Paid Search Manager - 12 month - Fixed Term Contract

Tesco UK; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading supermarket and technology company in Welwyn Garden City is seeking a PPC Manager to manage and optimize advertising campaigns. The role requires strong analytical skills and expertise in Google Ads and Bing Ads. The ideal candidate should have a data-driven approach to marketing and experience with PPC management. This position offers a hybrid work model to accommodate both in-office and remote collaboration.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Inclusive recruitment process

Support for career growth

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in PPC management or similar field.
• Hands-on experience with A/B testing and conversion optimization.
• Experience managing large budgets and data-driven ad spend optimization.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize PPC campaigns across various platforms.
• Conduct keyword research and audience targeting.
• Monitor and analyze PPC campaigns and key metrics.
• Collaborate with teams to align PPC efforts with digital strategy.

Skills

Analytical skills

Google Ads expertise

Bing Ads knowledge

Campaign management

Data-driven decision-making

SEO principles

Tools

Google Analytics

Data visualisation tools

Job description

In this role, you will manage and optimise our PPC advertising campaigns and provide strategic direction for our agency partner to implement. You will develop, report, and analyse PPC strategies to maximise ROI, drive traffic, and increase conversions across multiple platforms. The ideal candidate has a strong analytical mindset, deep knowledge of Google Ads, Bing Ads, and a proven track record of managing high-performance PPC campaigns. If you're passionate about data-driven marketing, digital strategy, and performance marketing, we would love to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Planning, reporting, and managing, alongside our Agency Partner, PPC campaigns across Google Ads, Bing Ads, Apple Search Ads, and other platforms.
• Conducting keyword research, audience targeting, and bid strategy optimisation analysis to increase ad performance.
• Monitoring and analysing PPC campaigns and key performance metrics (CTR, CPC, CPA, ROAS, Quality Score, etc.). Roadmap tests, scope creatives, and support build landing pages to improve conversion rates.
• Optimising campaign budgets to ensure efficient ad spend and ROI maximisation.
• Tracking competitor PPC strategies and identifying growth opportunities.
• Collaborating with SEO, content, and design teams to align PPC efforts with overall digital marketing strategy.
• Generating and presenting detailed reports on campaign effectiveness and key insights to stakeholders.
• Optimise ad campaigns to improve ROAS and reduce cost-per-conversion.
• Identify negative keywords and refine targeting to improve ad relevance.
• Ensure PPC campaigns comply with Google Ads policies and platform guidelines.
• Coordinate with developers to ensure proper tracking and retargeting pixel implementation.
• Stay updated with Google Ads policy changes, new ad formats, and emerging trends.

Qualifications

• Required Qualifications and Experience 3-5 years of experience in PPC management, digital advertising, search engine marketing (SEM), performance marketing, or a similar field.
• Strong expertise in Google Ads, Bing Ads and Apple Search Ads. Proficiency in Google Analytics and data visualisation tools.
• Hands‑on experience with A/B testing, conversion optimisation, retargeting strategies, and attribution modelling.
• Knowledge of SEO principles and how pay‑per‑click integrates with organic search. Knowledge of ad extensions, audience segmentation, and dynamic ads.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret campaign performance data.
• Experience managing large budgets with a data‑driven approach to ad spend optimisation.

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award‑winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

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