Sr Manager, Affiliate

T-Mobile T-Mobile · Telecom · Bellevue, Washington, Overland Park, Kansas, VA-Herndon Office

This role leads the tactical deployment and optimization of paid search campaigns across multiple business lines to support marketing objectives. It involves directing execution and optimization of paid search strategies, leading cross-functional collaboration, and implementing test and learn methodologies. Success is measured by the effectiveness and innovation of paid search programs in achieving performance targets, ultimately enhancing organizational marketing impact and competitive positioning.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manages and optimize paid search campaigns across all business lines to achieve marketing performance goals
  2. Lead collaboration with measurement, reporting, analytics, tagging, tracking, and creative teams to ensure guideline execution
  3. Develop and implement test and learn methodologies to drive continuous improvement in paid search strategies
  4. Monitor industry trends and incorporate innovations to maintain competitive advantage in paid search
  5. Also responsible for other duties/projects as assigned by business management as needed

Skills

Required

  • Proven ability to lead team and clearly articulate strategies, priorities and timelines while gaining team consensus and followership.
  • Ability to cultivate talent and develop junior team members.
  • Strong organizational skills across search tactics, including structural and targeting improvements (geo, demographic, day-parting, keyword and URL).
  • Deep understanding of paid search AdTech infrastructure including: Bid Management, Tagging & Tracking, AdServing and Analytics Platforms as well as Search Engine Structure (AdWords & Bing Ads).
  • Demonstrated ability to plan and implement split (A/B), match market and other paid search testing methodologies.
  • Demonstrated ability to interpret performance data to articulate changes in KPI measurements and corresponding optimization as part of attribution outputs, which would improve media effectiveness and/or cost efficiency.
  • Ability to understand and identify correlational patterns in digital media from aggregate data sources, trends, and studies.
  • Deep understanding of media attribution methodologies such as regression modeling, multi-touch & last touch attribution and their efficacy in evaluating paid search performance.
  • Demonstrated ability to build and foster relationships with key cross-functional and 3rd party platform/media partners.

Nice to have

  • Marketing, Business or related field

What the JD emphasized

  • Paid Search Strategy, Planning and Activation
  • People Management
  • Program Management
  • Paid search AdTech infrastructure
  • Search Engine Structure (AdWords & Bing Ads)
  • media attribution methodologies