SEM Manager

New York City, NY (On-site)

$104K/yr – $170K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 2 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and optimize SEM across networks, manage budgets and audiences, build tooling, and collaborate cross-functionally to drive new users, subscriptions, and growth KPIs.

  • Own channel performance globally
  • Develop testing roadmap
  • Collaborate with Data/Engineering

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manage SEM suite: Scope spans a full array of networks from Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising, Apple Search Ads, and beyond. Manage budgets, bids, and audience strategy/structure to consistently drive towards our KPI targets.
  • Own Channel Performance Globally: Optimize campaigns driving new users, subscriptions, and team acquisition KPIs across web and app surfaces in multiple geographic markets with nuance and attention.
  • Drive KPIs using the full scope of campaign types: Meet users where they are and optimize funnel from first impression to subscription. Understand audience overlap and cross-channel pollination to maximize impact not just of your directly managed campaigns, but the overall effectiveness of a market or initiative.
  • Own analysis and reporting: Proactively dig into campaign performance and anomalies to diagnose trends and deliver actionable insights to the growth team.
  • Build your own tools: Leverage AI, internal tools, and data pipelines to remove blockers in your day-to-day. When something is broken or a desired dashboard doesn’t exist, try building the functionality yourself first rather than waiting for sprint backlogs from other teams.
  • Collaborate Cross-functionally: Share copy/keyword insights back and forth with the Creative and Lifecycle teams. Solve data gaps with the Engineering team. Answer the impregnable questions with the Data science team.
  • Own Channel partner relationship: own the relationship with channel reps, including beta access, product roadmap input, billing, and spend reconciliation.
  • Develop Testing Roadmap: Leverage industry, partner, and personal knowledge to identify the areas of deficiency or untapped potential. Always aware of the latest platform betas and which are useful/irrelevant. Not afraid of learning phases or testing entirely new directions in campaign structure.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in SEM / paid search.
  • Deep platform expertise and understanding of conversion tracking, attribution, and cross-channel overlap.
  • Experience managing large media budgets, with examples to share.
  • Background in highly competitive industries.
  • International campaign management experience - specifically in non-english markets.
  • Experience with UAC dynamics/nuance with understanding of MMPs for attribution modeling/tracking.
  • Hands-on expertise with Bulk & Offline Editors for large-scale account management.
  • Track record across reporting, bid management, and test planning.
  • Comfort operating with goal ambiguity, and the ability to explain SEM auction and trend nuance clearly and concisely to other teams.
  • Strong cross-functional collaborator, especially with Data and Engineering partners.

Preferred

  • Nice to have: High proficiency in Excel; SQL is a plus.

Benefits

  • Company Equity Package
  • 401(k) with 3% Employer Match & Roth 401(k)
  • Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (PPO w/ HSA & FSA options)
  • 11 Paid Holidays + Unlimited PTO & Sick Time
  • 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
  • Creative Education Stipend
  • Generous Commuter Allowance
  • In-Office Lunch (5 days per week)
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Forerunner

Forerunner is a venture capital firm dedicated to the modern consumer and the ambitious teams reshaping categories. Since our inception in 2012, the consumer has been our North Star. We commit ourselves to having a constant pulse on what people are doing and why via ongoing research, and closely observe how world events shape the way we live.We’ve invested in category-defining companies such as Chime, Faire, OURA, Hims&Hers, The Farmer’s Dog, Glossier, Ritual, and more. With nearly $3 billion in assets under management and hundreds of investments to date, Forerunner is amongst the only women-led venture capital firms to achieve such milestones.

Founded in 2012
San Francisco, California, USA
20 employees (2 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$104K/yr – $170K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2 (10% of company)
Median Tenure
2.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
6

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
44.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
36.9%
Direct
52%
Referral
5.7%
Social
3.7%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~20

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SEM Manager

Forerunner · New York City, NY · On-site