Performance Marketing Manager, Sem + Bidding

Uber Uber · Consumer · San Francisco, CA · Marketing

This role focuses on managing and optimizing paid marketing programs, specifically SEM and bidding strategies across platforms like Google Ads and Microsoft Ads. It involves developing bidding strategies, leveraging smart bidding, implementing tracking, collaborating with engineering and analytics for data accuracy, building dashboards, and delivering insights to leadership. The role requires strong analytical skills and independent execution.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop, execute, and refine automated and manual bidding strategies across Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, and other paid search platforms SEM + PLAs.
  2. Leverage smart bidding, portfolio strategies, and bid adjustments to maximize ROAS, CPA efficiency, or other KPIs.
  3. Implement and manage tracking pixels, tags, and data integrations (Google Tag Manager, GA4, Adobe Analytics, etc.).
  4. Collaborate with engineering and analytics teams to ensure data pipelines are accurate and shareable across platforms.
  5. Build dashboards and reporting systems (Excel, Looker Studio, Tableau, PowerBI) for real-time SEM insights.

Skills

Required

  • SEM campaign management
  • bidding strategies
  • performance optimization
  • Google Ads
  • Microsoft Ads
  • Google Tag Manager
  • GA4
  • Adobe Analytics
  • Excel
  • data analysis

Nice to have

  • SQL
  • data querying
  • attribution models
  • A/B testing
  • statistical significance
  • global campaigns
  • Tableau
  • PowerBI

What the JD emphasized

  • independent execution
  • independently
  • minimal oversight
  • Proactive mindset
  • solve problems without waiting for direction