Growth Marketing Lead, Metasearch & Paid Social

London, UK (Hybrid)

€96K/yr – €120K/yrSenior Level9+ years expFull time

Posted 3 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale Airbnb's global metasearch and display programs, shaping strategy, bidding, partnerships, and cross‑functional execution to drive strong growth.

  • Own key metasearch partnerships and pilot regional initiatives
  • Lead experiment design, data-driven optimization, and cross‑team collaboration

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute a world-class global performance marketing strategy across metasearch and display channels (programmatic, paid social, and mobile) to exceed growth goals
  • Develop and optimize bidding strategies to maximize revenue and efficiencies through best-in-class strategies
  • Own account management for key metasearch partners, driving outsized growth through optimized placements, CTR improvements, and new partnership initiatives
  • Flawlessly execute against campaign components to maximize efficiency, including technical setup of programs: audience management, creative testing, budget and bidding strategies
  • Maintain a data-driven approach through continual optimization; leverage a strong background in experiment design and evaluation to exceed aggressive growth targets.
  • Lead end-to-end creative brief development and execution, collaborating closely with brand and creative teams to ensure an exceptional, high-quality bar for creative output.
  • Lead selection and execution of regional pilots across both channels.
  • Partner with Leadership and Engineering to ideate on opportunities to improve channel performance, particularly in the AI innovation space.

Requirements

  • 9+ years of experience in Growth Marketing and/or related functions within a consumer-facing, fast-paced ecommerce company, with broad expertise in digital marketing
  • A proven track record of managing performance marketing programs at scale, including metasearch and/or programmatic/paid social, for one or more large, global consumer brands
  • Deep understanding of feed-based marketing and the technical architecture underpinning metasearch and display channels
  • Deep understanding of the technical aspects of growth marketing: marketing tech stack and data pipelines, tracking, testing, analytics, etc. Should be extremely comfortable with Excel (functions, pivots, etc.); proficiency with writing and executing SQL queries is preferred
  • Excellent cross-functional collaborative mindset that allows for deep collaboration with Country leads, Finance, Marketing Tech, and other stakeholders who may also work with key accounts.
  • Experience working with strong brand guidelines and an eye for high-quality creative execution.
  • Experience working with teams in different regions and a high-level understanding of regional growth opportunities.
  • Superb verbal and written communication skills with a high degree of comfort interpreting results and communicating insights effectively to stakeholders and senior leadership.
  • Exceptional project management and organization skills, with meticulous attention to detail.
  • Proven experience working with globally distributed teams and a strong understanding of regional growth dynamics.
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Airbnb

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Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays, experiences and services that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

Founded in 2007
San Francisco, California, USA
64K employees (7,318 in marketing)
82% recommend to a friend
91% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
85M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.8%
Direct
65.5%
Referral
2.6%
Social
0.6%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~64.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2,349 (4% of company)
Median Career Experience
16 years
Median Tenure
4.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
9

Funding

Total Funding
$6.4B
Last Raise
$1B
Debt Financing, 6 years ago

Funding History

  • Apr 2020
    Debt Financing • $1B
  • Apr 2020
    Private Equity • $1B
  • Dec 2019
    Secondary Market • $25M

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