SEM Manager

Posted Jul 16

About Smartcat

Smartcat was founded in 2016 to help global enterprises create and manage their multilingual content. Today, Smartcat is the essential language AI platform for the global enterprise. 

Our client-tailored language AI turns content in any format into any language, from documents to videos to complex websites and software, making global operations simple for any corporate team. It also allows any user to create new content by tapping into a multilingual enterprise library. 

More than 1,000 global companies including 25% of the Fortune 500 trust Smartcat to communicate their innovations and ideas all over the world.

Smartcat’s vision is to realise a world where there is equal access to innovations and ideas. 

Smartcat is backed by Matrix Partners, FJ Labs, and other leading VC firms focusing on SaaS, marketplaces and AI. You might recognize names like HubSpot, Zendesk, Uber, Stripe, RigUp, and Quora in their portfolios. Despite the economic recession, Smartcat is growing at 150% YoY. It's well-funded and capital efficient, providing a unique combination of a hyper-growth environment with downside protection and the ability to think and plan long-term.

Mission

We have one of the fastest-growing software solutions in the $50B global language industry, growing at over 100% in ARR year over year for the last several years. Yet, we are just beginning to tap into the full potential of our growth through carefully planned and executed paid advertising programs against key Jobs-To-Be-Done to generate meetings and pipeline.

Your mission will be to accelerate pipeline and ARR growth through the development and execution of search engine marketing and other paid advertising programs to double our pipeline from paid advertising over the next 12 to 18 months.

Experience with B2B SaaS marketing and the creation of successful paid advertising campaigns will be critical to your success along with significant analytical skills to measure results.

Outcomes

  1. Create an SEM / paid advertising strategy to generate 2x pipeline
  2. Compete for #1 or #2 spot in paid search results for our key Jobs-To-Be-Done
  3. Continuously optimize copy, CTAs and landing pages to drive cost per acquisition down and ROI up.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in agency and / or B2B SaaS search engine marketing
  • Experience attracting both SMBs and large enterprise leads through SEM 
  • Directly contributed to 2x+ SEM growth in a paid advertising function
  • Experience with search engine marketing, paid social and display advertising
  • Experience with bidding algorithms to help achieve outsized results such as Skai and Marin
  • Deep analytical skills including tracking and optimizing the full advertising acquisition funnel
  • Experience using Google Analytics, LinkedIn Advertising, Hubspot, 6Sense and other current advertising platforms
  • Desire to work in a fast-moving rocketship, own and design programs, and make a meaningful impact on the success of the business.
  • Experience working with a global mindset to help regional teams execute campaigns globally
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent organizational skills and can multitask across teams and projects
  • Integrity, full commitment, and a strong sense of ownership
  • Openness to feedback and alternative opinions and ideas
  • Additional languages preferred

Why joining Smartcat might be your best move so far

  • Innovating the $50 Billion industry
  • Smartcat’s innovative business model taps into this $50B language translation industry with a platform allowing enterprise end users to stop using traditional outsourcing and enjoy easy-to-use AI-powered SaaS that delivers immediate high-quality results at a fraction of the cost.
  • High-impact role enabling innovation and inclusion in organisations
  • You will enjoy building with us. You will drive changes in how an old-fashioned global language industry operates while improving how hundreds of thousands of people work and millions of people exchange knowledge and ideas worldwide. 
  • Fully remote team of high-performers
  • We are a global team of 200+ enthusiastic people. We have been fully remote since 2020, with some locations populated with more Smartcaters than others, such as Boston, NYC, the Bay Area, London, Lisbon, Belgrade, and Yerevan. We strive to grow ambitiously, but we also preserve our high performance, engagement, and open feedback culture. As diverse as we are, we love working and having fun together, and we’re sure you’ll love working with us too. Check out our Culture Code to learn why we love being Smartcaters. 
  • Join the rocketship to scale-up 10x and beyond together
  • We are looking for someone who will become a part of the team and play a critical role in the most exciting part of our journey from a post-Series B startup to a company exceeding $100M in ARR and $1B in valuation. Our journey isn’t for the faint of heart. We are growing 150% YoY thanks to the strong product-market fit and the culture of high sense of urgency.   
  • Celebrating diversity
  • We welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work. We are committed to diversity and inclusion & prohibit discrimination and harassment.