Senior Manager, Digital Acquisition & Paid Media Strategy

Sunnyvale, CA (Hybrid)

$144K/yr – $254K/yrSenior Level12+ years expFull time

Posted 2 hrs ago

Job Summary

Lead and own comprehensive paid media strategy and activation across Paid Social, Search, Display, and Programmatic channels, guiding senior stakeholders, managing budgets and targets, and driving enterprise-level growth and experimentation.

  • Own end-to-end paid media strategy and budget management
  • Drive cross-channel optimization and enterprise strategy

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead, develop, set objectives and work plans for paid media strategists and stakeholders executing full-funnel activation strategies—ensuring the right channels, messages, and formats are aligned to business goals
  • Provide strategic channel consulting to senior stakeholders across campaigns and initiatives
  • Drive end-to-end digital campaign strategy and execution across Paid Social, Search, Display, and Programmatic channels
  • Own and assure adherence to the paid media and activation budget, forecasting, work plans, and performance targets, in partnership with leadership
  • Partner with brand and stakeholder teams to activate and amplify sponsorships, events, and partnerships through integrated paid and digital strategies
  • Identify and scale in high-impact external ecosystems (publishers, platforms, industry partnerships) to expand reach and credibility
  • Drive continuous optimization and testing frameworks across creative, targeting, and bidding strategies
  • Set the standards and develop the team capabilities that sustain a culture of innovation and experimentation at scale
  • Shape enterprise-wide paid media strategy influencing investment decisions, and long-term marketing direction while aligning cross-functional teams and stakeholders around a shared vision.

Requirements

  • Minimum 12+ years of experience leading integrated marketing programs that connect paid media, partnerships, and content across the full funnel
  • 3–5+ years leading and developing high-performing teams, including developing other managers and senior specialists
  • 6+ years of experience working in or adjacent to healthcare, life sciences, or other regulated industries with complex buyer journeys preferred
  • Expertise in crafting playbooks and paid digital media strategies to accelerate global growth
  • Fluency across paid digital media platforms including LinkedIn, Meta, TikTok, X, and Google Ads and managing campaign budgets; experience with social media platforms outside the United States is a plus
  • Thorough knowledge of platform mechanics, campaign structure, custom audiences, placement and inventory
  • Experience working with technical teams implementing and optimizing automation into relevant enterprise data warehouses
  • Strong data and analytics background and a keen ability to understand customer data and know how to convert insights into purposeful actions to meet business needs using Google Analytics 4, Excel, Python, R, Sprinklr
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills simplifying complex ideas and concepts and making them clear and actionable
  • Demonstrable experience negotiating and creating process enabling and end-to-end paid media workflows in a fast-paced environment
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Intuitive

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Intuitive (Nasdaq: ISRG), headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., is a global technology leader in minimally invasive care and the pioneer of robotic-assisted surgery. At Intuitive, we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.

Founded in 1995
California, Virginia, USA
12K employees (268 in marketing)
88% recommend to a friend
96% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$144K/yr – $254K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
268 (2% of company)
Median Tenure
5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$5M
Last Raise
$5M
Post IPO Equity, 23 years ago

Funding History

  • Apr 2003
    Post IPO Equity
  • Jan 1996
    Seed • $5M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
381.7K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$33.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
26.4%
Direct
24.5%
Referral
4.2%
Social
5.5%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~12.4K

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