Description
About the role
We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity to join our quickly growing Digital Marketing & Acquisition team as an SEM Manager.
In this role, you will be responsible for managing the paid search channel objectives of Qatar Airways by targeting relevant audiences across global and local search engines.
Additionally, you will be accountable to develop and drive the paid search strategy and manage the investment to effectively deliver quality traffic to the web and app platforms and achieve revenue KPI maintaining the cost of sale target.
This role stands as a key service provider to internal stakeholders and a trusted liaison to external vendors.
You’ll be leading a team of paid search specialists to manage campaigns and ensure the right processes and frameworks are in place for efficient and high-quality operations.
As part of your daily responsibilities, you will also:
- Set paid search strategy to ensure relevant visibility and drive incremental sales, in line with the overall digital spaneting strategy of the airline
- Be accountable to execute a multi-million dollar paid search engine portfolio with strict targeted return on investment.
- Provide paid search-related input and consultation to refine and improve search spaneting strategies and align with industry and airline trends
- Ensure alignment with other spaneting channels such as organic search
- Collaborate with MarTech and Analytics teams to ensure the best use of business and customer data
- Manage and develop a team of paid search specialists
- Executes strict audit controls ensuring adherence to budget, workflows, and reporting.
- Prepare and drive business cases to build and lead a world-class paid search strategy with a data-first and customer-centric approach.
Be part of an extraordinary story
Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. At Qatar Airways, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. You’ll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community and a world-class airline.
Our best is here and still to come. To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.
Together, everything is possible.
Qualifications
About You
We are looking for a professional with the following skills and experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent with a minimum of 6 years of job-related experience
- Experience in B2C spaneting environment with an online retailer, digital agency, technology company, or in the E-Commerce dept of a company, managing paid search programs
- In-depth understanding of the E-Commerce B2C environment and the specific sales, spaneting and distribution mechanisms to drive online sales and conversions.
- Advanced knowledge of paid search tools such as SA360 and Google Ads
- Experience with paid search campaigns, search engine optimization, online media planning, account management of online spaneting partnerships, bid management platforms, agency campaign management, campaign analysis and optimization, digital analytics, and research
- Strong leadership skills
About Qatar Airways Group
Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We’ve grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don’t slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.
So, whether you’re creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community.
How to apply
If you’re ready to join a progressive team and have a challenging and rewarding career, then apply now by uploading your CV and completing our quick application form.
