Pharma Paid Search Manager: Strategy & Mentorship

MERGE; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 78,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Life Insurance

401K

Lifestyle Spending Account

Employer Paid Life & Disability

Flexible Time off & Holidays

Job summary

MERGE is hiring a Manager, Pharma Paid Search to lead and mentor a team in creating, optimizing, and executing top-tier pharma paid search campaigns. You will drive keyword research, campaign builds, client recommendations, QA, and performance reporting with a hands-on, humble leadership style.

You will collaborate with major search engines and partners, ensuring precise analytics tracking and landing-page optimization while keeping campaigns agile and results-driven. Hybrid work with U.S. hubs.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of paid search campaign management experience.
• Experience working on Life Science and Pharma accounts.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery process to understand client PPC goals.
• Audit campaigns to identify opportunities and refine tactics.
• Build and recommend keyword strategies and testing plans.
• Analyze program performance against KPIs (ROAS, CTR, CPA).
• Lead client status and reporting calls with actionable insights.
• Collaborate with search engines and media partners for best tools.
• Lead QA checks for trafficked plans, ads, and bids.
• Mentor paid search specialists and share expertise.

Skills

Paid search strategy

Discovery & audits

Landing page tracking

Keyword planning

Performance analysis

Mentoring teammates

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Communications/Advertising

Tools

Fluency

Search Ads 360

Skai

Marin

Optmyzr

Smartly.io

Adalysis

Excel

Google Workspace

Job description

MERGE is hiring a Manager, Pharma Paid Search to lead and mentor a team in creating, optimizing, and executing top-tier pharma paid search campaigns. You will drive keyword research, campaign builds, client recommendations, QA, and performance reporting with a hands-on, humble leadership style.

You will collaborate with major search engines and partners, ensuring precise analytics tracking and landing-page optimization while keeping campaigns agile and results-driven. Hybrid work with U.S. hubs.