Search Performance Manager

Overview of the Role

Our enterprise retail media client is seeking a Search Performance Manager to support retail media and paid search initiatives within a leading ecommerce advertising platform. This role is responsible for optimizing sponsored search campaigns, driving revenue growth, and helping advertisers maximize performance against their business objectives. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, performance-driven, and experienced in paid search, retail media, and campaign optimization. This role partners closely with Sales, Account Management, Campaign Management, and Ad Tech teams to improve campaign outcomes and deliver actionable insights.

Required Qualifications

• Strong experience managing and optimizing paid search or retail media campaigns
• Deep understanding of keyword strategy, bidding, budget management, and campaign performance optimization
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable recommendations

Other Qualifications

• Experience in retail media, digital advertising, ecommerce advertising, or paid search
• Strong understanding of campaign measurement, reporting, and attribution
• Experience improving campaign structure, targeting strategies, and account performance
• Ability to work cross-functionally with sales, account management, and technical teams
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Experience with performance marketing KPIs including ROAS, CPC, CTR, conversion rate, and revenue growth
• Experience working with advertising technology platforms or APIs is a plus

Responsibilities

• Analyze and optimize sponsored search campaigns to improve advertiser performance
• Manage keyword targeting, bidding strategies, campaign structure, and budget allocation
• Identify opportunities to improve revenue growth and campaign efficiency
• Provide performance insights and recommendations to internal teams and advertisers
• Monitor campaign performance and implement optimization strategies
• Partner with Sales and Account Management teams to support client objectives
• Collaborate with Ad Tech and platform partners to resolve issues and improve campaign execution
• Develop reporting and performance analyses to support business decisions
• Support testing initiatives and identify opportunities for product and process improvements
• Stay informed on retail media, paid search, and digital advertising best practices

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Data-driven marketer with a strong paid search background
• Experienced in retail media and performance marketing environments
• Strong analytical thinker who enjoys solving complex campaign challenges
• Comfortable working with large datasets and performance metrics
• Collaborative partner who builds strong relationships across teams
• Focused on driving measurable business results

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.