Senior Manager, Performance Media

ABOUT US

In more than ten countries around the world, The Knot Worldwide champions the power of celebration. Our global family of brands provide best-in-class products, services and content to take celebration planning from inspiration to action. At the core of our business is our industry-leading global online wedding Vendor Marketplace, connecting couples with local wedding professionals and a comprehensive suite of personalized wedding websites, planning tools, invitations, and registry services that make wedding planning easier for couples

around the globe. Each year, we connect more than 4.5 million users with around 900,000 global small businesses through our Vendor Marketplace.

LIFE AT TKWW

At The Knot Worldwide, we believe in doing work that matters. Each year, we help millions of couples around the world celebrate life’s most meaningful moments, while also helping hundreds of thousands of global small business owners get discovered and scale. Life here means working alongside a team that cares deeply, not just about the work you do, but about the life you live. We prioritize employee well-being and development through meaningful opportunities for growth, and we celebrate milestones and wins in a big way.

After all, celebrations are what we do best.

ABOUT THE ROLE AND OUR TEAM:

The Knot WorldWide is seeking a strategic, data-driven, and collaborative

Senior Manager of Performance Media to lead, liaise cross-functionally, and execute on all paid media strategy and execution efforts for our Wedding Marketplaces. As a senior individual contributor, you will be responsible for defining and executing a comprehensive media strategy that drives valuable lead acquisition for TKWW.

This is a critical role that requires a strategic thinker with a deep understanding of the media landscape, a proven track record of collaborating with cross-functional teams, and the ability to effectively communicate and manage workstreams with a multitude of key business stakeholders. You will not only own the media strategy and tactics, but also act as a key partner across the organization, ensuring our media investments directly contribute to our marketplaces’ growth and health.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead B2C Marketplace Media Strategy & Tactics: Spearhead the development and execution of our Marketplace media strategy across both brands (The Knot and WeddingWire) to drive leads and conversions at a continuously improving return on ad spend (ROAS). Oversee paid acquisition efforts across a diverse channel mix, including but not limited to Paid Social, Paid Search, Native, Programmatic/Display, and more.
• Strategic Cross-Functional Partnerships: Act as a key partner to the Integrated Marketing, Creative, CRM, Data, PMM and MarTech teams. You'll embed deeply within these groups, ensuring seamless collaboration and leveraging insights to refine media strategies.
• Scale Performance Through Product & Storefront Feeds: Own the product/storefront feed strategy that fuels dynamic product ads, carousel formats, and Advantage+/Performance Max campaigns across Meta, Google, TikTok, and Pinterest. Partner with Engineering and MarTech on feed structure, catalog hygiene, and attribute optimization to unlock personalized creative at scale across thousands of vendor storefronts.
• Drive Growth Through Creative Strategy & Testing: Partner with creative performance lead, external teams, social/influencer, and creative teams to build paid media creative strategies, curate insights, and connect creative execution to business growth.
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Develop, own, and present detailed forecast builds and spend models for various full-funnel media investment scenarios to business stakeholders.
• Testing & Optimization: Plan and oversee a rigorous testing roadmap for campaign elements, including channel mix, creative, audience targeting, bidding strategies, and landing page optimization.
• Data & Analytics: Partner with our Data and MarTech teams to leverage Marketing Mix Models (MMMs) and other attribution models to inform and optimize media decisions. Provide input on a marketing intelligence roadmap that includes MarTech and Data Science enhancements, as well as partner with Engineering and Tracking Architecture teams on platform conversion tracking and integrations.
• Reporting & Communication: Regularly report on key metrics and campaign results to executive leadership and stakeholders, articulating performance and providing recommendations for future investment.
• SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES HAVE: 10+ years of professional experience in marketing media, with a strong background in strategy, execution, operations, cross-functional workstreams, forecasting and exceeding goals.
• Agency experience is a plus, particularly in digital strategy, buying, and operations.
• A Natural Leader and Collaborator: You have a proven track record of steering cross-functional workstreams, and can create a supportive environment that encourages growth, performance and excellence.
• You have hands-on planning, executing, and optimizing successful media programs across a variety of ad platforms including but not limited to Google, Microsoft, TikTok, Meta, Pinterest, YouTube, Programmatic, Reddit

WORK MODEL:

This role is fully remote and not tied to any specific office location. While there are no regular in-office requirements, we encourage our remote team members to gather intentionally for key company and team events to stay connected and engaged.

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Starting pay is determined based on a combination of factors which may include location/market, education, experience, skills, and other qualifications of the successful candidate. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, commissions, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. We also offer benefits to eligible employees including medical, dental, retirement, and generous leave policies.

WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT YOU:

Commit to our customers

: You act as one team on behalf of our customers. You lead with head and heart, and build what matters for life's most meaningful moments.

Raise the bar:

You define "great" and work backwards. You don't just accept how it's been done, but boldly define how it should be. You are unafraid to innovate, learn, and keep moving forward toward our shared vision.

Be all in:

You believe in our mission and take ownership of your work. You debate openly to reach the best outcomes, speaking with clarity and care, embracing diverse perspectives, then commit fully.

Celebrate impact:

You measure success by the outcomes you create. You hold yourself accountable to delivering value, while recognizing progress and the lessons learned along the way.  You love to win, together.

WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT US:

We provide meaningful, high-impact benefits designed to support the holistic well-being of our diverse workforce and help our people thrive both professionally and personally. From physical and mental wellness to flexible time off our programs are built around the moments that matter most.

TOGETHER@TKWW: OUR APPROCH TO HYBRID WORK

Together@TKWW is designed to support how we work best: combining the flexibility we value with meaningful opportunities to connect in person. Whether a role is Together@TKWW-eligible or not, we believe in purposeful moments to come together, build strong relationships, and drive bold ideas forward.

For Together@TKWW-eligible roles, this includes regular in-office time to foster collaboration and connection.

For roles not eligible for in-office expectations

, we support connection through virtual collaboration and intentional gatherings.

To facilitate in-person collaboration, we have office spaces in Barcelona, Spain; Delhi, India; Galway, Ireland; London, England and New York, NY.

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US Notice:

The Knot Worldwide provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability. In addition to federal law requirements, The Knot Worldwide complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

The Knot Worldwide expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.