Senior SEA Manager (f/m/x) - remote

Founded in 2017, refurbed is Europe’s fastest-growing marketplace for refurbished products, active in 12 European countries and having surpassed €2Bn in GMV — all while being profitable. With beautiful headquarters in Vienna, we operate as a remote-first company, and our 250+ employees enjoy up to two months of workation per year. We’ve also been recognised as a Top DACH Employer by Kununu for three consecutive years. Our mission is to make sustainable consumption the easy choice by enabling customers to buy products up to 40% cheaper while significantly reducing CO₂ emissions. If you thrive in an environment that values momentum, ownership, and impact, you’ll feel at home here. We’re a fast-paced, high-performance team that works hard and challenges itself everyday. To enable this high-performance every team member enjoys full autonomy over their location (we’re remote-first). In this role, you will work closely with the existing SEA team, taking ownership of key accounts and initiatives while actively collaborating on strategy, testing, and continuous improvement. You will be responsible for driving sustainable growth through hands-on campaign execution, ongoing optimization, and strategic development of our SEA channels — always with a strong focus on efficiency and profitability. Operating at the intersection of strategy and execution, you will combine deep channel expertise with a strong analytical mindset, while contributing to team knowledge, shared learnings, and scalable best practices across markets WHO YOU ARE: You have 5+ years of professional experience in operational campaign management in Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising - other search networks are a plus. You have a proven track-record of steering performance marketing in e-commerce , having hands-on experience with GMC and other feed management tools. You are a data-driven decision maker who confidently navigates complex datasets, multiple data sources, and interdependencies. Working with Excel and spreadsheets is part of your daily toolkit. You have strong presentation skills , speaking regularly in front of an audience feels natural to you. You are a true team player who is open-minded and a rational thinker combined with a high degree of accountability. Strong experimentation mindset with a structured approach to A/B testing & comfortable iterating quickly based on learnings and scaling successful test result. You have excellent English skills; proficiency in Bulgarian, Croatian, Estonian, Greek, Latvian, Lithuanian, French, Slovak, Slovenian, and/or Spanish is a strong plus. Location & eligibility: This role is open to candidates based in Europe (including UK) only with a valid right to work. WHAT YOU WILL DO: Own and scale refurbed’s SEA channels, ensuring continuous growth through hands-on campaign execution , optimization, and strategic development whilst always being aligned with efficiency targets. Contribute to new market launches , including feed setup, campaign architecture, translation workflows, and initial testing frameworks for brand and generic campaigns. Analyze performance across multiple data sources (platform data, internal BI, market trends, attribution & MMM) to make data-driven decisions that boost efficiency and profitability. Ensure operational excellence , including quality checks, alerting processes, debugging issues (feed drops, data mismatches, shopping disapprovals), and maintaining a high-performance, stable SEA ecosystem. Champion automation and experimentation , leveraging scripts, automated rules, bid strategies, and structured testing roadmaps. Regularly present performance insights to leadership , translate complex data into clear recommendations, and influence strategic decisions across Marketing and the wider organization. Identify opportunities for growth by deep-diving into search intent, competitor activity, category trends, and performance patterns. Collaborate cross-functionally with creation, analytics or the supply team to build high-impact campaigns and performance improvements. WHY YOU WILL ENJOY WORKING WITH US: Our Culture and Values: Decisions should be made based on facts and not by hierarchy levels? We sure think so! We embrace giving and receiving feedback, testing and welcoming new ideas, as well as sharing our knowledge across the company. You fail sometimes? Well, so do we! We’re all just human, let’s learn from our mistakes to improve in the future! No matter who you love, where you’re from, who you pray to, whether you pee sitting down or standing up – we are a bunch of talented people who enjoy spending our time making a difference! Personal & Professional Development: You'll have access to a dedicated learning budget within your department to support your growth, whether it's courses, conferences, or other learning opportunities that matter to you. We partner with Likeminded, offering you private sessions with experts for your personal growth and mental health. We frequently host internal workshops, allowing our teams to further develop their skills in different areas and enhancing collaboration across departments. Flexibility: We care about a healthy work/life balance. We not only function and support a fully remote setting but also offer the possibility to work from our beautiful office in the vibrant heart of Vienna – we love dogs, so feel free to bring your furry little buddy too 😊 We trust you to do the best job, so we don't care so much when you do it – you are able to self-organize. You will also be invited to take part in our office weeks, happening three times a year, where you will have the chance to work side by side with your colleagues and enjoy the team-building events and on-site workshops …and much more! See https://careers.refurbed.com/ for further insights!