Senior Paid Search & Strategy Lead

Journey Further; Leeds; Sur place; GBP 46 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Pension

Private health insurance

Family pay

Flexible leave and home working

Résumé du poste

Journey Further is seeking a senior Paid Search leader to own strategy across a portfolio of major accounts and drive commercial outcomes. You will shape long-term roadmaps, guide teams, and partner with marketing and ecommerce directors to align automation with business goals.

Responsibilities include building measurement frameworks, overseeing multiple accounts for strategic consistency, and mentoring Managers and Analysts to raise team capability.

Qualifications

• Advanced expertise in Google Ads and Paid Search strategy across large or complex accounts.
• Proven ability to develop and implement long-term strategic roadmaps.
• Strong consultancy skills, with confidence advising senior stakeholders.
• Commercial mindset with the ability to align performance with business outcomes.
• Experience leading, mentoring and developing team members.
• Deep understanding of automation, bidding strategies and cross-channel integration.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Line management - ideally someone who wants to manage a team, but it isn't a requirement.

Responsabilités

• Build long term Paid Search roadmaps for our key accounts, tied to the client's commercial targets, not just channel KPIs.
• Oversee multiple accounts to ensure strategic consistency, executional excellence, and commercial impact.
• Decide where automation earns its place and where human judgement still wins: bidding, Performance Max, feeds, first-party data and measurement.
• Be the senior Paid Search voice for marketing and ecommerce directors. Bring the recommendations, and the confidence to push back when the data says so.
• Ensure we have robust measurement frameworks that connect Paid Search to commercial outcomes.
• Lead innovation and testing frameworks across key accounts.
• Build strong, trust-based relationships with senior client stakeholders.
• Spot where accounts can grow, from new markets to extra services, and make the case for it.
• Develop and mentor Managers and Analysts, raising the overall capability of the Paid Media team.
• Maintain expertise in industry trends, automation developments and emerging technologies.
• Lead Paid Search in new business pitches, from the opportunity analysis to presenting on the day.
• Keep quality high across every account you oversee, and shape how work and resource are split across the team.
• Raise the standard across Paid Media by sharing what's working and setting up tests worth learning from.

Connaissances

Advanced Google Ads expertise

Paid Search strategy

Strategic roadmaps

Consultancy with senior stakeholders

Team leadership & mentoring

Automation & bidding knowledge

Cross-channel integration

Presentation & communication

Outils

Google Ads

Performance Max

Description du poste

Journey Further is seeking a senior Paid Search leader to own strategy across a portfolio of major accounts and drive commercial outcomes. You will shape long-term roadmaps, guide teams, and partner with marketing and ecommerce directors to align automation with business goals.

Responsibilities include building measurement frameworks, overseeing multiple accounts for strategic consistency, and mentoring Managers and Analysts to raise team capability.