North American Practice Lead, Paid Search

We Are:

Accenture Song accelerates growth and value for our clients through sustained customer relevance. Our capabilities span ideation to execution: growth, product and experience design; technology and experience platforms; creative, media and marketing strategy; and campaign, content and channel orchestration. With strong client relationships and deep industry expertise, we help our clients operate at the speed of life through the unlimited potential of imagination, technology and intelligence.

There’s no such thing as a typical day at Accenture Song, and that’s what makes it an exciting and enriching workplace. Our team members thrive on the endless opportunities to make a positive impact while working on engaging client projects in this ever-evolving space. Discover more at: Accenture Song

You Are:

We are actively seeking a Practice Lead to cultivate, nurture, and shape our North American SEM practice. This opportunity allows you to create a practice based on your unique vision while delivering top-notch work across a diverse client base. If you are enthusiastic about leading others, fostering team development, and delivering results and growing the business, we welcome you to apply for this role.

Here’s an overview of your responsibilities:

Leadership

Steer and cultivate the North American search practice within Accenture Song

Be the inclusive thought leader and visionary of the SEM practice in North America

Mentor and guide a diverse team of specialists, enhancing their capabilities across the search team and the broader Song media practice

Serve as the subject matter expert for key client engagements

Business Development

Collaborate with the leadership team to devise and execute revenue growth strategies

Identify and spearhead new business opportunities for search engagements

Foster and maintain relationships with key industry partners and stakeholders

Continuously evaluate and improve processes and procedures across North America

Collaborate and consult with internal and client teams to achieve/over-achieve set goals and objectives on priority client engagements

Innovation

Lead, develop, and deploy innovation roadmaps across platforms

Develop plans for growth with key ecosystem partners e.g. Google, Microsoft

Be Accenture Song’s voice in the market by developing internal and external thought leadership on innovation in the market

Consistently seek and share with the team innovative ways to help elevate client expectations and goals

Basic Qualifications:

Prior experience managing a department, demonstrating the ability to nurture team members and serve as a mentor

Minimum of Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience

Minimum of 10 years experience with Google Ads (Search, Display, Video), Bing and Facebook/Instagram

Minimum of 10 years client facing, strategic experience with enterprise level clients

Must be certified in Google Ads

Experience with media platforms including Google Ads, Bing, Campaign Manager, SA360 and with the Google suite, Google BigQuery, Google Cloud Platform

Working knowledge of cross channel planning and on integrated marketing teams

Working knowledge of SEO and Analytics

Ability to work in a fast paced and demanding environment as well as to balance several client needs simultaneously

English is required for this position as this role will be aligned to multi-national teams where English is the common language across our North America Market. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking multi-national teams, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.

Bonus Points If:

Diverse experience across categories including B2B and B2C

Experience on complex global accounts

Experience with SQL, PHP, ActionScript

Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple responsibilities in a fast-paced environment

Passionate about media, data, analytics and technology

Previous experience managing large media accounts at a paid media agency

Strong networking skills both internally and with client and vendor relationships

Ability to take complex solutions and make them simple to explain and digest

Team Player – a positive attitude to help build a good relationship with teammates and to help client growth collaboratively

Advanced skills in Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills

Professional Skill Requirements

Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment

Desire to work in a data driven environment

Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills

Ability to take complex solutions and make them simple to explain and digest