Hemel Hempstead
PPC ManagerLocation: Hemel Hempstead, hybrid, 3 days per weekSalary: £52,000 + 15% bonus + benefitsThis is a PPC Manager role with proper scale behind it.Large budgets. 2 big revenue lines in a dynamic, fast-moving trading type of industry. Working with a high-profile consumer brand. Where paid search has a direct line into commercial performance.But the important part is this: they are not looking for someone who has already done everything.This role is aimed at someone who has built strong hands-on PPC capability, probably at Senior Executive level or maybe stepped into management already, but only just entered into that journey, and youre looking to mature your career down that line. Wanting more ownership, more strategic involvement, and the chance to develop into a broader paid search leadership role over time.Youll be joining a business that runs its paid search activity in-house, so this is not a light-touch supplier management role. Youll be close to the platforms, the numbers, the campaigns and the decisions. Youll be expected to understand what is happening in the account, why performance is moving, where the opportunity sits, and how to communicate that clearly to the wider business.Youll also be working closely with, and learning from, a highly experienced Head of Search Marketing who has been recognised by Google as one of the leading people in this space. So there is structure, coaching and senior support around you, but also enough room to step up and take ownership.The business itself operates in the hospitality and leisure space, with a well-known consumer brand and a sizeable marketing operation. Campaigns are large, commercially important and often complex, spanning different products, trading periods and customer journeys.If you want the next step in PPC without being thrown in unsupported, this is a very strong chance to achieve that.What youll be doingYoull take on day-to-day ownership of PPC campaign activity across Google and Microsoft Ads, helping manage performance across a sizeable paid search estate.The role will include:Managing and optimising PPC campaigns across Google Ads and Microsoft AdsWorking across campaign types including Search, Performance Max and AI MaxUsing automated bidding strategies, particularly around ROAS and commercial returnSupporting budget management across daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly cyclesMonitoring performance trends and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, scale and profitabilityWorking with SA360 and wider paid search tools to manage campaign structure, performance and reportingTranslating campaign data into clear recommendations for senior marketing stakeholdersSupporting planning around seasonal trading periods, product priorities and wider marketing activityHelping shape testing plans across creative, bidding, audiences, landing pages and campaign structureWorking closely with internal teams across digital, brand, analytics and commercial functionsGradually taking on more ownership of planning, reporting and stakeholder management as the role developsThis is not just keep the campaigns ticking over. The expectation is that youll grow into someone who can take a more active role in decision-making, performance planning, people or channel leadership.What theyre looking forYoull need a solid grounding in PPC and paid search campaign management, with enough hands-on experience to be credible around performance, platform set-up, optimisation and analysis.Youre likely to be operating as a Senior PPC Executive, Senior Paid Search Executive, PPC Specialist or similar, either agency-side or in-house.Theyre looking for someone with:Strong hands-on PPC experience across Google AdsExperience with Microsoft Ads would be usefulGood working knowledge of SA360Exposure to Performance Max, AI Max and automated bidding strategiesA strong grasp of budget pacing, ROAS, CPA, conversion performance and campaign efficiencyConfidence working with spreadsheets, dashboards and performance dataExperience using Google Analytics or similar analytics toolsThe ability to spot patterns in data and turn them into useful actionClear communication skills, especially when explaining performance to non-technical stakeholdersA genuine appetite to step into a bigger remit, not just maintain what already existsYou do not need to be the finished article.What matters more is that you have the technical base, commercial curiosity and maturity to grow into a management-level PPC role.Why this role?This is a good fit for someone who feels they have outgrown pure execution, but is not necessarily being given enough room to progress where they are now.Youll get:A genuine step up into a PPC Manager titleExposure to large-scale budgets and more complex campaign structuresA clear pathway towards broader strategic ownershipCoaching from a very experienced Head of Search MarketingThe chance to work in-house for a recognisable consumer brandMore visibility across commercial planning, trading performance and senior stakeholder conversationsA business that invests in learning, development and long-term progressionIt is a role with enough stretch to be interesting, but enough support to make that step realistic.Package£52,000 base salary15% bonusPensionLife assuranceDiscount platform covering holidays, utilities, retail and moreEV car schemeAdditional lifestyle and wellbeing benefitsWant to apply?You must have the right to live and work in the UK.You can share your LinkedIn profile, but please make sure it includes more than just job titles, or email across a CV.For a chat and more information, contact:Colin DoreeRecruiter | Blue Pelican01892 507122TPBN1_UKTJ