MaintainX is the world's leading Asset and Work Intelligence platform for industrial and frontline environments. They are seeking a strategic, results-driven Senior Manager of Performance Marketing to lead and scale their paid search program, focusing on driving efficient pipeline growth and measurable business impact.
Responsibilities:
- Own the overarching SEM and app acquisition strategy, including channel expansion and long-term growth planning aligned with company revenue goals
- Lead day-to-day and strategic channel management, scaling multi-channel paid acquisition across Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, app install campaigns, and relevant pay-per-lead (PPL) programs (e.g. Capterra, Software Advice), ensuring best-in-class execution across keyword strategy, bidding, targeting, creative, and app growth levers
- Drive full-funnel performance across performance marketing channels, optimizing for CPL, CVR, installs, activation, and pipeline contribution
- Drive continuous optimization of performance metrics including CPL, CVR, and pipeline contribution, with a strong focus on efficiency and scalability
- Manage and forecast large-scale budgets, proactively identifying risks, opportunities, and reallocation strategies to maximize ROI
- Establish a rigorous experimentation framework across ad creative, landing pages, bidding strategies, audience targeting, and app install funnels; scale winning approaches
- Translate data into actionable insights, delivering executive-level reporting on spend, lead quality (QLs/SQLs), and pipeline impact
- Partner with Marketing Operations and Analytics to ensure accurate tracking, attribution, and measurement frameworks that inform strategic decisions
- Identify and unlock new growth opportunities through search query mining, competitive analysis, and expansion into new channels or tactics
- Stay ahead of industry trends, platform updates, and emerging technologies, incorporating innovations into the marketing strategy
- Leverage AI and automation tools to enhance campaign performance, accelerate testing velocity, and uncover new growth opportunities across channels
- Identify, evaluate, and integrate emerging AI-driven marketing technologies to improve targeting, creative development, and bidding efficiency
- Directly manage, mentor, and develop at least one performance marketer, with clear accountability for coaching, skill development, and elevating team performance
- Build a strong culture of teaching and continuous improvement, proactively sharing knowledge, frameworks, and best practices across the team
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree required; quantitative field preferred
- 7–10+ years of experience in performance marketing with deep expertise across SEM, app install campaigns, and/or PPL-based acquisition; experience scaling programs in high-growth environments
- Strong fluency in AI tools and applications within marketing (e.g., generative AI for creative, automation tools, data analysis); ability to apply AI to drive measurable performance gains
- Proven track record of incorporating AI and automation into campaign strategy and execution to improve efficiency and outcomes
- Proven track record of owning and optimizing large budgets across web and app channels, delivering measurable pipeline and revenue impact
- Strong strategic mindset with the ability to connect channel performance to broader business objectives
- Advanced analytical skills with experience translating complex data into clear insights and recommendations
- Experience directly managing at least one report, with a strong track record of coaching, mentoring, and developing talent
- Passion for teaching and raising the bar for others; you take an active role in developing team capabilities, not just managing output
- Highly competitive and driven. You thrive in fast-paced, high-performance environments
- Curious and innovative. You continuously test, learn, and push beyond conventional approaches
- Exceptional ownership and accountability. You think beyond execution and focus on business outcomes
- Strong cross-functional collaborator with the ability to influence stakeholders across Marketing, Sales, and Operations
- MBA or advanced degree is a plus