Performance Account Manager, Search

Location: Pyrmont, Sydney, Australia; hybrid with 2 days in the office and 3 days from home

Company

hirify.global is a marketing outcomes agency powered by AI, helping ambitious brands grow revenue, protect margin, and measure marketing impact through global and APAC teams.

What you will do

• Lead day-to-day client communication, delivery, expectations, weekly and monthly updates, and QBR insights for major Australian and multi-market accounts.
• Act as the first escalation point, identify risks early, understand client priorities and competitors, and lead publisher conversations.
• Translate client objectives into briefs and test plans for the Kuala Lumpur delivery pod, checking large campaigns before launch.
• Build, optimise, and report on Search campaigns while managing budgets, pacing, revenue goals, and KPIs.
• Run structured tests and post-campaign analysis, providing commercial recommendations for future campaigns.
• Maintain naming, tracking, feeds, measurement, and account auditability while coordinating with other channels and using automation and AI tools.

Requirements

• Current hands-on trading experience in Search, including Google Ads; experience with Meta and TikTok applies to the Social track.
• 3 to 5+ years of agency or in-house digital experience, including client-facing work on large or multi-market accounts.
• Experience with Search, Shopping, Performance Max, and Demand Gen campaigns; keyword and query strategy; tCPA and tROAS bidding; and promotional budget frontloading.
• Experience with Merchant Center feed health and disapprovals, ad customisers, scripts, rules, and tracking setup and testing with GA4 and GTM.
• Ability to explain performance drivers and recommendations to clients and brief a remote team clearly and accurately.
• Strong communication, presentation, analytical, organisational, commercial, and problem-solving skills, with ownership of outcomes and the ability to manage competing priorities accurately.
• Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
• Full working rights in Australia are required.

Nice to have

• Experience in the other track, retail or ecommerce, GA4, Looker Studio, feed tools, and Google Ads or Meta Blueprint certifications.
• For Search: experience with Search Ads 360, Apple Search Ads, or Amazon Ads.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, permanent employment with a hybrid schedule of 2 office days and 3 home-working days; Wednesday is the team day.
• Work on major retail accounts while remaining hands-on in the Search track.
• Support from a dedicated Kuala Lumpur delivery pod and a Centre of Excellence.
• Clear progression to Senior Performance Account Manager and then Account Director.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.