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Performance Marketing Lead

Taptap Send - New York, NY, United States - In-office - posted 2026-08-31

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Taptap Send is a cross-border fintech platform serving emerging markets and diaspora communities. Founded in 2019 by Harvard graduates and serial entrepreneurs (Segovia, GiveDirectly), the company operates across 6 continents and is backed by top-tier investors including Spark Capital, Canaan, and Reid Hoffman. With 250+ employees across 50+ nationalities, Taptap Send is scaling digital financial services to underserved remittance corridors. As Performance Marketing Lead, you will own paid social and paid search strategy and execution end-to-end, reporting to the Head of Performance Marketing. This is a high-ownership, hands-on role with direct budget responsibility and measurable impact on company growth. Key Responsibilities: - Manage campaigns across paid social (Meta, TikTok, Snapchat) and paid search (Google Search, Google App Campaigns, YouTube) from setup through daily optimization - Own CAC and ROAS targets across channels, making real-time budget decisions based on performance data - Design and execute structured creative tests to identify winning ad formats, hooks, and messaging; translate results into briefs for the creative team - Build and maintain performance dashboards providing clear visibility into channel efficiency - Manage day-to-day relationships with external paid media agencies, holding them accountable to performance standards - Partner with Data team on attribution modeling, incrementality testing, and audience segmentation - Monitor platform updates and algorithm changes; proactively test new ad formats - Support market expansion by launching paid channels in new geographies and adapting playbooks for local audiences - Collaborate with Regional teams to localize creative and messaging while maintaining performance and brand consistency Requirements: - 6+ years of hands-on paid marketing experience with strong working knowledge of both paid social and paid search - Demonstrated expertise managing campaigns on Meta and Google (including App Campaigns and YouTube) - Proven ability to own meaningful budgets and make daily optimization decisions with accountability - Strong capability in running structured creative tests with clear hypotheses, clean setups, and honest result interpretation - Analytical mindset: ability to build custom reports, identify performance drivers, and communicate findings to non-technical stakeholders - Experience managing external agencies effectively—setting goals, reviewing work critically, and pushing back when needed - Comfort moving fast and making decisions with incomplete information - Results-oriented mindset: willingness to change approach if something isn't working Nice to Have: - Experience in fintech, remittances, or consumer financial services - Experience marketing to diaspora or immigrant communities - Experience running acquisition campaigns across multiple international markets simultaneously

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