Performance Marketing Manager Jobs & Recruiters

A performance marketing recruiter helps companies identify, evaluate, and hire candidates who can drive measurable growth through channels like paid search, paid social, SEO, lifecycle marketing, programmatic, and ecommerce. Ikon Search supports the process by clarifying the role, mapping the talent market, sourcing qualified candidates, vetting technical skills, and managing the shortlist and interview process.

Ikon Search recruits across the performance marketing organization, including Performance Marketing Managers, SEO Specialists, SEM Managers, Paid Search Managers, Paid Social Managers, Demand Generation Managers, Lifecycle Marketing Managers, Email Marketing Directors, Ecommerce Directors, Programmatic Account Managers, Senior Directors of Lead Generation, VPs of Performance Marketing, and related growth marketing leadership roles.

For many digital media and performance marketing searches, Ikon Search typically presents qualified candidates within two to three days. Timing depends on role seniority, compensation range, location requirements, market availability, and interview complexity, but the firm’s specialized networks and targeted sourcing approach are designed to create momentum quickly without sacrificing candidate quality.

Yes. Ikon Search works with performance marketing professionals exploring opportunities in startups, SaaS, fintech, mar-tech, ecommerce, digital marketing agencies, and growth-stage businesses. Recruiters evaluate experience, channel strengths, career goals, and compensation expectations, then connect candidates with roles where their campaign ownership, analytics skills, and growth expertise are a strong match.

Ikon Search supports retained search, contingent search, full-time permanent recruitment, long or short-term contract staffing, and temp-to-hire engagements. This flexibility allows hiring teams to choose the right structure for urgent campaign support, interim leadership, permanent growth team expansion, confidential senior search, or a try-before-you-hire arrangement.

Candidates are evaluated through a combination of recruiter interviews, role-specific skill assessment, platform and tool review, campaign ownership discussion, cultural fit analysis, and reference checks when appropriate. For performance marketing roles, Ikon Search looks closely at metrics, channel mix, budget responsibility, reporting fluency, testing approach, and the candidate’s ability to translate data into growth decisions.

Ikon Search’s digital marketing recruitment practice supports startups, digital marketing agencies, SaaS, fintech, mar-tech, ecommerce, ed-tech, PE-backed businesses, and high-growth Series A-C companies. The team understands that performance marketing expectations vary by sector, from lead generation in B2B SaaS to retention and paid acquisition in ecommerce or fintech environments.

Employers should prepare the job scope, reporting line, compensation range, work model, required channels, preferred platforms, budget ownership, performance metrics, company stage, interview process, and hiring timeline. Clear details help Ikon Search refine the talent pool, benchmark the market, qualify candidates accurately, and present a shortlist aligned with both immediate needs and long-term goals.