Vice President Paid Media

Columbus, OH (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive the paid media strategy and execution across Express and Bonobos to maximize revenue, profitability, and long-term value.

  • Plain text: Drive the paid media strategy and execution across Express and Bonobos to maximize revenue, contribution margin, and lifetime value.
  • Must-have: 15+ years in paid media with leadership and enterprise-budgets experience.
  • Standout: Experience leading multi-brand or matrixed teams and cross-functional collaboration at scale.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define and lead annual and long-range paid media strategies across Express and Bonobos.
  • Own paid media budget allocation and channel mix decisions to maximize revenue, contribution margin, and lifetime value.
  • Develop scalable investment frameworks that balance new customer acquisition with retention and reactivation.
  • Establish clear guardrails for CAC, ROAS, LTV:CAC, incrementality, and payback periods.
  • Develop and execute strategies that significantly expand the new customer file across both brands.
  • Partner with Customer Marketing & Strategy to ensure paid acquisition aligns with lifecycle, loyalty, and CRM efforts.
  • Identify and scale high-quality audience segments that drive long-term value, not just short-term volume.
  • Oversee rigorous measurement frameworks across ROI, CPA, ROAS, CAC, incrementality, and contribution margin.
  • Partner with Analytics and Decision Science teams to evolve attribution, incrementality testing, and media modeling.
  • Continuously test, learn, and scale across creative, audience targeting, bidding strategies, and channel expansion.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of progressive marketing experience, with significant leadership in paid media and digital acquisition.
  • 5-7+ years leading high-performing teams and managing enterprise-level budgets.
  • Deep expertise across Google Ads, Meta Ads Manager, DSPs, affiliate platforms, and programmatic ecosystems.
  • Proven track record driving profitable customer acquisition and scalable revenue growth in retail or consumer brands.
  • Strong financial acumen with experience managing large, complex media investments.
  • Experience operating within multi-brand or matrixed environments preferred.

Preferred

  • A modern paid media leader who understands that scale without profitability is noise-and that growth requires discipline, creativity, and precision.
  • Enterprise-level strategic thinker with strong commercial instincts.
  • Highly analytical with a deep understanding of performance marketing economics.
  • Confident executive communicator able to influence senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
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EXPRESS

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EXPRESS is a multichannel fashion brand dedicated to creating confidence and inspiring self-expression. Since its launch in 1980, the brand has embraced a design philosophy rooted in modern, confident and effortless style. Whether dressing for work, everyday or special occasions, EXPRESS ensures you look and feel your best, wherever life takes you. Customers can experience our brand in over 400 Express retail stores, Express Factory Outlet stores and online at www.express.com.

Founded in 1980
Columbus, Ohio, USA
45% recommend to a friend
48% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Google Ads Budget
$203.6K

Funding

Total Funding
$164.8M
Last Raise
$24.8M
Post IPO Equity, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2022
    Post IPO Equity • $24.8M
  • Jan 2021
    Post IPO Debt • $140M

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