Senior PPC Manager in Leeds

Location: Hybrid – 2–3 days a week in the Leeds office, with occasional travel to client sites and other offices

Lead the strategy. Grow the team. Push paid search forward.

We’re looking for an experienced Senior PPC Manager to take ownership of paid search strategy for a people-first, data-led agency.

This is a senior role for someone with at least 3–4 years’ paid media experience who knows their way around the major search platforms, enjoys testing new ideas and can confidently guide both clients and junior team members.

You’ll help shape the agency’s paid search offering as platforms, technology and tactics continue to evolve. From building ambitious client strategies to leading campaign delivery and developing the wider team, you’ll have plenty of scope to make the role your own.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Owning paid search strategies and ensuring campaigns meet performance and commercial objectives
• Developing joined-up approaches with the wider biddable, social and paid media teams
• Leading activity across platforms including Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising, DV360 and Spotify
• Advising clients on current performance and future strategic opportunities
• Managing campaign delivery, including reporting, optimisation, creative briefing, client calls, meetings and QBRs
• Leading day-to-day campaign operations and maintaining high standards of quality control
• Supporting and developing managers, analysts and executives across the paid search team
• Acting as the agency’s paid search expert and helping client service teams build their knowledge
• Keeping ahead of industry developments and turning new trends, platforms and technology into opportunities for clients
• Helping strengthen agency partnerships, including the relationship with Google, to unlock added value and training
• Working across agency teams to grow client accounts through integrated channel strategies
• Supporting the development of new services, products and propositions
• Helping colleagues across the agency deepen their understanding of paid social and wider performance marketing

What You’ll Bring to the Table

• At least 3–4 years’ experience in paid media, gained within an agency, client-side team or media owner
• Strong hands-on experience across paid search platforms, including Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising
• A proven track record of creating and delivering performance strategies
• Experience managing campaigns and projects to agreed budgets and targets
• Confidence working directly with clients and presenting strategic recommendations
• Experience supporting, managing or developing more junior team members
• A genuine interest in data, insight and how they can be used to improve performance
• A curious, experimental mindset – you’re keen to test, learn and try new approaches
• Knowledge of wider performance channels, including organic search, organic social, content strategy, UX and CRO

Nice to Have

• Experience working with education clients
• Experience running affiliate activity
• Knowledge of offline media and integrated campaign planning

Why Join?

• Work within a genuinely data-led agency that uses insight and data science to improve client performance
• Take a leading role in developing the agency’s paid search offering
• Experiment with new platforms, technologies and approaches rather than simply repeating what worked last year
• Support and shape a talented team of paid media specialists
• Join a collaborative, people-first culture where individuality is valued and success is shared

Ready to take the lead on paid search strategy and help a team think bigger?