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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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144 open Paid Acquisition Manager roles
COL - Marketing Manager, Lifecycle, Retention & Paid Media
Tidal • Bogotá, Cundinamarca
Senior Paid Media Specialist (In-House D2C Brand Experience Required)
Creatunity LLC • México
Senior Performance Marketing Leader
IPF Digital • 03740, Ciudad de México, CDMX
Senior Global Performance Marketing Manager
Gocardless • Leeds, UK
Paid Media Manager (B2B)
Gympass • UK (London - Hybrid)
Senior Analyst, Insights & Paid Media
Jobgether • US
Director, Paid Media and Digital Demand
Jobgether • US
DTC Paid Media & GMV Specialist
Sharkninjaoperatingllc • London, United Kingdom
Director of Mobile Games User Acquisition
Jobgether • United Arab Emirates
Staff Performance Marketing Manager
Robinhood • Menlo Park, CA; New York, NY
Growth/Performance Marketing
Jobgether • India
Performance Marketing Manager
Inspira Education • New York City, NY
Performance Marketing Specialist
FeverUp • Madrid
Sr Manager, Performance Marketing - Amazon
Sharkninjaoperatingllc • Needham, MA, United States; United States
Especialista en Performance Marketing - tiempo completo
ATHOR ATELIER • Miguel Hidalgo, Ciudad de México DF
Especialista en Performance Marketing , Meta Ads y Google Ads - Data y MKT
Vivo 47 Wellness Company • Zapopan, Jalisco
Performance Marketing Manager | Medellin
TransPerfect • Medellín, Antioquia
Paid Media Specialist - Barcelona
Adsmurai • 08007 Barcelona, Barcelona provincia
Especialista en Performance Marketing | Meta Ads y Google Ads
VIVO47 • 45129, Loma Real, Jal.
Senior Performance Marketing Manager
Wppmedia • Lisbon, Portugal
Senior Paid Media Manager
Wppmedia • Lisbon, Portugal
Senior Director - Paid Media
Jobgether • India
Performance Strategist (Demand Gen) (Performance Marketing)
Jobgether • Canada
Performance Marketing Manager, Paid Social & EMEA Growth
Decagon • San Francisco
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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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