Manager, Paid Search
Quince
San Francisco, CA (Remote)
$138K/yr - $183K/yrIn-houseFull-timeManager5+ years exp.
4 hrs ago
Senior Paid Search Manager
USA (Remote)
$80K/yr – $100K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time
Posted 3 weeks ago
Job Summary
Own and lead strategic account planning, day-to-day client management, and end-to-end campaign execution across search and shopping, with a focus on data-driven optimization, reporting, and cross-team collaboration.
- Own the account narrative and communicate results to clients and internal teams
- Lead strategy translation into campaign plans and testing roadmaps
- Manage campaigns across multiple channels and ensure accurate tracking and budget pacing
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Strategy and Planning
- Partner with agency leadership to develop account strategy for new and existing clients
- Contribute to strategic conversations and planning sessions — bring a point of view, not just notes
- Translate agreed strategy into concrete campaign plans, build specs, and testing roadmaps
- Bring performance findings back into strategy so plans adjust to what the data is actually showing
- Client Management
- Serve as the primary day-to-day point of contact for assigned accounts
- Lead recurring performance and reporting calls, and participate in strategy calls alongside leadership
- Communicate results, optimizations, and next steps clearly to both clients and internal teams
- Own the account narrative — clients should hear about issues from you before they find them
Requirements
- Deep, current hands-on experience managing Google Ads at a senior level across multiple client accounts simultaneously
- Ecommerce depth is required. Google Merchant Center, product feed structure and troubleshooting, Shopping and Performance Max architecture, feed-driven strategy
- Advanced working knowledge of Search, Shopping, Performance Max, Demand Gen, YouTube, and conversion tracking
- Fluent in Google Ads Editor for large-scale builds and restructures
- Demonstrated use of automation in your workflow — Google Ads scripts, GAQL, Sheets/Apps Script, LLM-assisted analysis, or similar
- Reporting and analysis in GA4 and Looker Studio
- Client-facing experience — you’ve run the call, not just prepared the deck for it
- Strong written and verbal communication, and the judgment to know when to raise something
- Agency experience strongly preferred
Preferred
- Microsoft Ads
- Meta and paid social
- Lead-generation accounts alongside ecommerce
- Landing page and CRO collaboration
- Experience mentoring junior account staff
Benefits
- Remote work environment
- 401(k) with company match
- Company-subsidized health insurance
Lockhern Digital
Lockhern Digital is the Search Everywhere Agency, helping brands maximize visibility across Google Ads, Google Organic, and the new frontier of AI-driven search experiences.We specialize in three core areas: Paid Search & Performance Marketing delivers measurable ROI across Google Ads, Microsoft/Bing, Meta, and other emerging channels. AI Search & SEO is our proprietary service designed to position brands where customers are searching next including ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, and beyond. Google Business Profile Optimization ensures local businesses dominate maps, reviews, and local search results.Our team combines big-agency experience with small-agency agility, delivering data-driven strategies, custom reporting dashboards, and hands-on partnership. We are trusted by national franchises, e-commerce leaders, and local businesses alike to turn search into their most profitable channel.
Salaries
Posted range
$80K/yr – $100K/yr
Taken straight from the job posting.
The middle of this range ($90K) is 15% below the median base salary for Senior Paid Search Manager roles in the United States ($106K).
Senior Paid Search Manager median pay in the United States
Most pay falls between $94K and $119K. Based on 20 salaries.
Marketing Team
Marketing Team Size
3 (38% of company)
Median Career Experience
18 years
Median Tenure
1.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1
Traffic Signals
Monthly Visitors
24
Traffic Source Mix
Search
35.2%
Direct
49.3%
Referral
5.1%
Social
9.2%
Paid
1.1%
Headcount Trend
Current headcount: ~8
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