Performance Marketing Lead driving full-funnel paid growth and conversions for a consumer-facing travel platform. Taking ownership of performance metrics and collaboration across D2C and app-first brands.
Responsibilities
Own and execute the full-funnel performance marketing strategy, spanning discovery, consideration, and conversion across paid digital channels.
Plan, launch, and optimize campaigns across Google Search, Meta Ads, app install and engagement campaigns, and upper-funnel platforms such as YouTube or Discovery where relevant.
Design campaign structures aligned with seasonality, destination or product intent, offers, and user behavior patterns.
Take complete ownership of conversion performance metrics including CPL, CAC, enquiry-to-booking conversion rates, and ROAS where applicable.
Partner closely with product, brand, and web/app teams to improve landing pages, enquiry journeys, offer messaging, and trust signals to drive higher conversion efficiency.
Lead continuous experimentation across creatives, audiences, bidding strategies, funnels, and landing experiences to unlock incremental performance gains.
Build and scale advanced remarketing and lifecycle cohorts such as destination viewers, itinerary viewers, enquiry drop-offs, inactive users, and repeat prospects.
Work with CRM and lifecycle teams to align paid remarketing with WhatsApp, email, push, and other retention channels.
Own paid media budgets and P&L, including forecasting spend, outcomes, and ROI, while ensuring disciplined pacing and efficiency.
Set up and maintain robust tracking, attribution, and analytics frameworks across web and app using industry-standard tools.
Build performance dashboards and reports to track funnel health, cohort movement, and CAC efficiency, and present insights to leadership.
Manage internal resources and external agencies, bringing structured execution, reporting rigor, and optimization discipline across multiple brands.
Requirements
Proven experience leading performance marketing for travel platforms, OTAs, or similar high-intent, transaction-driven businesses, or strong agency experience managing such accounts.
Deep understanding of full-funnel performance marketing, including acquisition, remarketing, lifecycle optimization, and attribution across web and app journeys.
Strong command of paid media platforms, analytics tools, and conversion optimization techniques.
Comfortable owning budgets, P&L, and revenue-linked performance metrics with accountability for outcomes.
Ability to manage multiple brands or accounts simultaneously while maintaining strategic clarity and execution quality.
Highly data-driven mindset with the ability to translate insights into actionable growth strategies.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with confidence presenting performance narratives and recommendations to senior leadership.
A proactive, ownership-oriented approach with the ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
Job title
Performance Marketing Lead – OTA Bookings, Conversion Growth (Web, App)
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