Director of Performance Marketing

at Sama
  • Remote - United States

Remote

Marketing

Director

Job description

About the Job:

Sama is seeking a bold, data-obsessed Director of Performance Marketing to drive pipeline growth across digital, events, and lifecycle channels. You’ll own the performance strategy, manage execution across paid media and field programs, and lead cross-functional alignment to drive measurable results. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a high-impact, high-visibility environment—blending analytics, creativity, and automation to fuel demand.

You’ll work closely with Sales, Product, Revenue Operations, and external agencies to scale qualified pipeline and improve funnel efficiency. You’ll also own channel performance, experimentation, budget planning, and content calendar alignment across campaigns.

Key Responsibilities:

Performance Strategy & Leadership

  • Own Sama’s performance marketing strategy to drive awareness, engagement, and qualified pipeline across high-priority verticals (e.g., Retail, Robotics, Automotive, GenAI, CV).
  • Build and manage a team of performance marketers, contractors, and agencies.
  • Lead integrated campaign planning and execution in coordination with Product Marketing, Content, and Sales.
  • Own and maintain a strategic content and campaign calendar aligned to industry use cases, field activities, and product milestones.
  • Define and report on KPIs across the funnel—MQLs, SALs, SQOs, CAC, and ROI.
  • Work with Marketing Ops to ensure clean attribution, lead scoring, and conversion tracking in HubSpot and Salesforce.
  • Leverage AI and automation to enhance personalization, segmentation, and experimentation at scale.

Channel Execution & Optimization

Execute and optimize cross-channel programs with a focus on:

  • Paid Media (Google Ads, LinkedIn, Meta, Reddit, YouTube)
  • Events & Tradeshows (industry events, field marketing)
  • Search (SEM & SEO): Work with content and technical partners on performance-based SEO and paid search.
  • Website & CRO: Optimize landing pages, forms, and user flows for conversion using HubSpot and A/B testing tools.
  • Email & Nurture: Drive engagement through targeted lifecycle campaigns and remarketing journeys.
  • Manage media budgets, vendor relationships, and campaign performance with accountability for results.

Programs You’ll Own

  • Paid Acquisition (Google, LinkedIn, Meta, Reddit, Programmatic)
  • Website & Conversion Optimization (Landing Pages, CRO, HubSpot)
  • SEO & SEM (Keyword Strategy, Technical SEO, Paid Search)
  • Email & Lifecycle Nurture (Automation, Segmentation, Lead Routing)
  • Events & Webinars (Pre-event promotion, booth strategy, lead capture, post-event follow-up)
  • Analytics & Attribution (Dashboards, ROI, Funnel Health)
  • AI & Martech Stack (Tools for creative optimization, targeting, and automation)

Qualifications

  • 7 -10+ years of B2B performance marketing experience, preferably in enterprise tech, SaaS, or AI.
  • Demonstrated success owning pipeline targets and executing high-performing paid and event programs.
  • Hands-on experience with HubSpot, Google Ads, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, Google Analytics, and Salesforce.
  • Deep understanding of attribution modeling, funnel analysis, and budget planning.
  • Experience with field marketing or performance-focused event strategy.
  • Skilled at managing internal teams and external vendors with a test-and-learn mindset.
  • Clear communicator with a passion for operational excellence, experimentation, and measurable outcomes.

Why You’ll Thrive at Sama

  • Make a measurable impact at the forefront of applied AI and responsible data.
  • Lead high-visibility initiatives that connect top-of-funnel activity to business results.
  • Join a mission-driven team that values innovation, ownership, and execution.

Résumé du poste

Sama est à la recherche d’un.e Directeur.trice du marketing de performance axé.e sur les données pour stimuler la croissance du pipeline à travers nos canaux numériques, nos événements et nos initiatives de cycle de vie client. Dans ce rôle stratégique, tu seras responsable de la stratégie globale de performance, de l’exécution des campagnes de médias payants et des programmes de marketing terrain. Tu assureras également la cohérence et l’alignement des efforts marketing entre plusieurs équipes internes pour obtenir des résultats mesurables.

Tu évolueras dans un environnement où l’impact est réel et visible. Tu devras conjuguer l’analytique, la créativité et l’automatisation pour générer de la demande. Tu collaboreras étroitement avec les équipes des ventes, de produits, des opérations de revenus et avec des agences externes afin de faire croître un pipeline et d’augmenter l’efficacité du parcours de conversion. Tu superviseras aussi la performance des canaux, l’expérimentation, la planification budgétaire et l’alignement du calendrier de contenu pour les campagnes.

