Senior Performance Media Manager

USA (Hybrid)

$95K/yr – $130K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end digital media strategy and execution across paid channels, lead client discussions, and mentor juniors while collaborating with analytics and creative teams.

  • Own ongoing optimization and performance analysis across channels.
  • Drive testing, AI-enabled planning, and innovative channel opportunities.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead digital media planning across paid search, paid social, programmatic display, video, and emerging platforms.
  • Translate client business objectives into full funnel, performance-driven media strategies.
  • Develop audience-led plans leveraging insights, testing frameworks, and emerging AI-supported planning or forecasting tools.
  • Present media plans, rationale, and performance insights to internal teams and clients with clarity and confidence.
  • Evaluate media opportunities, negotiate rates/added value, and maintain strong relationships with vendors and platforms.
  • Negotiate with digital media partners and platforms to evaluate opportunities, secure strong placements, and support campaign performance.
  • Execute and oversee hands‑on campaign activation, optimization, and budget pacing across platforms such as Google, Meta, Amazon, TikTok, DV360, and/or The Trade Desk.
  • Identify opportunities to test new channels, partners, formats, and betas, and AI-enabled capabilities where appropriate.
  • Leverage automation, AI-driven bidding and targeting features within platforms to enhance speed, precision, and scalability.
  • Collaborate with creative, account, and analytics teams to ensure cohesion across campaign deliverables.

Requirements

  • 6-8 years of experience in digital media planning and buying, ideally within an omni-channel agency environment.
  • Strong, hands-on expertise across paid digital channels (paid social, display, programmatic, online video, search); familiarity with traditional channels is a plus.
  • Proven experience managing and optimizing multi-channel budgets
  • Working knowledge of tracking methodologies, measurement tools, and ad ops fundamentals.
  • Experience partnering with analytics and data teams on dashboards, reporting, and measurement.
  • Comfort using data to guide decisions, recommendations, and storytelling
  • Strong client facing communication and presentation abilities.
  • Familiarity with AI powered marketing, analytics, or productivity tools, and enthusiasm for exploring emerging technologies that enhance accuracy, efficiency, and performance.
  • Ability to work independently while contributing to a highly collaborative team.

Preferred

  • Experience in Agile methodologies and consulting (a plus).
  • Enthusiasm for exploring emerging technologies that enhance accuracy, efficiency, and performance.

Benefits

  • Flexibility, with remote and hybrid work options (country-dependent)
  • Career advancement, with international mobility and professional development programs
  • Learning and development, with access to cutting-edge tools, training and industry experts
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, plus employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
  • Our benefits are tailored to each location. Your Talent Partner will provide full details during the hiring process.
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Valtech

3.8 Glassdoor

We are the experience innovation company. In a digitally accelerated world, where ‘the best’ race toward ‘best practices’, we help brands break through and leap beyond the competition. At the intersection of crafts, categories and cultures, our global teams unlock value by leveraging the power of data, AI, creativity and technology to achieve true experience innovation. With a focus on delivering exceptional business results, we exist to unlock a better way to experience the world.Solutions designed to achieve the exceptional:Experience elevationCommerce accelerationEnterprise transformationMarketing creativity & performanceData and AI We are a network of more than 7000 people with 80+ offices in 25+ countries (Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China Mainland, Columbia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, India, Kosovo, Mexico, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, Ukraine, USA).

Founded in 1993
FRA
5.7K employees (528 in marketing)
70% recommend to a friend
77% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$95K/yr – $130K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Performance Marketing median pay in the United States

$108K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
277 (5% of company)
Median Tenure
5.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
110K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
39.1%
Direct
42.8%
Referral
12.1%
Social
4.5%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~5.7K
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Senior Performance Media Manager

Valtech · USA · Hybrid