Paid Search Manager at Vida Shoes International
India
INR 116.667k - INR 166.667k
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Position Overview</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal">Vida is looking for an experienced and highly analytical Paid Search Manager to join our growing performance marketing team.</p><p class="MsoNormal">This role will help manage and grow paid search programs across multiple D2C brands within the Vida portfolio. The ideal candidate has strong hands-on experience managing significant Google Ads budgets across multiple e-commerce accounts and has a proven track record of driving revenue growth and ROAS improvement.</p><p class="MsoNormal">The Paid Search Manager will work closely with the Senior Manager, Paid Search and Director of Paid Media while independently owning day-to-day strategy, execution, optimization, testing, reporting, and performance management across assigned brands.</p><p class="MsoNormal">The ideal candidate combines strong technical Google Ads knowledge with commercial thinking and can identify opportunities to scale revenue while maintaining efficiency.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Compensation: </strong>Indian Rupee $116,667 - $166,667 montly&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Paid Search &amp; Shopping Management</strong></p><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Independently manage and optimize paid search programs across multiple D2C/e-commerce brands.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Build, manage, and optimize campaigns across:</li><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Google Search</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Google Shopping</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Performance Max</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Demand Gen</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Microsoft Ads</li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Own campaign performance against revenue, ROAS, conversion, and profitability goals.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Develop campaign structures and segmentation strategies based on product performance, category, brand, margin, seasonality, and business priorities.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Conduct product-level performance analysis to identify top-performing products, underperformers, wasted spend, and opportunities to scale.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Identify opportunities to increase profitable spend while maintaining efficiency targets.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Monitor competitive activity, search demand, seasonality, promotions, and other factors impacting performance.</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Google Merchant Center &amp; Product Feeds</strong></p><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Manage and troubleshoot Google Merchant Center, including product disapprovals, warnings, feed errors, account issues, and product eligibility.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Work closely with product feeds and feed management platforms to improve Shopping and Performance Max performance.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Analyze and optimize key feed attributes including product titles, descriptions, product types, Google product categories, custom labels, pricing, availability, images, and promotional information.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Develop product segmentation strategies using custom labels and other feed attributes.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Partner with internal teams and feed management partners to continuously improve product data quality and feed health.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Identify feed optimization opportunities that can improve visibility, traffic quality, revenue, and ROAS.</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Campaign Strategy, Optimization &amp; Performance Analysis</strong></p><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Develop keyword and search strategies across brand, non-brand, category, product, competitor, and seasonal campaigns.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Conduct keyword research, search-term analysis, and negative keyword management to improve traffic quality and efficiency.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Evaluate and optimize match types, campaign structures, audiences, and account segmentation.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Develop and manage bidding strategies including Target ROAS, Maximize Conversion Value, Target CPA, Maximize Conversions, and other automated bidding approaches.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Understand when bidding targets, budgets, campaign structure, or conversion signals may be restricting growth.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Manage budgets and pacing across assigned accounts while ensuring alignment with monthly and annual revenue goals.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Recommend budget reallocations across campaigns, products, brands, and tactics based on performance and incremental growth opportunities.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Develop structured testing roadmaps across bidding, campaign structure, Performance Max, Broad Match, landing pages, ad copy, audiences, feeds, promotions, and emerging Google Ads products.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Analyze performance across revenue, ROAS, spend, conversion rate, CPA, CPC, average order value, impression share, and other key e-commerce KPIs.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Diagnose performance changes and clearly communicate what changed, why it changed, and what actions should be taken next.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Prepare weekly, monthly, and ad hoc reporting with actionable insights and recommendations.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Proactively identify performance risks, account issues, testing opportunities, and areas for incremental growth.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">Stay current on Google Ads product updates, automation, AI-driven campaign capabilities, and changes within the paid search landscape.</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Required Qualifications</strong></p><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">5&ndash;6+ years of hands-on paid search / Google Ads experience, preferably within an agency, multi-brand organization, or D2C/e-commerce business.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">Strong experience independently managing multiple paid search accounts simultaneously.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">Demonstrated experience managing significant paid media budgets and being accountable for revenue and ROAS goals.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">Strong D2C/e-commerce experience with an understanding of how paid search contributes to overall business growth.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">Advanced hands-on knowledge of:</li><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level2 lfo4; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Google Search</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level2 lfo4; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Google Shopping</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level2 lfo4; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Performance Max</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level2 lfo4; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Demand Gen</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level2 lfo4; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Google Merchant Center</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level2 lfo4; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Microsoft Advertising</li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">Advanced understanding of Google Smart Bidding, including Target ROAS and value-based bidding strategies.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">Strong experience with Shopping campaign structures, product segmentation, and product-level performance analysis.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">Hands-on experience working with Google Merchant Center and product feeds.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">Strong understanding of campaign structures, match types, keyword strategy, search-term analysis, and negative keyword management.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">Ability to determine when performance issues are driven by bidding, budget, feed quality, campaign structure, conversion rate, tracking, competition, seasonality, or other factors.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">Strong understanding of e-commerce KPIs including revenue, ROAS, conversion rate, CPA, AOV, CPC, impression share, and profitability.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to turn complex performance data into actionable recommendations.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">Advanced proficiency in Excel and/or Google Sheets.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">Strong attention to detail and ability to QA campaign setups, budgets, conversion tracking, feeds, URLs, promotions, and account changes.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">Strong written and verbal communication skills.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">Ability to independently manage multiple brands, projects, priorities, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">Ability to proactively bring recommendations and growth opportunities rather than relying solely on direction from senior leadership.</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Preferred Qualifications</strong></p><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;">Experience working with D2C retail, footwear, fashion, apparel, accessories, or consumer brands.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;">Experience managing large e-commerce product catalogs and Shopping-heavy accounts.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;">Experience managing high-spend Google Ads accounts.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;">Experience with third-party feed management platforms such as Feedonomics, Productsup, DataFeedWatch, Channable, or similar platforms.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;">Experience developing custom-label and product segmentation strategies.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;">Understanding of GA4, conversion tracking, attribution, enhanced conversions, and e-commerce measurement.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;">Experience managing Microsoft Ads alongside Google Ads.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;">Experience with Performance Max channel analysis and understanding the interaction between Search, Shopping, YouTube, Display, and other inventory within PMax.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;">Experience evaluating new customer acquisition, brand vs. non-brand performance, and incremental growth opportunities.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;">Familiarity with Looker Studio or other reporting and visualization platforms.</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>What Success Looks Like</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal">The successful Paid Search Manager will be able to independently own assigned accounts while consistently identifying opportunities to improve performance and grow the business.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Success in this role means:</p><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Growing profitable revenue across assigned brands.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Meeting or exceeding ROAS and business performance targets.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Identifying opportunities to scale high-performing campaigns, categories, and products.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Quickly diagnosing and addressing performance declines.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Effectively managing significant budgets and maintaining accurate pacing.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Continuously improving Search, Shopping, Performance Max, and product feed strategies.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Developing thoughtful testing roadmaps with clear hypotheses and measurable outcomes.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Turning account and product data into clear strategic recommendations.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Maintaining strong Merchant Center and feed health.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Proactively identifying new opportunities rather than waiting for direction.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Clearly communicating account performance, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions to the Senior Manager, Paid Search.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">Taking strong ownership of assigned brands while collaborating effectively across the broader performance marketing team.</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">#LIREMOTE</p>
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