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Sr. Paid Search Manager

Grammarly

San Francisco, CA
Full Time
Senior
158k-218k
7 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

Grammarly offers a dynamic hybrid working model for this role. This flexible approach gives team members the best of both worlds: plenty of focus time along with in-person collaboration that helps foster trust, innovation, and a strong team culture. Grammarly is the world's leading AI writing assistance company trusted by over 40 million people and 50,000 organizations. From instantly creating a first draft to perfecting every message, Grammarly helps people at 96% of the Fortune 500 and teams at companies like Atlassian, Databricks, and Zoom get their point across—and get results—with best-in-class security practices that keep data private and protected. Founded in 2009, Grammarly is No. 14 on the Forbes Cloud 100, one of TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies, one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in AI, and one of Inc.'s Best Workplaces. The role involves owning the strategic vision, execution, and growth of Grammarly's Paid Search program, which is one of the largest SaaS search advertisers across Google and Microsoft. The position combines high-level strategy with hands-on execution, focusing on scaling and optimizing campaigns to drive new active users and improve LTV/CAC, while collaborating with performance marketers and cross-functional teams. The role offers growth opportunities, including beta testing new ad products, deepening expertise in LTV modeling and predictive bidding, and influencing strategy at both channel and business levels as Grammarly scales in the AI space.

Key Responsibilities

  • Defining and executing long-term paid search strategy and annual planning
  • Managing performance across Google Ads and Microsoft Ads with an eye toward LTV-driven growth
  • Leading high-impact experimentation on bidding models (e.g., LTV bidding, offline conversions, MTA), campaign structures, creative messaging, landing pages, and audience segmentation
  • Driving efficiencies and campaign hygiene through tasks such as LP health, creative QA, negative keyword audits, and automation oversight to ensure brand safety
  • Identifying growth opportunities through account expansion, integrations, tooling, new product adoption, and keeping up with the ever-changing landscape of search
  • Partnering with Product Marketing, Data Science, Growth Ops, SEO, Analytics and Product to align on goals and integrate insights into campaign planning
  • Developing and mentoring a Paid Search Strategist to increase testing velocity, operational excellence, and impact
  • Maintaining strong relationships with Google and Microsoft to unlock early access to new features and platform insights
  • Supporting major product launches and seasonal promotions through full-funnel campaign planning and execution

Requirements

  • 7+ years of relevant experience in Paid Search
  • Proven success leading experiments across bidding strategies, audience segmentation, and ad creative
  • Strong grasp of performance KPIs—especially LTV:CAC, incrementality, ROAS, and CPA
  • Experience building forecasts, channel plans, and budgeting for 7-figure+ spend
  • Experience measuring test impact (e.g., A/B tests, holdouts, model-driven results)
  • Comfort with tools like Google Ads Editor, SA360, Databricks, Optimizely, Sheets/Excel, and basic SQL or experimentation platforms
  • Embodies our EAGER values—ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable
  • Inspired by our MOVE principles: move fast and learn faster; obsess about creating customer value; value impact over activity; and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust

Nice to Have

  • Experience with LTV modeling and predictive bidding
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams such as Product Marketing, Data Science, and SEO
  • Ability to lead and develop a team of strategists

Qualifications

  • Educational background is not explicitly specified, but extensive experience in Paid Search is required

Benefits & Perks

  • Excellent health care (including a wide range of medical, dental, vision, mental health, and fertility benefits)
  • Disability and life insurance options
  • 401(k) and RRSP matching
  • Paid parental leave
  • 20 days of paid time off per year, 12 days of paid holidays per year, two floating holidays per year, and flexible sick time
  • Generous stipends (including those for caregiving, pet care, wellness, your home office, and more)
  • Annual professional development budget and opportunities

Working at Grammarly

Grammarly values its differences and encourages all to apply, especially those underrepresented in tech organizations. The company emphasizes a culture of trust, innovation, and inclusivity, with a focus on creating customer value, moving fast and learning faster, and embracing healthy disagreement rooted in trust.

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Job Details

Posted AtJun 13, 2025
Job CategoryPaid Search
Salary158k-218k
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeHybrid
ExperienceSenior

About Grammarly

Website

grammarly.com

Company Size

1001-5000 employees

Location

San Francisco, CA

Industry

Computer Systems Design and Related Services

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