Senior Paid Media Buyer
Scale Army Careers
This role is open to candidates based in LATAM, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Please note that as this role supports U.S.-based clients, candidates must be available to work during U.S. business hours aligned with the clientโs time zone.
ROLE INTENT
Hi.
We are already spending $50k USD/month.
Your job is to get us comfortable bringing that to $150k USD/month.
This is not a campaign execution role. This is not a dashboard-watching role. This is not an agency coordinator role.
You are responsible for making paid acquisition work as a growth engine across multiple product lines.
You will:
- Own paid performance strategy across Meta, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, CTV, etc.
- Personally operate inside ad platforms
- Direct creative strategy alongside our in-house creative team
- Partner deeply with Marketing Ops and Sales Ops
- Optimize toward real business outcomes โ not vanity metrics
You report directly to the Head of Marketing.
You are evaluated on:
- Cost per Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL)
- MQL meetings held
- Cost per MQL meeting held
- Pipeline quality
If paid spend increases but revenue quality declines, that is considered failure.
THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL MEDIA BUYING ROLE
You will not:
- Sit inside Ads Manager optimizing buttons for the rest of your life
- Wait for agencies to tell you what to do
- Optimize toward CTRs or cheap leads
You will:
- Think about revenue quality
- Challenge targeting and ICP assumptions
- Influence positioning, creative direction, and hiring
- Connect ad performance directly to sales outcomes
- Own results across the funnel
This role sits between:
Performance Marketing ร Revenue Operations ร Strategy
SCOPE OF OWNERSHIP
You will own paid acquisition across 2โ3 product lines, including:
- Meta Ads
- Google Ads
- LinkedIn Ads
- X Ads
- CTV
You will:
- Personally manage campaigns initially
- Stabilize performance
- Hire and manage a junior paid media buyer ASAP
Long-term, you move from operator โ performance leader.
HOW YOUโLL ACTUALLY SPEND YOUR TIME
In a typical week, you might:
- Build and optimize campaigns inside Meta Ads Manager
- Analyze offline conversion data tied to real revenue outcomes
- Work with Marketing Ops to validate attribution accuracy
- Partner with Sales Ops to understand lead quality
- Brief the creative team on new testing angles
- Push back on messaging that attracts the wrong customers
- Identify wasted spend across channels
- Recommend budget reallocations across product lines
You are expected to say things like:
โWeโre targeting the wrong ICP.โ
โThis campaign generates leads but not revenue.โ
โThe problem isnโt media โ itโs positioning.โ
Judgment is part of the job.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
PAID MEDIA OWNERSHIP
- Manage and optimize campaigns
- Own testing strategy and budget allocation
- Scale winning campaigns responsibly
- Eliminate underperforming spend quickly
You own outcomes, not activity.
ADVANCED TRACKING & ATTRIBUTION
You must be fluent in:
- Offline conversions
- Custom conversion events
- Conversion APIs
- HubSpot attribution
- Self-reported attribution models
We already have strong tracking infrastructure.
Your job is to use it intelligently.
If you cannot confidently operate offline conversion systems, this role is not a fit.
We will quiz you.
CREATIVE STRATEGY PARTNERSHIP
You will work with:
- An exceptional in-house creative team
- A dedicated CRO / landing page team
- An AI engineering team capable of rapid creative production
You are responsible for:
- Advising creative direction
- Designing testing frameworks
- Identifying winning messaging patterns
- Scaling creative learnings across channels
You do not design ads.
You direct what wins.
REVENUE & FUNNEL COLLABORATION
You will work closely with:
- Marketing Operations
- Sales Operations
- Sales Leadership
- Marketing Leadership
Your responsibility is ensuring:
Paid traffic โ Qualified pipeline โ Meetings โ Revenue
Performance marketing does not stop at lead generation.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
FIRST 90 DAYS
- Deep understanding of funnel economics
- Campaign ownership established
- Clear testing roadmap in place
- Attribution trusted across teams
- Early efficiency improvements visible
6โ12 MONTHS
- Predictable MQL and meeting volume
- Improved cost per meeting held
- Strong alignment between paid media and sales outcomes
- Junior media buyer hired or managed
- Paid acquisition viewed internally as a reliable growth engine
IDEAL BACKGROUND
This role is designed for someone who:
- Has 6+ years in paid media
- Has managed at least $100K+/month in B2B ad spend
- Has deep Meta Ads experience for B2B acquisition
- Has run meaningful spend on Google and LinkedIn
- Understands revenue-driven demand generation
- Enjoys working cross-functionally with technical teams
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