follow in-house standards
  • Lead AI-assisted media operations. Run bid and budget management, anomaly detection, and reporting through agents and automated workflows. Build the loop rather than the manual report
  • Ensure structured campaign context. Encode brand, segment, and offer context so AI-driven creative and targeting remain on-strategy across four distinct brand voices

Requirements

  • 6-8+ years in paid or performance marketing, with direct ownership of a multi-million-dollar annual budget
  • Hands-on craft across at least two of the following channels: SEM, Paid Social, CTV/programmatic, and aggregator/metasearch. You are fluent in the others
  • Proven judgment in budget allocation. You have successfully moved money between channels and can demonstrate the results
  • Strong measurement instinct. You are comfortable with attribution, incrementality, and CAC/LTV math. You can get and use data without waiting for an analyst
  • An owner mindset. You are biased toward action, hold yourself accountable to the numbers, and can clear roadblocks
  • AI fluency. You use AI in your daily work and feel comfortable operating paid channels through AI-assisted workflows instead of manual platform UIs

Preferred

  • Experience in B2C marketplace and B2B SaaS acquisition, ideally in mobility, travel, fintech, or insurtech
  • Comfort with paid advertising in regulated industries, including specific insurance advertising constraints
  • Background in marketplace or two-sided acquisition, or high-volume e-commerce
  • Early experience with paid LLM or AI-surface placements

Benefits

  • Competitive Compensation: Base salary range of $110,000 - $130,000 DOE
  • Growth Opportunity: Join a company in its early stages and help build its success from the ground up
  • Equity: Opportunity to earn equity compensation
  • Comprehensive Benefits: 100% company-paid medical premiums for employees, 401(k) match, and Flexible PTO
  • Vibrant Culture: Work at our Austin HQ with catered lunches, happy hours, and team-building events
  • Work-Life Balance: We offer marketplace discounts and maintain a culture that values the balance between work and adventure
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Outdoorsy

The Outdoorsy Group is a travel and hospitality company that integrates marketplace technology, insurance, and real estate to create unforgettable outdoor experiences.We're on a mission to restore people's relationship with the outdoors and each other by solving foundational human problems and creating lasting memories through exceptional outdoor experiences.Our lines of business include:Outdoorsy.com, the world's leading outdoor travel marketplace. We connect guests with P2P RV rentals and professionalized businesses offering RVs and campgrounds. We operate globally in 14 countries, with North America as our strategic focus.Our insurance company Roamly.com provides specialty insurance solutions, ensuring peace of mind. Roamly's AI-driven enterprise platform also supports other marketplaces.Outdoorsy Stays owns and operates campgrounds and glamping sites in iconic locations, providing exclusive experiences and seamless integration with Outdoorsy.com.

Founded in 2015
Austin, Texas, USA
236 employees (29 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$110K/yr – $130K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
22 (9% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
2.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$195.1M
Last Raise
$30M
Series D, 5 years ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2021
    Debt Financing • $30M
  • Jun 2021
    Series D • $90M
  • Jan 2019
    Series C • $50M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
823.6K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$254.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
48%
Direct
44.1%
Referral
5.3%
Social
1%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~234

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The Ride Platform - Senior Manager, Paid Media

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