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Paid Acquisition Manager Jobs
Run paid ads at scale. Own CAC, ROAS, and the LTV math.
What is a Paid Acquisition Manager?
Paid Acquisition is the channel that scales fastest and breaks fastest. The role owns Meta, Google, TikTok, LinkedIn, and increasingly programmatic — running budgets from $50K to $5M monthly. Best-fit candidates can talk LTV/CAC like a CFO and creative-testing like an art director. Most have a primary platform (Meta or Google) plus a secondary they've gotten profitable. The job has gotten harder since iOS 14 — anyone claiming Meta is easy hasn't run paid since 2021. The interesting work right now is in creative testing volume, signal optimization, and incrementality.
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100 open Paid Acquisition Manager roles
Paid Media Specialist - Google Ads Focus
Helium SEO • Desde casa
Performance Marketing Graphic Designer
4am media • Desde casa
Paid Media Specialist
Monks • Capital Federal, Buenos Aires
Performance Marketing Manager
FeverUp • Melbourne
Performance Marketing Associate
FeverUp • Melbourne
Creative Strategist Senior Manager - Performance Marketing
FeverUp • Buenos Aires
Creative Copywriter (Performance Marketing)
FeverUp • Madrid
Paid Media Associate
Cabify • Madrid
Marketing Designer - Performance Marketing (12-month fixed-term contract)
SumUp • Berlin, Germany; Paris, Paris, France
Global Performance Marketing Manager
Gocardless • London, UK
Performance Marketing Manager , Global
Coinbase • Remote - USA
Paid Media Associate - São Paulo (Hybrid)
Clara • Latin America
Paid Media Associate - Mexico City (Hybrid)
Clara • Latin America
Paid Media Associate - Bogotá (Hybrid)
Clara • Latin America
Manager, Performance Marketing (1 year contract)
Viralnation • Canada
Associate Director, Art Direction - Performance Marketing
DEPT® • NY, US, CA, US, IL, US - Remote
Associate Director, Paid Media
SmartBugOperatingLLC • Remote, United States
User Acquisition Manager
Idt • Bogotá
Associate Director, Performance Marketing
Viralnation • United States
Director, Fan Engagement Marketing, International Club CRM & Performance Marketing
National Football League (NFL) • New York, NY
Performance Marketing Manager
Console • San Francisco, CA
Director, Performance Marketing
Ramp • New York, NY (HQ)
User Acquisition Operations - North America
Upptic • Anywhere
Paid Marketing - Alternance
Tomorro • Paris, Île-de-France, France
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What does a Paid Acquisition Manager do?
Owns paid ad spend across Meta, Google, TikTok, LinkedIn, and programmatic. Manages budgets from $50K to $5M monthly. Owns CAC, ROAS, and creative testing velocity.
Paid Acquisition Manager salary?
In the US: $95K-$200K base, plus 10-25% bonus tied to ROAS or CAC targets. Senior practitioners running $1M+ monthly budgets at growth-stage companies hit $250K+ total comp.
Is paid acquisition still a good career bet?
Yes, but harder than 2018-2021. iOS 14, signal loss, and platform consolidation made the work more analytical. Pure-buyer roles are getting commoditized; creative-testing-and-attribution roles are not.
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