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Cars Commerce

The platform to simplify car buying and selling

Director, Paid Search

Performance MarketingPerformance MarketingFull TimeRemoteLeadTeam 1,001-5,000H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

Illinois

Posted

2 days ago

Salary

$154.2K - $192.8K / year

Seniority

Lead

Bachelor Degree10 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

Director, Paid Search

Cars Commerce

• Own the consumer SEM program end-to-end. • Set strategy, execution standards, and the performance roadmap for an 8+ figure annual SEM budget. • Set goals and own the numbers. • Oversee campaign architecture, bidding strategy, keyword coverage, audiences, feeds, ad copy and creative testing, and landing page optimization daily. • Drive feed-based automation, API integrations, Smart Bidding, signal-based strategies. • Partner with Product, Engineering, Design, and Lifecycle to improve landing pages. • Define and maintain the SEM measurement framework and translate performance.

Job Requirements

  • 10+ years in performance / growth marketing with deep, hands-on paid search expertise
  • Expert-level command of Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising
  • Experience in marketplace, classifieds, e-commerce, or high-volume B2C lead-gen businesses
  • A builder-operator who has built scale through automation and AI
  • Fluent in attribution, incrementality, MMM, etc; comfortable with large datasets and querying
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • Preferred: Experience at a two-sided marketplace or classifieds business.
  • Hands-on experience building SEM automation via the Google Ads API or scripts.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental & Vision Healthcare Plans
  • New Hire Stipend for Home Office Set-Up
  • Generous PTO
  • Paid Holidays, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Recharge Day

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