Director & Head Of Paid Search

TL;DR

Director & Head of Paid Search: Define the future of Paid Search by connecting product strategy with market execution and taking full ownership of the department’s commercial performance with an accent on proposition ownership and strategic leadership. Focus on driving innovation and roadmap of AI driven bidding, advanced attribution models, and privacy first tracking solutions across the agency.

Location: Based in our Amsterdam office

Company

hirify.global is a leading European marketing and tech agency that helps brands and retailers grow by building strong foundations in data and tech, executing best-in-class digital marketing, and leveraging deep industry expertise in e-commerce and retail.

What you will do

• Develop and evolve our Paid Search product to ensure our methodology, tech stack, and strategic approach are industry leading.
• Serve as the most senior strategic advisor for a portfolio of top-tier global brands and translate complex business goals into high-performance search roadmaps.
• Partner with the executive team to lead high-stakes new business pitches and identify organic growth opportunities within the existing client base.
• Drive the adoption of AI-driven bidding, advanced attribution models, and privacy-first tracking solutions across the agency.
• Provide executive level consultancy to client CMOs and Marketing Directors, acting as a trusted partner in their business growth.
• Work alongside other discipline leads to ensure Paid Search is a key pillar of a holistic, 360-degree digital strategy.

Requirements

• 10+ years experience in Paid Search with a proven track record of managing large budgets and complex, multi-market strategies.
• You have experience (or the clear capability) to own a service line, from the commercial P&L impact to the strategic methodology.
• You are a "closer" in pitches and a strategic grower of accounts and understand that client satisfaction is rooted in business impact, not just CPCs.
• You are active in the industry, staying ahead of Google’s roadmap, automation trends, and the shifting search landscape (SGE, TikTok as a search engine, etc.).
• You can act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership by simplifying the complex and providing the clarity needed to make informed commercial decisions.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry and be part of an ambitious team with deep expertise across all key digital disciplines.
• Work with some of the biggest brands in the world on solving their most complex and interesting commercial problems.
• Join one of the fastest-growing digital marketing agencies in Europe with the ambition of becoming the best in the world.
• Opportunity to collaborate with people from diverse cultures around the world, with 11 offices across 8 countries.
• Get individual career plans to influence your own professional path and contribute to shaping the company’s future.
• A learning culture where people strive to become 1% better every day, supported by advanced training and knowledge sharing.