Paid Search Marketing Manager

London, UK (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own the paid search program end to end: strategy to execution, aligned with web, marketing ops, localization, and product marketing, with a focus on keyword architecture, performance measurement, and ROI optimization across discovery, consideration, and conversion.

  • Campaign design and measurement ownership: end-to-end setup, monitoring, and optimization across Google Ads and Microsoft Ads.
  • Keyword portfolio and ad copy: build stage-specific keyword maps and user-first creative to lift CTR and CVR.
  • ROI focus: identify underperforming spend, elevate high-ROI campaigns, and communicate roadmap to stakeholders.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support Stripe in building and optimizing our paid search program using business knowledge and data. You will partner with various internal stakeholders including the web development, marketing operations, localization, and product marketing teams to create a best-in-class paid search program.
  • Be able to transition between providing strategic guidance for your program & executing this strategy hands-on within the search platforms.
  • Own end-to-end campaign set up, measurement, and optimization.
  • Report up and out on campaign performance to ensure relevant stakeholders have visibility into program performance & roadmap.
  • Create keyword portfolios that capture search interest at each stage of the user journey (discovery, consideration, conversion) for each of our products.
  • Craft ad copy that puts users first in communicating our products’ value proposition, engaging their interest and increasing CTR and CVR.
  • Lead in analyzing the effectiveness of paid search campaigns, increasing investment in high ROI campaigns and reducing spend in campaigns that are underperforming.
  • Proactively identify areas of weakness in the paid search program and flag these as requiring improvement - and then create a plan to remedy.
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Stripe builds programmable financial services. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Headquartered in San Francisco and Dublin, the company aims to increase the GDP of the internet.

Founded in 2010
South San Francisco, California, USA
14K employees (726 in marketing)
67% recommend to a friend
80% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
93.8M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$718.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
12.2%
Direct
57.2%
Referral
29.4%
Social
0.7%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~13.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
501 (4% of company)
Median Career Experience
13 years
Median Tenure
3.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$9.4B
Last Raise
$694.2M
Secondary Market, 20 days ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2026
    Secondary Market
  • Feb 2025
    Secondary Market
  • Apr 2024
    Secondary Market • $694.2M

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