Senior SEM Manager
Intellibright
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Austin • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $102,000 - $144,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Paid Search and Paid Social performance across a portfolio of mid market and enterprise clients
- Definition and ownership of KPIs across spend efficiency, lead quality, conversion performance, and revenue contribution
- Full funnel SEM strategy aligned to business goals, not platform metrics
- Authority to recommend pivots, budget reallocations, or increased investment based on performance signals
- Intent, keyword, and query strategy across branded, non branded, local, and high value demand
- Budget allocation, pacing, and optimization decisions tied directly to measured business impact
- Integration of SEM strategy with CRO, landing page performance, and website experience
- Cross channel alignment with SEO to maximize SERP visibility and total intent coverage
- Guardrails for platform automation, AI bidding, and recommendation adoption
- Partnership with Analytics to develop AI powered insights, alerts, and forecasting frameworks
- Executive ready performance narratives that move conversations from metrics to direction
- Proactive identification of risk, inefficiency, and growth opportunity
- Mentorship and elevation of SEM specialists and managers
- Contribution to client retention, expansion, and long term account health**
Requirements
- 6 to 9 years of hands on paid search experience with increasing ownership and complexity
- Deep expertise in Google Ads and Microsoft Ads with paid social experience strongly preferred
- Proven ability to define, monitor, and act on KPIs tied to revenue and lead quality
- Experience managing large, complex budgets profitably
- Strong understanding of AI, automation, and auction dynamics
- Experience partnering with analytics teams to surface insights and guide optimization
- Ability to assess downstream impact beyond platform reported conversions
- Confidence presenting direction to senior and C level stakeholders
- Agency or multi client experience strongly preferred
- High bar for thinking, clarity, and ownership
Benefits
- Base Salary: $102,000 to $144,000 depending on experience
- 5 percent performance based bonus opportunity
- 100 percent company paid healthcare premiums including medical, dental, vision, and life
- 401(k) with up to 5 percent company match
- 28 days combined PTO and holidays plus two additional remote work weeks annually
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
paid searchpaid socialSEM strategyKPI definitionbudget managementAI biddingCRO integrationSEO alignmentperformance analysisdata-driven decision making
Soft Skills
mentorshipcommunicationstrategic thinkingproblem solvingstakeholder managementproactive identificationclarityownershipcollaborationpresentation skills