Responsabilités clés

Stratégie de performance et leadership

  • Diriger la stratégie marketing de performance de Sama afin de stimuler la notoriété, l’engagement et la génération de prospects dans des secteurs clés (ex. : vente au détail, robotique, automobile, IA générative, vision par ordinateur).
  • Former et encadrer une équipe composée de spécialistes en marketing de performance, de contractuels et d’agences partenaires.
  • Superviser la planification et l’exécution de campagnes intégrées en collaboration avec les équipes de marketing produit, de contenu et des ventes.
  • Gérer un calendrier stratégique de contenu et de campagnes aligné sur les cas d’usage, les activités sur le terrain et les grandes étapes produits.
  • Définir et suivre les indicateurs de performance clés à chaque étape de l’entonnoir : MQL, SAL, SQO, CAC et ROI.
  • Travailler en étroite collaboration avec les opérations marketing afin d’assurer une attribution précise, un bon système de pointage des leads et un suivi optimal des conversions dans HubSpot et Salesforce.
  • Mettre à profit l’intelligence artificielle et l’automatisation pour améliorer la personnalisation, la segmentation et l’expérimentation à grande échelle.

Exécution par canal et optimisation

Exécuter et optimiser des campagnes multicanaux axées sur la performance, notamment :

  • Médias payants (Google Ads, LinkedIn, Meta, Reddit, YouTube)
  • Événements et salons (événements de l’industrie, marketing terrain)
  • Recherche (SEM et SEO) : collaborer avec des partenaires techniques et de contenu pour le SEO basé sur la performance et les campagnes de recherche payante.
  • Site Web et CRO (optimisation des conversions) : améliorer les pages d’atterrissage, les formulaires et les parcours utilisateurs grâce à HubSpot et à des outils de test A/B.
  • Courriels et campagnes de fidélisation : développer l’engagement via des campagnes ciblées de type « lifecycle » et des parcours de remarketing.
  • Gérer les budgets médias, les relations avec les fournisseurs et la performance des campagnes, avec une grande responsabilité sur les résultats obtenus.

Programmes sous ta responsabilité

  • Acquisition payante (Google, LinkedIn, Meta, Reddit, publicités programmatiques)
  • Optimisation du site Web et des conversions (landing pages, CRO, HubSpot)
  • SEO & SEM (stratégie de mots-clés, SEO technique, recherche payante)
  • Infolettres et parcours clients (automatisation, segmentation, routage des leads)
  • Événements et webinaires (promotion pré-événement, stratégie de kiosque, capture de leads, suivi post-événement)
  • Analyse de performance et attribution (tableaux de bord, ROI, état de santé de l’entonnoir de conversion)
  • Technologies d’IA et stack Martech (outils d’optimisation créative, ciblage, automatisation)

Qualifications

  • 7 à 10 ans (ou plus) d’expérience en marketing de performance B2B, idéalement dans les entreprises technologiques, le SaaS ou l’intelligence artificielle.
  • Succès démontré dans l’atteinte d’objectifs liés au pipeline de ventes et dans la gestion de campagnes publicitaires et événementielles.
  • Expérience pratique avec HubSpot, Google Ads, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, Google Analytics et Salesforce.
  • Excellente compréhension de la modélisation d’attribution, de l’analyse du parcours client et de la planification budgétaire.
  • Expérience en marketing terrain ou en planification d’événements axés sur la performance.
  • Habileté à gérer à la fois des équipes internes et des fournisseurs externes, avec une mentalité « test and learn ».
  • Fortes aptitudes en communication, souci de l’excellence opérationnelle, sens de l’expérimentation, et capacité à produire des résultats concrets et mesurables, qui n’hésite pas à s’impliquer directement dans l’exécution.

About Sama

Sama provides high-quality training data that powers AI technology for Fortune 2000 companies such as Google, Walmart, Ford, Microsoft, and Marriott. We’re experts in data annotation, supporting text, 2D, 3D image, video, and sensor data for machine learning algorithms and generative AI models. Sama offers the highest quality SLAs in the industry, along with cutting-edge ML-assisted annotation tools, QA processes, and security and compliance standards.

Founded in 2008 on the belief that “talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not”, Sama is driven by the mission to expand opportunities for those who are underprivileged. As a certified B-Corp, Sama has provided worker training programs to increase economic opportunity for more than 15,000 people from underserved communities. By connecting our customers with amazing talent in East Africa, we’ve impacted more than 69,000 workers and their dependents.

Today, our vision is to provide data scientists, ML engineers, and data operations teams with an indispensable, integrated platform for AI data preparation, labeling, and collection.

For more information, visit www.sama.com.

More information can be found at:

  • Featured in Forbes: How Ethical Is Your AI?
  • Sama Honored on Inc. Magazine’s Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies — the Inc. 5000
  • Reversing Poverty - Ted Talk by our founder Leila Janah

Our Culture:

Sama is quite unique. We are a technology company with a social mission. People that thrive in a high-growth environment, love working on the bleeding edge of technology, and really care about having a positive impact on the world are a great fit for the Sama culture. Our core values are One Team, One Goal - Deliver. Period. - Trust & Transparency - Customer First - Humanity.

Our Benefits:

Sama is proud to offer competitive compensation corresponding to market data & level of experience. Sama also offers benefits packages based on country of employment, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, holiday and vacation policies, professional development stipends and a paid sabbatical program. Our Talent Acquisition team would be happy to discuss our benefits packages with you in more detail during the interview process.

At Sama, we pride ourselves in being a diverse and equal opportunity employer.

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