Director, SEM

About the Job

Join Monks as a paid search leader, driving growth and strategic oversight across our largest accounts.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as Paid Search Lead on large accounts, delivering strategy and hands-on optimizations with the Paid Search team.
• Own Paid Search strategy for multiple accounts and present performance and tactical priorities to client stakeholders, using storytelling to simplify complex strategies.
• Partner with cross-channel leads to create holistic media plans, including forecasting, budgets, testing, tactical plans, and reporting.
• Define client Paid Search roles, delegate work, and manage pacing to meet spend targets.
• Drive innovation and testing to improve performance and develop quarterly or annual roadmaps.
• Manage or mentor team members (Account Managers to Associate Directors), deliver feedback, and guide client relationships.
• Attend in-person team meetings and client presentations 1–2 times per quarter.
• Collaborate with Google, Bing, and other vendors on strategy, goals, testing, and account health.
• Contribute to department trainings, POVs, award submissions, and case studies.
• Participate in new business pitches and conduct audits across the Google ecosystem.

Client & Revenue Oversight

• Generate and oversee strong revenue growth from client renewals.
• Participate in onboardings, renewal calls, and other client communications for top Google advertising accounts.
• Develop a detailed understanding of clients' products, industry, marketing goals, and objectives.
• Analyze performance data and KPIs.