Head of Performance Media

Job Title: Head of Performance Media

Compensation: $185,000 - $250,000

Location:Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.

Adswerve is looking for a Head of Performance Media to lead our Paid Search, Programmatic & CTV, Ad Operations, and Social & Retail Media verticals. This is a key leadership role where you'll be responsible for the strategic direction and growth of our performance media services, ensuring our clients achieve their business goals while maintaining profitability.

This is a great opportunity for a seasoned digital media leader to drive the future of our global performance media practice. You will be instrumental in developing our go-to-market strategy for a rapidly changing landscape and leading a talented, globally distributed team.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the targeting and media strategy for a portfolio of marketer and advertiser accounts, ensuring alignment with their business objectives.
• Maintain margin goals and ensure the performance media practice is aligned with billable targets and overall business outcomes.
• Lead the development and execution of our go-to-market strategy, adapting to a rapidly changing digital media landscape.
• Partner with our Sales, Marketing, and larger Services teams to define and achieve strategic goals for the business.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of performance media professionals across various specializations (Paid Search, Programmatic, CTV, Social & Retail Media, and Ad Ops).
• Drive scalable execution, delivering actionable insights and dashboards on sales and practice performance at all levels of the organization.
• Contribute to global thought leadership on business health, performance metrics, and the development of scaled insights and tooling.

Experience

• Proven experience in a senior leadership role within a digital marketing agency or in-house team, with a strong focus on performance media.
• Deep expertise in two or more of the following areas: Paid Search (Google Ads), Programmatic Media, CTV, Social Media, and/or Ad Operations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire a diverse, globally distributed team.
• Strong understanding of digital marketing ecosystems and the ability to develop and execute complex go-to-market strategies.
• Highly analytical with the ability to define key metrics, interpret data, and deliver actionable insights to drive business performance.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to partner effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• A proactive and results-oriented mindset with a track record of solving complex business problems.

This position pays a base salary of $185,000 to $250,000 per year. (This position is eligible for a semi-annual individual bonus based on performance and a year-end company bonus.) Wage differential is based on training and experience.

Our team of 250+ employees is spread out across 26 states and six countries. We keep everyone connected remotely with a team-oriented culture where everyone contributes and feels valued for their skills and unique perspectives.

If you want to work alongside the best and brightest analytics minds, we’d love to hear from you. You can get hands-on with the latest ad tech, work with exciting clients and pave the way for new industry processes and advancements. All while working for a company that prioritizes your work-life balance. Plus, we offer full-time Adswerve employees benefits you’ll love:

• Semi-annual bonus potential
• Medical, dental and vision available for employees
• Paid time off including vacation, sick leave & company holidays
• Paid volunteer time
• Flexible working hours
• Summer Fridays
• “Work From Home Light” days between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• 401(k) Plan with 5% company match and no vesting period
• Employer Paid Parental Leave
• Health-care Spending Accounts
• Dependent-care Spending Accounts
• Employer Paid Basic Life Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Employer Paid Short & Long Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Continuing Education Reimbursement
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Monthly Remote Work Stipend

Adswerve is an Equal Opportunity and E-Verify Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, gender identity, gender expression, results of genetic testing, service in the military, or on any other basis that would be in violation of any applicable federal, state, or local law. Adswerve will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

If you require assistance with your application, please reach out to [email protected]

Screening of Applications Begins: Immediately and will continue until the position is filled. For best consideration, please apply by October 10th.

Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilizing external 3rd party recruitment agencies for this search. Should those needs change, we will seek your assistance directly.