PPC Manager

3Search; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Pension

Life assurance

Income protection

Season ticket loan

Cycle-to-work

Job summary

3Search in London is seeking a proactive PPC Manager to own paid search across multiple markets, combining hands-on campaign management with strategic planning. You will test, analyse and optimise performance, turning complex data into clear commercial recommendations that guide future investment.

The role offers hybrid working with three office days per week and a benefits package including private healthcare and pension.

Qualifications

• Hands-on PPC experience in ecommerce or conversion-focused environments.
• Strong analytical skills and curiosity to understand drivers of performance.
• Experience optimizing toward sales, revenue, CPA, ROAS or lead generation.
• Proficient with Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, GA4 and analytics/reporting tools.
• Ability to work independently while influencing stakeholders across marketing and data teams.

Responsibilities

• Own campaigns across Google Search, Performance Max, YouTube, and Microsoft Ads across multiple markets.
• Forecast multi-market budgets against ROAS, CPA and revenue targets and scale.
• Develop UK activity and identify growth opportunities in European markets.
• Lead testing of bidding strategies, audiences, and new formats.
• Improve attribution, automation and conversion-based bidding with data and web teams.

Skills

PPC experience

Analytical skills

Performance marketing

Google Ads

Microsoft Ads

GA4

Stakeholder influence

Job description

We are working with a high-growth Tech business in London to hire aPPC Manager. This is a hands-on individual contributor role with genuine ownership, giving you the opportunity to shape and develop paid search across an established UK market while driving growth across emerging European markets.

You’ll join a lean, specialist marketing function where paid media is a key driver of customer acquisition and revenue. With ambitious international growth plans, you’ll have the freedom to challenge existing approaches, identify new opportunities and influence how and where the business invests to scale performance.

The PPC Manager will take ownership of paid search across multiple markets, combining hands-on campaign management with longer-term strategy. You’ll test, analyse and optimise performance, dig beyond surface-level metrics to understand what is really driving results, and turn complex data into clear commercial recommendations that influence future investment.

About the Role:

• Own campaigns across Google Search, Performance Max, Demand Gen, YouTube and Microsoft Ads across multiple international markets
• Manage and forecast multi-market budgets against ROAS, CPA and revenue targets, with scope to scale
• Develop UK activity while identifying growth opportunities across European markets
• Lead testing across bidding, audiences, Demand Gen, Performance Max and emerging formats
• Improve attribution, automation and conversion-led bidding alongside data and web specialists

About You:

• Strong hands-on PPC experience within an ecommerce or conversion-focused environment
• Excellent analytical skills and curiosity to investigate the causes behind performance changes
• Commercial experience optimising towards sales, revenue, CPA, ROAS or lead-generation outcomes
• Confidence using Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, GA4 and reporting or analytics platforms
• Ability to operate independently while influencing stakeholders across marketing, data and local markets

Why You’ll Love It

• Genuine ownership as the business’s dedicated PPC specialist
• Opportunity to shape paid search strategy across international markets
• Hybrid working with 3 office days per week
• Private healthcare, pension, life assurance and income protection
• Season ticket loan and cycle-to-work support
• Scope to use AI and automation to remove repetitive operational work
• Significant autonomy to test ideas and influence increasing media investment