Head of Performance Marketing & Growth

Brex; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 221,000 - 277,000; Full time

Job summary

Brex is seeking a senior growth marketer to lead performance marketing across Brand and Growth, building an in-house center of excellence and guiding a growing team. You will own the strategy, budget, and measurement to drive customer acquisition and revenue across multiple channels.

With Brex's scale and post-acquisition growth, you will shape investments in search, social, video, and programmatic, while partnering with Brand and Creative to optimize messaging and creative effectiveness.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in performance marketing, paid acquisition, or digital media.
• Direct experience managing $30M+ in annual paid media spend with measurable impact.
• Deep expertise in performance marketing including LTV, ROI and revenue-based optimization.
• Proven ability to develop full-funnel media strategies linking brand investments to demand and revenue.
• Hands-on expertise in outline video, connected TV, programmatic, and brand media; strong paid social experience on LinkedIn/Meta.
• Strong financial acumen with budget ownership, forecasting, and spend allocation.
• Analytical judgment to translate attribution and campaign data into actionable decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to test and iterate campaigns rapidly to improve performance.
• Strong creative judgment; partner with Brand/Design to optimize performance-oriented ads.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams with a hands-on leadership style.
• Curious, action-oriented, and able to move fast with imperfect information.

Responsibilities

• Own Brex's paid media strategy across Brand and Growth and translate KPI targets into full-funnel media plans.
• Manage a growing multimillion-dollar media budget, balancing acquisition, LTV, and incremental revenue.
• Build an in-house digital media center of excellence and evolve media buying from an agency model.
• Scale paid search and social programs while expanding into YouTube and programmatic channels.
• Develop an integrated investment strategy connecting demand creation with downstream revenue.
• Collaborate with Marketing Operations, Data, and Finance to improve measurement and budget pacing.
• Translate attribution and journey data into actionable insights and reporting frameworks.
• Drive rapid experimentation across channels, audiences, and creative.
• Partner with Brand and Creative teams to develop high-performing ads and optimize messaging.
• Lead and grow a high-performing team with scalable processes and AI-enabled workflows.

Skills

Performance marketing

Budget management

Analytics

Multichannel advertising

Campaign optimization

Team leadership

AI-enabled workflows

Tools

LinkedIn Ads

Meta Ads

Programmatic

Video advertising

Job description

Brex is seeking a senior growth marketer to lead performance marketing across Brand and Growth, building an in-house center of excellence and guiding a growing team. You will own the strategy, budget, and measurement to drive customer acquisition and revenue across multiple channels.

With Brex's scale and post-acquisition growth, you will shape investments in search, social, video, and programmatic, while partnering with Brand and Creative to optimize messaging and creative effectiveness.