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Sr. Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Manager

SolarWinds · Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Reston, Virginia; USA Remote · Remote

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About SolarWinds

Backed by Insight.

About the role

At SolarWinds, we’re a people-first company. Our purpose is to enrich the lives of the people we serve—including our employees, customers, shareholders, partners, and communities. Join us in our mission to help customers accelerate business transformation with simple, powerful, and secure solutions.

What they're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience in SEM or performance marketing, with proven success driving measurable growth and ROI, including management of multi-million-dollar budgets
  • Strong expertise managing large-scale, multi-region paid search programs (Google Ads + Microsoft Advertising)
  • Experience optimizing for B2B SaaS pipelines with full-funnel visibility (from lead to closed-won)
  • Hands-on familiarity with Marketo, Looker, SQL, Salesforce, and offline conversion tracking workflows
  • Demonstrated analytical strength—comfortable with bid modeling, forecasting, and performance attribution
  • Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
More about this role

At SolarWinds, we’re a people-first company. Our purpose is to enrich the lives of the people we serve—including our employees, customers, shareholders, partners, and communities. Join us in our mission to help customers accelerate business transformation with simple, powerful, and secure solutions.

The ideal candidate thrives in an innovative, fast-paced environment and is collaborative, accountable, ready, and empathetic. We’re looking for individuals who believe they can accomplish more as a team and create lasting growth for themselves and others. We hire based on attitude, competency, and commitment. Solarians are ready to advance our world-class solutions in a fast-paced environment and accept the challenge to lead with purpose. If you’re looking to build your career with an exceptional team, you’ve come to the right place. Join SolarWinds and grow with us!

SolarWinds is seeking a strategic, data-driven Sr. SEM Manager to own global search engine marketing (SEM) for our Observability business unit—SolarWinds’ largest business unit. This is a senior, strategy-owning role: you will set the vision and roadmap for how paid search drives customer acquisition, lead generation, and...

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