Senior Paid Search Manager

USA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

Job Summary

Own and scale global paid search, blending strategy, budgeting, and experimentation to drive pipeline and revenue; align with Analytics, RevOps, and cross-functional GTM teams while unlocking growth through new query segments and formats.

  • Paid Search Strategy & Growth: optimize across brand and non-brand, including bidding, audience targeting, and full-funnel impact.
  • Measurement & Optimization: leverage attribution, incrementality, and conversion data to inform investment and translate outcomes into search tactics.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration & Demand Gravity: partner with Revenue Marketing, Product Marketing, and Finance to align on targeting, budget allocation, and performance planning.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own and scale paid search performance
  • You will own global paid search strategy across brand and non-brand campaigns
  • You will optimize keyword strategy, audience targeting, and bidding approaches
  • You will drive search performance across the full funnel from acquisition through pipeline and revenue outcomes
  • You will identify and unlock new growth opportunities across search (e.g., new query segments, formats, markets)
  • Drive data, measurement, and optimization
  • You will analyze performance insights and communicate clear, recommendations to stakeholders
  • You will leverage attribution, incrementality, and conversion data to inform investment decisions
  • You will translate outcomes (pipeline, revenue) into search optimization strategies
  • You will partner with Analytics and RevOps to improve signal quality and measurement accuracy

Requirements

  • 7-10+ years in paid search or performance marketing
  • Experience scaling search programs tied to pipeline and revenue
  • Expertise in platforms like Google Ads and Bing, including bidding strategies and automation
  • Experience with attribution, incrementality, and funnel metrics
  • Experience managing large budgets with ROI accountability

Preferred

  • You’ll bring experience using AI and AI-related technologies, ready to thrive here.
  • You’ll apply AI every day to business challenges - improving efficiency, contributing solutions, and driving results for your team, our company, and our customers.
  • You’ll grow with AI by staying curious about new trends and best practices, and by sharing what you learn so others can benefit too.

Benefits

  • In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.
  • Health & Wellness Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.
  • Inclusive culture and diversity: Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.
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Avalara is the agentic tax and compliance leader. For more than two decades, Avalara has developed one of the most expansive libraries of tax content and integrations in the industry, supporting over 43,000 businesses and government entities across more than 75 countries. The company's purpose-built AI agents automate end-to-end compliance processes with greater precision, from tax calculations and return filings to exemption certificate management and beyond. For more information, visit Avalara.com.

Founded in 2004
Durham, North Carolina, USA
5.8K employees (240 in marketing)
60% recommend to a friend
68% CEO approval

Funding

Total Funding
$841M
Last Raise
$500M
Private Equity, 4 months ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2025
    Private Equity • $500M
  • Jan 2023
    Private Equity
  • Oct 2022
    Post IPO Debt • $38.6K

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$962.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
37.7%
Direct
55%
Referral
5.3%
Social
0.6%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~5.8K

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Senior Paid Search Manager

Avalara · USA · Remote