$45.49 - $55.49

• We're looking for a Paid Search Marketing Manager to join a leading technology company on a 12-month contract.
• In this role, you'll partner with cross-functional teams and agency partners to drive paid search strategy, optimize PPC performance, and contribute to high-impact digital marketing initiatives. If you're passionate about search marketing, data-driven decision-making, and leveraging AI-powered advertising tools, we'd love to hear from you.

• Job Title:

• Paid Search Marketing Manager

• Job Location:

• 7535 Torrey Santa Fe Rd, San Diego, CA 92129 (Hybrid - 3 days onsite, rest remote)

• Job Duration:

• 12 Months Contract

• Description:

• + Serve as the primary point of contact between internal TurboTax stakeholders and our agency partner, ensuring the PPC program is always aligned to business goals and priorities.

+ Interpret business objectives, growth targets, and marketing strategies from internal stakeholders and translate them into clear, actionable direction for the agency. + Contribute to the paid search roadmap — setting priorities, defining testing agendas, and ensuring the agency is executing against the right strategies at the right time. + Partner with our agency to achieve performance targets, timelines, and quality standards; review and provide informed feedback on campaign strategy, structure, ad copy, and landing page recommendations. + Leverage your hands-on PPC knowledge to ask the right questions, identify gaps, and push for continuous improvement across bid management, keyword strategy, and campaign optimization. + Evaluate AI-powered tools and platform-native features (such as Smart Bidding and Performance Max) and collaborate with external and internal partners on when and how to adopt them in support of our goals. + Analyze campaign performance data and synthesize insights for internal stakeholders — translating complex PPC metrics into clear business implications and recommendations. + Work with the SEO team to ensure paid and organic search strategies are complementary and coordinated. + Collaborate with analytics, creative, and web teams on landing page testing, conversion tracking, and audience segmentation to support campaign performance. + Lead project management for key PPC initiatives — defining timelines, aligning stakeholders, tracking milestones, and ensuring on-time delivery across teams and the agency. + Oversee QA processes to ensure campaigns, ad copy, keywords, and tracking are accurate and on-brand. + Conduct competitive research and bring forward-looking insights and recommendations to internal stakeholders and leadership. + Stay current on search marketing trends and serve as an informed advocate for innovation within the program.

• Skills:

• + 3-4 years of hands-on PPC experience, with a focus on Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, and other search platforms + Strong analytical skills with experience interpreting campaign data to inform strategy (Google Ads, SA360, Adobe Analytics, or similar) + Solid working knowledge of bid management, keyword strategy, ad copy best practices, quality score optimization, and A/B testing — enough to actively contribute to strategy and hold a high bar for the program.

+ Familiarity with AI-powered advertising tools and a willingness to adopt emerging technologies to drive efficiency and performance + Strong project management skills with the ability to juggle multiple workstreams, align stakeholders, and keep initiatives on track + Excellent communication skills — able to distill complex PPC concepts for non-technical internal stakeholders and provide clear, strategic direction to agency partners + Comfortable operating in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment where priorities can shift and strong judgment is required + Collaborative and proactive team player who takes ownership and drives results

• Education:

• BA/BS in Marketing, Business, or a related field.

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP's Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.