Search & Performance Lead

San Mateo, CA (Hybrid)

$129K/yr – $193K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own performance media execution through a hands-on partnership with the paid media agency, driving search and performance channel optimization, automation, and measurement to lift global campaign KPIs.

  • Own agency relationship and delivery for high quality paid search and performance campaigns, with channel ownership and measurable outcomes.
  • Drive testing, bid strategy automation, and cross-channel optimization across Search, Retail Search and other channels using data-driven insights.
  • Champion reporting, dashboards, and AI/automation to improve efficiency and decision making across multiple business units.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manage the day-to-day relationship with the paid media agency, ensuring high-quality execution and delivery against business objectives.
  • Partner with internal teams to execute performance media initiatives, ensuring campaign details and creative are delivered on time.
  • Develop and optimize search strategies to improve campaign performance and drive measurable business outcomes.
  • Monitor campaign performance, identify optimization opportunities, and make data-driven recommendations to achieve business goals and KPIs.
  • Apply and optimize automated bidding strategies, including tCPA and tROAS, to maximize campaign efficiency and performance.
  • Collaborate with internal and external partners to develop and maintain performance reporting and dashboards.
  • Deliver ad hoc, monthly, and quarterly performance insights and recommendations to key stakeholders.
  • Partner with the paid media agency to identify testing opportunities, evaluate results, and implement learnings to continuously improve performance.
  • Identify opportunities across Search, Retail Search, and other performance media channels to drive innovation and business growth.
  • Champion automation, AI, and measurement innovations to improve campaign performance and operational efficiency.
  • Stay current on performance media and search marketing trends, platform updates, best practices, and emerging technologies.

Requirements

  • 5+ years' experience in Paid Search, with exposure to other performance media channels.
  • Advanced level of understanding of search & biddable principles and applications.
  • Excellent collaboration skills (e.g., communicating, coordinating, building consensus, influencing without authority, listening, being open to other perspectives).
  • Deep understanding of automated search bidding strategies including tCPA & tROAS required.
  • Exceptional analytical capabilities and the ability to turn trends into actionable insights and hypotheses.
  • Experience with bid management, analytics & competitive insights tools available in the market including Search Ads 360
  • An understanding of the international or global landscap
  • A demonstrated track record of driving performance in house or in an agency role
  • A strong understanding of SEO principles
  • Experience working across multiple product lines or business units for a brand
  • Oversight and awareness of the agency’s tasks & deliverables

Nice to Have

  • Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent experience preferred
  • Forward-thinking leader with the ability to clearly define, implement, and handle scalable sustainable processes for growing team
  • Experience managing changing processes, objectives and deliverables across multiple teams
  • Experience working within EMEA, LATAM, ASIA or any other non US/CA territories
  • Experience working with or for an entertainment or gaming brand
  • Ability to balance multiple priorities and maintain strong attention to detail
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with cross-function teams positively
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills both verbal and written
  • Self-starter with sense of humor, passion, energy, enthusiasm to get results and affect meaningful change!
  • Strong interest in video games and entertainment

Benefits

  • In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.
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Sony Interactive Entertainment, the company behind PlayStation, pushes the boundaries of entertainment and innovation, starting from the launch of the original PlayStation in Japan in 1994. Today, we continue to deliver innovative and thrilling experiences to a global audience through our PlayStation line of products and services that include generation-defining hardware, pioneering network services, and award-winning games. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, with global functions in California, London, and Tokyo, and game development studios around the world as part of PlayStation Studios, we believe that the power of play is borderless. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.For more information about our company, please visit SonyInteractive.com. For more information about PlayStation products, please visit PlayStation.com.Want to take your career to the next level? Search open job vacancies at any of the Sony Interactive sites by visiting careers.playstation.com

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