Performance Marketing Manager

AppLovin

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Work type
On-site
Location
Palo Alto, CA
Salary
$119,000–$179,000 / yr
Posted
46 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Below market

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This role $149k
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About AppLovin

AppLovin enables businesses to advertise profitably with marketing technologies that attract customers, increase revenue, and track ad performance.

AppLovin currently has 7 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $105,030–$156,465 across 7 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Performance Marketing Manager

As a founding Performance Marketing Manager, you will own all paid growth for Gist, a new social media platform focused on high-quality content. You will be the sole expert responsible for setting performance marketing strategy, building measurement foundations, and managing every paid channel including Meta, TikTok, Google, programmatic, and ad networks. Your role involves negotiating off-platform partnerships with media companies, OEMs, and affiliate platforms while managing budgets to optimize CAC, CPI, LTV, and ROAS. You will execute structured testing across creatives and audiences while collaborating with product teams to improve user retention. Required skills include proficiency in Meta Ads Manager, TikTok Ads Manager, Google Ads, and mobile attribution tools like Adjust. You must possess the ability to manage complex partnerships independently and navigate the challenge of growing a new social platform from a cold start.

What you'll do

  • Manage all paid growth channels including Meta, TikTok, Google, programmatic, and emerging ad networks.
  • Negotiate and manage end-to-end relationships with off-platform partners like media companies, OEMs, and affiliate networks.
  • Own the performance marketing budget while maintaining accountability for CAC, CPI, LTV, and ROAS metrics.
  • Build and maintain the measurement infrastructure to track data and identify performance trends.
  • Execute structured testing across creatives, audiences, bidding strategies, and ad formats to build a growth playbook.
  • Collaborate with product teams to optimize for high-quality user acquisition and long-term retention.
  • Explore non-obvious distribution channels such as influencer partnerships and content seeding programs.

What we're looking for

  • 3-7 years of brand-side performance marketing experience for a consumer app, marketplace, or digital product.
  • Proven experience launching and growing performance marketing for new products from a cold start.
  • Hands-on fluency in Meta Ads Manager, TikTok Ads Manager, and Google Ads.
  • Experience managing off-platform partnerships including ad networks, OEM/device partnerships, and affiliate platforms.
  • Experience with mobile attribution tooling such as Adjust or equivalent to manage measurement infrastructure.
  • Proficiency in analyzing key metrics including CAC, CPI, LTV, ROAS, and funnel conversion rates.
  • Strong negotiation skills for building and managing external vendor and partner relationships independently.
  • Ability to function as a senior individual contributor who can set strategy and defend decisions to leadership.

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