Performance Marketing Business Manager

Overview

SEM Team Lead - (Hybrid)

As you contemplate your future, you might be asking yourself, what's the next step? Start your journey with us! We are building a world-class Search Engine Marketing organization and are seeking a highly dedicated, analytically-driven, and meticulous SEM Team Lead to join one of the most efficient SEM teams in Europe. We are among the top Google and Microsoft Bing customers by spend globally, working in a collaborative, agile environment composed of SEM Specialists, Analysts, Data Scientists, and Data Engineers.

This pivotal leadership role is responsible for the strategic ownership and operational governance of a specific, high-impact business area. We are looking for a professional with a strong ownership mindset who thrives on complexity, demands operational excellence, and uses exceptional analytical qualifications to translate strategic objectives into reliable, structured execution. You will guide the execution team while maintaining the highest standard of data integrity and performance rigor within your assigned area.

This role focuses on performance ownership, process management, and team development for a defined scope, reporting directly to SEM Performance & Operations Lead.

Responsibilities and Tasks

• Strategic Performance Ownership: Own the P&L performance, budget, and contribute to the strategic direction for your assigned business scope and its contribution to the overall PPC Program. You are fully accountable for monitoring performance and challenging deviations.
• Operational Execution & Process: Lead the application of operational processes for your area, including detailed Bid Management Actions, Target Adjustments, and Campaign Optimizations.
• Analytical Drive & Detail: Drive performance maximization by translating high-level guidance into detailed actions. Use deep analytical skills to identify new opportunities and need for optimization.
• Team Leadership & Development: Lead, mentor, and develop team members assigned to your scope, establishing efficient team ceremonies and communication flows.
• Innovation & Excellence: Proactively identify structural needs and automation potential. Ensure the highest level of Ads Excellence and overall operational quality within your assigned area.
• Strategic Alignment: Collaborate with the broader leadership team to ensure execution and operational standards remain consistent and aligned with overall program objectives.

• Significant Business Impact: Direct accountability for the strategy and operational integrity of a major, defined business area, enabling substantial, high-visibility business impact.
• Highly Professional Peer Group: Work alongside a team of proficient Senior SEM Specialists, Data Analysts, Product Experts, etc., fostering a culture of mutual challenge, learning, and operational standards.
• Strategic Autonomy: High autonomy to define and perfect execution within your scope, backed by a clear mandate to drive results and enforce operational excellence.
• Data-Driven Leadership: Deep analytical expertise directly translates into strategic decisions, maximizing performance and uncovering opportunities.
• Career Advancement: Opportunity to mentor and develop team members, strengthening leadership skills in a data-centric, innovative organization.

Good to have

• Proven Team Leadership: Experience in a Team Lead or operational management role, including responsibility for team development, process definition, and performance guidance.
• Analytical Excellence (Mandatory): Excellent analytical qualifications; ability to deep-dive into performance data and translate findings into operational plans and recommendations.
• Business Acumen: Understanding of core business drivers, company KPIs beyond PPC metrics, and ability to link SEM strategy to broader objectives.
• Stakeholder Management & Communication: Exceptional communication skills to articulate plans to team members and senior management; ability to manage expectations and influence decisions.
• Strong PPC Foundation: Solid experience in large-scale PPC management and trading; able to oversee and challenge execution details (not necessarily expert-level tactical experience).
• Ownership & Dedication: Strong ownership mindset with commitment to end-to-end operational quality and outcomes.
• Language
  
  Skills:
  
  Fluent English is mandatory.

• Compensation & Benefits: Prime Plus membership, competitive salary and benefits, flexible benefits, performance bonuses, birthday day off, discounts and partnerships, relocation support, and options for equipment.
• Learning & Growth: Coursera access, soft skills workshops, tech training, leadership development, onboarding program, and continuous learning opportunities.
• Career Mobility: Personalised career paths and internal mobility opportunities.
• Well-being & Flexibility: Hybrid home-office model focused on outcomes with work-life balance.
• Culture & Social: After-work events, activities, and a…