Sr. Manager, Performance Marketing

Disney Disney · Media · Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Sr. Manager, Performance Marketing will lead the end-to-end paid acquisition strategy for Disney+ LATAM, focusing on maximizing subscriber growth and revenue while ensuring profitability. This role involves financial planning, forecasting, performance management, and cross-functional collaboration to drive full-funnel growth outcomes. The manager will also lead and develop a performance marketing team.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own paid acquisition strategy and investment planning across performance channels (Search, Social, Programmatic/Video, Affiliates, CTV), defining channel roles, budget allocation, and pacing aligned to subscriber and revenue targets.
  2. Lead financial planning & forecasting for acquisition: build and socialize investment scenarios, incremental impact cases, CPAs, LTV-based payback logic, and sensitivity analyses; partner with Finance on budgeting cycles, and performance narratives for leadership.
  3. Drive performance management & optimization operating model: establish KPIs, dashboards, experimentation cadence, governance, and decision forums; ensure disciplined measurement (attribution, incrementality, lift tests) and continuous optimization at scale.
  4. Partner cross-functionally to deliver full-funnel growth outcomes: collaborate with Creative, Brand, Lifecycle/CRM, Product/Site/UX, Data and Analytics on messaging, landing flows, testing, and audience strategy that improves conversion and quality of subscribers.
  5. Lead and develop the Performance Marketing team (expected structure: 2 Supervisors + 1 Coordinator, with potential growth): set priorities, coach on strategic thinking and financial acumen, ensure operational excellence, and raise the bar on stakeholder management and executive storytelling.

Skills

Required

  • Performance Marketing / Paid Media
  • Senior leadership roles
  • Subscription/DTC (streaming, digital services), consumer tech, e-commerce, marketplaces or telecom
  • LATAM multi-market exposure
  • People leadership (managing managers)
  • Cross-functional influence
  • Stakeholder management with Finance and senior business leaders
  • Expertise across performance channels (Search, Social, Programmatic/Video, App acquisition)
  • Attribution & incrementality (MMM, lift testing, MTA limitations)
  • Performance economics (CPA, LTV, payback, cohorts, churn)
  • Experimentation frameworks (creative, funnel, audience testing)
  • Advanced use of Google Ads, DV360/CM360/SA360, YouTube, TikTok, Meta, Snapchat, CTV
  • Analytical tools: Excel/Google Sheets, Looker / BI
  • Strategic and analytical mindset
  • Financial planning, forecasting and scenario building
  • Stakeholder management, collaboration and influence
  • Executive communication and storytelling
  • High ownership
  • Team leadership, coaching and capability building
  • English (advanced)

Nice to have

  • SQL
  • MMM tools
  • Portuguese

What the JD emphasized

  • 10+ years in Performance Marketing / Paid Media
  • 3+ years in senior leadership roles (Senior Manager / Head level)
  • Proven people leadership (managing managers)
  • Strong stakeholder management with Finance and senior business leaders
  • Deep expertise across performance channels (Search, Social, Programmatic/Video, App acquisition)
  • Strong understanding of attribution & incrementality (MMM, lift testing, MTA limitations)
  • Solid performance economics (CPA, LTV, payback, cohorts, churn)
  • Experience with experimentation frameworks (creative, funnel, audience testing)
  • Advanced use of Google Ads, DV360/CM360/SA360, YouTube, TikTok, Meta, Snapchat, CTV
  • Strong analytical tools: Excel/Google Sheets, Looker / BI (SQL / MMM tools as a plus)
  • Strategic and analytical mindset with strong business judgment
  • Financial planning, forecasting and scenario building
  • Strong stakeholder management, collaboration and influence
  • Clear executive communication and storytelling
  • High ownership and ability to operate in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
  • Team leadership, coaching and capability building