Paid Search Marketing Manager

Company Description

Fastmarkets is an industry-leading price-reporting agency (PRA) and information provider for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new-generation energy markets.

Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a history dating back to 1865 and is built on trust and deep market knowledge. It has more than 600 employees spread across global locations in the UK, US, China, India, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Finland and beyond. 

Job Description

We are looking for a data-driven and performance-oriented Paid Search Marketing Manager to lead and optimise our paid search strategy across Google Ads, Bing Ads, LinkedIn and other relevant platforms. This role is central to driving measurable growth, delivering ROI, and supporting the customer acquisition and retention goals of the business.

Principle Accountabilities

• Own the strategy, execution, and optimisation of all paid search campaigns across multiple platforms (Google, Bing, etc.)
• Manage budgets, bid strategies, and pacing to ensure efficient delivery of performance targets (CPA, ROAS, etc.)
• Conduct keyword research, ad copy testing, and audience targeting strategies to continually improve campaign effectiveness
• Collaborate with the demand generation, product marketing, content, and design teams to align paid search with broader campaigns and landing pages
• Manage our 3rd party agency, brief campaigns, challenge performance, report on commercials
• Analyse performance data and create insightful reports and dashboards to communicate campaign performance, trends, and opportunities
• Stay abreast of industry trends, search engine updates, and best practices to identify new opportunities and innovation
• Work closely with the analytics team to ensure accurate tracking and attribution using GA4, Google Tag Manager, and other tools
• Manage agency relationships (if applicable) and ensure high standards of delivery and accountability.

Qualifications

We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the world’s leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully.

If you are open-minded, curious, resilient, solutions-oriented and committed to promoting equality, then read on.

Knowledge, Experience And Skills

We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated, driven, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.

• 3–5+ years of experience in managing paid search campaigns, ideally within a B2B or digital-first environment
• Deep knowledge of Google Ads (Search, Display, Shopping, etc.), Bing Ads, and campaign management tools (e.g., SA360, SEMrush)
• Strong analytical mindset with proven experience in reporting, forecasting, and budget management
• Proficiency with Google Analytics (preferably GA4), Google Tag Manager, and Excel/Sheets
• Experience with A/B testing frameworks and CRO principles
• Strong attention to detail and a passion for continuous improvement and performance marketing
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

Desirable

• Experience in international markets or multi-language campaigns
• Familiarity with paid social or programmatic display campaigns
• Google Ads Certification(s)
• Experience in a high-growth, data-driven marketing environment

If you're excited about the role but your experience, skills or qualifications don't perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Additional Information

Our Values

Fastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. It’s this mix of brilliant personalities, experiences and insights that gives us that warm, open, and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are, there are six things we all have in common – and they form our Fastmarkets values.

Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have, our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and they're embedded in everything we do. Our values are:

• METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers’ experience and our business performance  
• ACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things done  
• GROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency  
• INCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful, celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day.  
• CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customer-centric in all that we do  
• COLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative, able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect, perspectives, and experiences.

You’ve read a little about us – now it’s over to you!

If you like what you’ve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person, it’s time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: it’s used to determine whether or not you’ll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions we’ll ask you on the day.

It’s vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why you’re great.