Supervisor, Paid Search

Publicis Groupe; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental

Vision

Disability

401K

Parental and family care leave

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible time off

Job summary

Publicis Groupe is seeking a Paid Search Supervisor to lead a team of Search Sr. Associates and Associates, driving best-in-class strategy and execution for healthcare brands.

You will ensure timely builds, optimized calendars, and high-quality client materials, while advancing the team’s strategic impact. You will represent Search in client meetings, manage performance data and cross-team collaboration, and mentor staff through annual reviews and 1:1s.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, with 4+ years of direct Search campaign management.
• Healthcare industry knowledge a plus.
• Ability to multi-task and manage time while maintaining attention to detail.
• Proven ability to lead people and projects with delegation, training and coaching.
• Strong communication and listening skills, deeply understanding needs.
• Adherence to agency procedures (timesheets, required trainings, 360 feedback).
• Integrity and accountability for team’s work and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Search Sr. Associates and Associates to ensure best-in-class strategy and execution.
• Provide upfront direction and training to team and manage timelines.
• Oversee daily operations of Associate and Sr. Associate teams with actionable feedback.
• Support cross-team collaboration to evolve Search strategy and measurement.
• Present annual plan deliverables to clients and partners, ensuring alignment with brand objectives.
• Nurture vendor partnerships to maximize brand value.

Skills

Team leadership

Client facing

Search expertise

Campaign management

Time management

Communication skills

Problem solving

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 4+ years of direct Search campaign management

Job description

Company description

PHM is the leading health media agency in the US, built for the modern healthcare experience. Here, industry depth meets media scale, where data becomes direction, where creativity and storytelling bring truth to life, and where orchestration replaces fragmentation.

Dedicated to making brands discovered, PHM redefines what media can do through data, content, and creativity. Because in modern healthcare, the brands that are found are the ones that lead. And when brands lead, advantage follows. Go deeper. Be found.

Overview

The Paid Search Supervisor is responsible for leading a team of Search Sr. Associates and Associates for a client or group of brands to ensure best-in-class strategy and execution are in place. From ensuring flawless execution and driving innovation to leading client-facing strategy conversations and career management – the Supervisor plays an integral role in upleveling the Search team’s strategic approach. The goal of this role is to “Sharpen the Sword” of the Search campaigns, strategy and deliverables – not responsible for doing all of the work, but responsible for ensuring that all of the work gets done, and done well.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timeliness and quality of builds, ensuring recommendations are strategically aligned with campaign goals
• Responsible for pre-launch review and compliant launch of uploads, both through review and ongoing process training
• Review and up-level optimization calendar and test plans, ensuring implementation and sharing of results
• Review client-facing materials and provide feedback to ensure quality, depth and timeliness
• Active and vocal role in representing Search in client meetings, building trusting relationships with client counterparts to be viewed as strategic search expert
• Support team reporting workstreams, helping bring meaning and action to performance data, and partners across teams to evolve approach
• Lead the completion of annual plan deliverables and presents to clients/partners, ensuring connection between brand objectives, cross-channel plan and Search approach
• Provide upfront direction and training to team and confirm timelines/check in's to ensure deliverables are completed on time
• Oversee daily operations of Associate and Sr. Associate teams, providing clear and direct feedback on opportunities for improvement
• Proactively share learnings across PHM, both personally as well as identifying opportunities for broader team to increase visibilityh1>
• Lead Annual Reviews and holds career-centric 1:1s + Catch-Ups with Associates and Sr. Associates
• Nurture vendor partnership and ensure brands are maximizing value

Knowledge

• Strong knowledge of the search landscape (paid and organic), how consumers leverage search and how brands can benefit from a strong search presence
• Expertise in channel campaign implementation, management, analysis, optimization, and automation
• Well-versed on industry updates, proving perspective on implications in Healthcare
• Understand measurement and tech partner landscape, vetting innovative solutions for client testing
• Deep understanding of condition, therapeutic area landscape and competitive set
• Expert knowledge of client's business objectives and priorities, able to connect to current Search approach and future opportunities
• Broad knowledge of digital landscape and agency capabilities (planning, SEO, online and offline Media, technology, etc.) and where Search fits into the landscape

Qualifications

• Ability to multi-task and manage one’s time, demonstrating personal organization and ability to meet deadlines while maintaining attention to detail
• one’s time and demonstrate personal organization
• Proven ability to lead people and projects with experience delegating, providing clear direction, training and coaching others on Search tasks, concepts, and personal growth
• Strong communication and listening skills, deeply understanding the needs of others and articulate their needs
• Diligently and flawlessly executes on assigned area of project
• Takes initiative and shows accountability for team’s work, proactively working to solve problems, improve process and create efficiencies
• Exhibits integrity, trust and investment in self-development
• Adherence to agency procedures (timesheets, required trainings, 360 feedback, etc)
• Bachelor’s degree preferred, with 4+ years of direct Search campaign management
• Healthcare industry knowledge a plus

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive.

• Medical coverage
• Dental
• Vision
• Disability
• 401K
• Parental and family care leave
• Family forming assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible time off

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $75,050.00 - USD $107,835.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 11/1/2026.